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How online counselling is utilised, evaluated, and received
Agathokleous, Georgios
Agathokleous, Georgios
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2021-11
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This chapter covers the broad range of online counselling work, using the COVID-19 era as a point of reference. It provides an overview of online applications of counselling and psychotherapy at preCOVID-19 time and informs the reader of how online counselling provision has been accelerated during the pandemic. A theoretical overview of the key counselling and therapeutic processes as conceptualised in the cyberspace which considers six distinct modes of online communication are provided. An evaluation and the review of the latest efficacy and effectiveness research evidence of online counselling is also provided. The key benefits and challenges of digitalised therapeutic interventions from the clients’ and therapists’ perspectives covering pre and during COVID-19 are identified. Attention is drawn to existing studies on counselling engagement, adherence, outreach, non-stigmatising counselling practices, power imbalances in the counselling process, and therapy outcomes.
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Agathokleous, G. and Taiwo, A.O. (2022) How online counselling is utilised, evaluated, and received, in Prescott, J. (ed.) Digital Innovations for Mental Health Support. IGI Global, p. 251-277.
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9781799879916