The impact of COVID-19 has challenged the long accepted ‘norm’ in delivery of psychological therapy. Public policies designed to reduce transmission have made it extremely difficult to meet with service-users safely in the traditional face-to-face context. E-therapies have existed in theory and practice since technological progress has made them possible. They can offer a host of advantages over face-to-face equivalents, including improved access, greater flexibility for service-users and professionals, and cost savings. However, despite the emerging evidence and anticipated positive value, implementation has been slower than anticipated. Concerns have been raised by service-users, clinicians, and public health organisations, identifying significant barriers to the wide spread use of e-therapies. In the current climate, many clinicians are offering e-therapies for the first time, without prior arrangement or training, as the only viable option to continue to support their clients. This paper offers a clinically relevant review of the e-therapies literature, including effectiveness and acceptability dilemmas and challenges that need to be addressed to support the safe use and growth of e-therapies in psychology services. Further research is needed to better understand what might be lost and what gained in comparison to face-to-face therapy, and for which client groups and settings it might be most effective.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, psychological support, Telemental health, E-therapies, remote therapies, telepsychology, face-to-face therapies, paediatric psychology, 【초록키워드】 public health, Transmission, Spread, implementation, Research, Effectiveness, public policy, group, concern, Evidence, Safe, Support, Clinicians, clinician, growth, professionals, face-to-face therapy, positive, offer, psychological therapy, Host, effective, greater, clinically, raised, reduce, addressed, anticipated, 【제목키워드】 Support, business,