New Avenues to Facilitate Engagement in Psychotherapy: The Use of Videoconferencing and Text–Chat in a Severe Case of Obsessive‐compulsive Disorder
Author
Stubbings, Daniel R.
Rees, Clare S
Roberts, Lynne D
Date
2015-07-20Type
Article
Publisher
Wiley
Metadata
Show full item recordAbstract
Client engagement is a necessary component of psychotherapy, but it can be challenging to foster in clients with severe and complex problems. Telehealth technology influences the clinical dyad in unique ways and offers new opportunities for approaching the challenge of client engagement. In this article, we present a qualitative case study of a client with severe and complex obsessive‐compulsive disorder (OCD) who received 40 sessions of cognitive‐behavioural‐based psychotherapy administered through a mix of videoconference and text–chat. The results suggest that telehealth technology may have facilitated client engagement by helping to reduce interpersonal anxiety, thus allowing the client to continue disclosing and discussing issues that were espoused in shame, guilt, and embarrassment.
Journal/conference proceeding
Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology;
Citation
Stubbings, D.R., Rees, C.S. and Roberts, L.D. (2015) 'New Avenues to Facilitate Engagement in Psychotherapy: The Use of Videoconferencing and Text–Chat in a Severe Case of Obsessive‐compulsive Disorder', Australian Psychologist, 50(4), pp.265-270
Description
Copy not available from this repository - available from https://doi.org/10.1111/ap.12111
Collections
- Un-themed [104]
Related items
Showing items related by title, author, subject and abstract.
-
Creating a dynamic website with a built in database management system
Guy, Gareth (Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2011)I developed a website that allowed users to submit a job enquiry form to my client. This website would act as another form of contact method that users can use to contact my client about his services. I analysed his current ... -
The common prompts of CAM use
Porter, Leilah May (Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2008)Background: Little research assesses the clients' perceptions of which conditions CAM may help, or the prompts which cause them to book their first treatment. The reason for attendance was recorded on the initial consultation ... -
CLIENT FEEDBACK IN PRACTICE EFFECTIVNESS: PERCEPTIONS OF APPLIED SPORT PSYCHOLOGISTS
Atkins, Jonathan (2014-09)The use of client feedback to assess applied sport psychology effectiveness has been acknowledged as an important aspect of service delivery evaluation, but has received little research attention. As a result, the present ...