[Video-based treatment in psychodynamic psychotherapy in times of the COVID-19 pandemic].

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the course of the pandemic triggered by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), video-based treatment (VBT) has undergone a trend reversal. It must be assumed that the abrupt switch from traditional psychotherapy to the video setting (VS) has an impact on the therapeutic relationship and thus on the therapeutic process. This study examined how the switch from traditional treatment to VBT (and back again) during the COVID-19 pandemic was experienced by patients and therapists with respect to the therapeutic relationship and the therapeutic process.

Methods

Group-specific, semi-structured interviews with therapists (n = 8), therapists in training (n = 6), and patients (n = 9).

Results

The results show that the majority of participants

SUBMITTER: Leukhardt A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8386894 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature