Meeting the Practice Challenges of COVID-19: MSW Students’ Perceptions of E-Therapy and the Therapeutic Alliance
Autor: | Melissa J. Earle, Paul P. Freddolino |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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050103 clinical psychology
Medical education Original Paper Health (social science) Social work media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences education Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health COVID-19 Therapeutic alliance E-therapy Alliance Work (electrical) Information and Communications Technology Intervention (counseling) Perception Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Social work practice Psychology Inclusion (education) Curriculum 050104 developmental & child psychology media_common |
Zdroj: | Clinical Social Work Journal |
ISSN: | 1573-3343 0091-1674 1043-7797 |
Popis: | The COVID-19 pandemic prompted a radical shift in social work practice. Overnight, social work intervention models provided in-person gave way to the utilization of Information and Communication Technologies to facilitate direct practice in virtual environments (e-therapy). Social work's slow acceptance of e-therapy prior to the pandemic resulted in a lack of training for many social work practitioners and MSW student interns, who were required to make rapid transitions to using and operating in online environments. It appears likely that e-therapy will continue after the COVID-19 pandemic subsides, so integrating education about effective e-therapy techniques into social work curricula seems like a logical next step. A social worker's ability to establish the therapeutic alliance, which is at the heart of all helping relationships, will be central to this curricula. Understanding social work students' perceptions of e-therapy and the therapeutic alliance can help shape the development of this new curriculum. Using internal student email, students at two Research I universities were invited to participate in a fully online anonymous survey dealing with attitudes towards e-therapy and the therapeutic alliance. Surveys were conducted in 2018 and April-May 2020. Survey questions were based on the only prior comprehensive study of student attitudes towards e-therapy (Finn in J Soc Work Educ 38(3), 403-419. 10.1080/10437797.2002.10779107, 2002). Study results indicate that students have e-therapy experience, believe that a practitioner can build a good therapeutic alliance, and think that some form of e-therapy will continue after the pandemic. These results confirm that further exploration about the inclusion of e-therapy education and its efficacy in social work curricula requires urgent attention. |
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