Abstract
Assessing the efficacy of online psychotherapies is an important issue in eHealth. In
the present research, we used an innovative approach to focus on the characteristics of breaks in
interactions that impact the acceptance of the psychotherapy setting of a telepsychotherapy
delivered in videoconference. We also tried to build a method to assess if the level of
telepresence in online interactions would be influenced by the acceptance of the psychotherapy
setting. Sessions of psychotherapy delivered in videoconference to two adults receiving CBT
and two others receiving psychodynamic psychotherapy were analyzed to test the method. In
this paper, we describe the methodology and illustrate preliminary results. An interactional grid
was used to analyze verbal and non-verbal interactions, physical and social presence, and breaks
in acceptance of the telepsychotherapy setting. This led to observe the interactional process of
construction of enonciative co-presence, fundamental to allow people to experience
intersubjectivity. This study is the first step towards a better understanding of the level of
acceptance of the technological setting by patients and its influence on the interactions between
them and psychologists.
Lingua originale | English |
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pagine (da-a) | 118-123 |
Numero di pagine | 6 |
Rivista | Annual Review of CyberTherapy and Telemedicine |
Volume | 2018 |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2018 |
Keywords
- intersubjectivity
- telepresence
- telepsychoterapy