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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Psychotherapy Research
  • Human-Computer Interaction

Background:

  • The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated a rapid shift to online psychotherapy.
  • While online therapy shows comparable efficacy to in-person sessions, its impact on nonverbal and embodied aspects remains understudied.
  • The implicit, nonverbal, and embodied elements are crucial for the therapeutic relationship.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how embodied and intersubjective processes are altered in online psychotherapy.
  • To understand the modifications in nonverbal communication and relational dynamics during virtual therapy sessions.

Main Methods:

  • Employed an interpretative phenomenological analysis guided by the enactive concept of participatory sense-making.
  • Conducted semi-structured interviews with patients and therapists transitioning from face-to-face to online therapy.

Main Results:

  • Significant adjustments in verbal and nonverbal behaviors, including gaze and silence management, were observed.
  • Therapists and patients shifted from pre-reflective to reflective patterns to navigate online interactions.
  • Adaptations were necessary to compensate for the changes inherent in the online modality.

Conclusions:

  • Online therapy necessitates regulatory processes to sustain interactive dynamics and balance relational and individual norms.
  • Practitioners must consider how online platforms affect the therapeutic relationship's structure, fragility, and significance.
  • Video calls offer novel intervention opportunities, such as integrating patient self-image and environment into therapy.