Clinicians' attitudes toward therapeutic alliance in E-therapy.
Although therapeutic alliance is a crucial factor in face-to-face therapies, no data exist on clinicians' attitudes towards alliance in E-therapy. The study explored clinicians' perceived importance of alliance in E-therapy, clinicians' confidence in their skills to develop alliance in E-therapy, and whether attitudes towards alliance in E-therapy are associated with intended E-therapy practice. Clinicians (n = 106) responded to an online survey. The majority of clinicians considered alliance to be extremely important in both face-to-face therapy and E-therapy. However, clinicians' ratings of the importance of alliance in face-to-face therapies were significantly higher than their ratings of the importance of alliance in E-therapy. Clinicians reported less confidence in their skills to develop alliance in E-therapy than in face-to-face therapy. Intended E-therapy practice correlated with confidence in one's ability to develop alliance in E-therapy and with previous E-therapy practice.
a Babes-Bolyai University , Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Madalina
M
Sucala
Julie B
JB
Schnur
Emily H
EH
Brackman
Michael J
MJ
Constantino
Guy H
GH
Montgomery
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003625:Data Collection; D006801:Humans; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods
E-therapy; psychotherapy; working alliance