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The purpose of this study was to clarify the actual state of clinical practice and to examine future developments and possibilities by investigating the content of problems, coping methods, and new awareness recognized by psychological clinicians under the pandemic of COVID-19. A questionnaire survey was conducted on psychological clinicians who are licensed clinical psychologists or licensed psychologists, and the free-text responses of 190 psychological clinicians in the Chubu, Kanto, and Kyushu regions were analyzed. As a result, we found that the risk of infection in clinical situations caused obstacles in providing psychological support, such as the burden of infection control and restrictions on work, as well as psychological problems for psychological clinicians themselves, while various problems occurred for clients. To cope with these problems, psychological clinicians used proxy methods, including the use of remote means, in addition to infection control, work schedule adjustments, and ordinary support. Many of the psychological clinicians noticed positive aspects and changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, such as the need to review support systems in both normal and emergencies, the usefulness of remote psychological support, the reduction of client-related problems, and a renewed awareness of the high level of human adaptability. |
