Der Einsatz von Sprach- und Videotelefonie in der Psychotherapie als Chance und Herausforderung: Eine Querschnitterhebung zu zwei Erhebungszeitpunkten

Video psychotherapy, as a form of Internet-based psychotherapy, has slowly spread over the last decades. Reviews and initial meta-analyses published in the last decade demonstrate the potential of this digitized form of psychotherapy. The Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown requirements have rapidly accelerated this development. This study systematizes Austrian psychotherapists’ experiences with video psychotherapy in the first year of the pandemic by mapping a cross-section at two measurement time points. In the first lockdown, 743 psychotherapists participated in the study, in the second lockdown 212. Content analytic evaluations paint a nuanced picture of the possibilities and limitations of video psychotherapy, and also an intensive learning experience in the first year of the pandemic. The results are discussed against the background of the four therapeutic streams, and the limits and possibilities of this form of psychotherapy are differentiated.