Coaching to Support Mental Health Apps: Exploratory Narrative Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The therapeutic alliance is crucial for the success of face-to-face therapies. Little is known about how coaching functions and fosters the therapeutic alliance in asynchronous treatment modalities such as smartphone apps.

Objective

The aim of this paper was to assess how coaching functions and fosters the therapeutic alliance in asynchronous treatment modalities.

Methods

We conducted a selected review to gather preliminary data about the role of coaching in mobile technology use for mental health care. We identified 26 trials using a 2019 review by Tønning et al and a 2021 scoping review by Tokgöz et al to assess how coaching is currently being used across different studies.

Results

Our results showed a high level of heterogeneity as studies used va

SUBMITTER: Meyer A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8941429 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature