The therapist's dual reality : an investigation into the impact of videoconferencing psychotherapy (VCP) on therapists' perceptions of their clinical abilities
department or school: Arts and Social Sciences, Irving K. Barber Faculty of (Okanagan)
department or school: Psychology, Department of (Okanagan)
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCO
creator: Wellspring, Ian
issued: 2024-08-26T16:15:56Z
issued: 2024
related degree: Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: The COVID-19 pandemic has influenced an increase in Videoconferencing Psychotherapy (VCP) to deliver psychological services (Shore et al., 2020). However, there has been minimal research that has investigated whether therapists’ clinical skills in Face-to-Face (FtF) therapy transfer to VCP. There has also been ongoing consideration regarding clients’ comfort in disclosing information across communication mediums, with mixed prior research. Further, there has been minimal research considering the prevalence and reasons why clients may provide untruthful information in therapy, and therapists’ credibility assessment ability, particularly in VCP. This research aimed to consider whether, and in what potential ways, therapists’ clinical competencies are impacted by conducting therapy across different communication mediums. The perceived advantages and disadvantages of mental health applications were also considered. Study one garnered information about graduate student clinicians’ and clients’ experiences (i.e., clinical skills, comfort disclosing information) following either a FtF or VCP therapy session. Study two collected information about registered psychologists’ experiences and perceptions of their clinical competencies across communication mediums. Participants in study two were also asked to gauge the credibility of a mock VCP client. A mixed-methods survey approach was adopted. Thematic analyses revealed that psychologists perceived clients’ individual differences as being more important for disclosing information in therapy as compared to the communication medium. For example, they believed general levels of openness about one’s personal history played more of a role in disclosure, as compared to the communication medium. Across graduate student clinicians and registered psychologists, therapists reported feeling generally competent in VCP but endorsed not feeling as competent in phone therapy. Registered psychologists were found to experience significantly hi…
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note: THE THERAPIST’S DUAL REALITY: AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE IMPACT OF VIDEOCONFERENCING PSYCHOTHERAPY (VCP) ON THERAPISTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THEIR CLINICAL ABILITIES by Ian Wellspring B.A. (Hons.), Mount Royal University, 2015 Master of Arts (Psychology), University of British Columbia (Okanagan), 2020 A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in THE COLLEGE OF GRADUATE STUDIES (Psychology) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Okanagan) August 2024 © Ian Wellspring, 2024 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the College of Graduate Studies for acceptance, a thesis/dissertation entitled: THE THERAPIST’S DUAL REALITY: AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE IMPACT OF VIDEOCONFERENCING PSYCHOTHERAPY (VCP) ON THERAPISTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THEIR CLINICAL ABILITIES submitted by Ian Wellspring in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Dr. Michael Woodworth, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Supervisor Dr. Leanne ten Brinke, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Maya Libben, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Sally Willis-Stewart, Faculty of Health and Social Development University Examiner Dr. Daniel Stubbings, Cardiff Metropolitan University External Examiner iii Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has influenced an increase in Videoconferencing Psychotherapy (VCP) to deliver psychological services (Shore et al., 2020). However, there has been minimal research that has investigated whether therapists’ clinical skills in Face-to-Face (FtF) therapy transfer to VCP. There has also been ongoing consideration regarding clients’ comfort in disclosing information across communication mediums, with mixed prior research. Further, there has been minimal research considering the prevalence and reasons why clients may provide untruthful information in therapy, and therapists’ credibility assessment ability, …
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2024-11
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0445159
language: eng
degree discipline: Psychology
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
contributor: Woodworth, Michael T.
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/89029