Practitioners' experience of the working alliance in a blended cognitive-behavioural therapy intervention for depression: qualitative study of barriers and facilitators.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Digital technologies have been widely acknowledged as a potentially useful resource for increasing mental healthcare access. The working alliance is a key influence on outcomes in conventional psychotherapy, but little is known about therapists' experiences of forming an effective working alliance in blended interventions that involve in-person psychotherapy and a digital programme.

Aims

To investigate psychological well-being practitioners' (PWPs') experiences of the working alliance in a trial of blended cognitive-behavioural therapy (b-CBT) for depression. Trial registration ISRCTN12388725.

Method

Semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with 13 PWPs who delivered b-CBT in a two-arm, non-inferiority randomised controlled trial investigating

SUBMITTER: Doukani A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9344874 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature