Delivery of Distance Counselling to Survivors of Sexual Violence: A Scoping Review of Promising and Best Practices.

ABSTRACT: Distance counselling holds immense potential for improving access to trauma supports for survivors of sexual violence (SV), and particularly for under-served groups who disproportionately experience violence and myriad barriers to accessing in-person supports. And yet, the evidence-base for the practice and delivery of distance counselling remains under-developed. In the context of COVID-19, where telehealth applications have undergone a rapid uptake, we undertook a scoping review of existing evidence of therapeutic and organizational practices related to the real-time (synchronous) delivery of distance counselling to survivors of SV. We based our scoping review methods on Arksey and O'Malley framework and in accordance with the guidance on scoping reviews from the Joanna Briggs Institute

SUBMITTER: Leroux J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9082742 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature