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Virtual Prism Adaptation Therapy: Protocol for Validation in Healthy Adults
Published on: February 12, 2020
Distance therapeutic alliance: the participant's experience
Patricia Lingley-Pottie1, Patrick J McGrath
1IWK Health Centre and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. patricia.pottie@iwk.nshealth.ca
Abstract:
Access barriers to services result in extensive wait times. Distance delivery systems with no face-to-face contact are not yet widely accepted because of uncertainty about whether therapeutic alliance can exist. In this study, 131 participants completed a questionnaire designed to explore their distance treatment experience. The majority described positive comments about the relationship formed with their telephone coach including the strength/quality, coach attributes, and the inapprehension to disclose information to the coach. Moreover, 97% reported preference for distance treatment. Acceptance and integration of evidence-based distance delivery systems are a promising approach to primary healthcare reform.
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