Therapists’ experiences of remote working during the COVID-19 pandemic

OBJECTIVES: To explore the experiences of therapists who delivered remote psychological therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic. DESIGN: This was a qualitative, phenomenological study. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis elicited themes from semi-structured interviews. METHODS: A purposive sample...

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Autores principales: Morgan, Andrew, Davies, Cari, Olabi, Yasmine, Hope-Stone, Laura, Cherry, Mary Gemma, Fisher, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
Materias:
Psychology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9802664/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36591020
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.966021
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author Morgan, Andrew
Davies, Cari
Olabi, Yasmine
Hope-Stone, Laura
Cherry, Mary Gemma
Fisher, Peter
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description OBJECTIVES: To explore the experiences of therapists who delivered remote psychological therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic. DESIGN: This was a qualitative, phenomenological study. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis elicited themes from semi-structured interviews. METHODS: A purposive sample of eight therapists was recruited from breast cancer services in the United Kingdom. RESULTS: Analysis identified three superordinate themes. Participants spoke about how their experience of remote working changed over time from an initial crisis response to a new status quo. They adapted to the specific practical and personal challenges of remote working and struggled to connect with clients as the use of technology fundamentally changed the experience of therapy. CONCLUSION: Consideration should be given to the impact of remote working on therapists and the quality of their practise. Adjustments to ways of working can help to maximize the advantages of remote working while minimizing potential issues.
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spelling pubmed-98026642022-12-31 Therapists’ experiences of remote working during the COVID-19 pandemic Morgan, Andrew Davies, Cari Olabi, Yasmine Hope-Stone, Laura Cherry, Mary Gemma Fisher, Peter Front Psychol Psychology OBJECTIVES: To explore the experiences of therapists who delivered remote psychological therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic. DESIGN: This was a qualitative, phenomenological study. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis elicited themes from semi-structured interviews. METHODS: A purposive sample of eight therapists was recruited from breast cancer services in the United Kingdom. RESULTS: Analysis identified three superordinate themes. Participants spoke about how their experience of remote working changed over time from an initial crisis response to a new status quo. They adapted to the specific practical and personal challenges of remote working and struggled to connect with clients as the use of technology fundamentally changed the experience of therapy. CONCLUSION: Consideration should be given to the impact of remote working on therapists and the quality of their practise. Adjustments to ways of working can help to maximize the advantages of remote working while minimizing potential issues. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-12-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9802664/ /pubmed/36591020 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.966021 Text en Copyright © 2022 Morgan, Davies, Olabi, Hope-Stone, Cherry and Fisher. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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