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Online Psychotherapy: Polish Psychotherapists' Perspective
 
 
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Instytut Psychologii Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
 
 
Submission date: 2018-08-10
 
 
Final revision date: 2018-09-13
 
 
Acceptance date: 2018-10-01
 
 
Publication date: 2018-11-26
 
 
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Wojciech Drath   

Instytut Psychologii UJ, Jerzmanowice 297, 32-048 Jerzmanowice, Polska
 
 
Psychoter 2018;186(3):55-63
 
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Objectives:
The article presents the results of a survey conducted among 193 psychotherapists. The subject of the research was the attitudes of psychotherapists towards the phenomenon of online psychotherapy. The perceived limitations and advantages of this form of contact were reviewed, along with the conditions and circumstances of its application.

Methods:
The assessment was conducted in the form of an online questionnaire sent to psychotherapist by email. The participating psychotherapists were members of Psychotherapy Section of the Polish Psychiatric Association.

Results:
Nearly one-third (32%) of the surveyed psychotherapists have conducted or are currently offering online psychotherapy. The vast majority of them (77.4%) believe that online psychotherapy should be used only in exceptional cases. 10.3% of respondents stated that online psychotherapy should not take place at all.

Conclusions:
The results testify to the ongoing process of professional reflection on the new formula of contact with the patient. Apart from the therapists clearly (positively or negatively) evaluating the studied phenomenon, there is a large group of clinicians expressing their doubts about this form of therapy and advocating for its use only in clearly specified, exceptional situations.

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