How Technology Influences the Therapeutic Process: Evaluation of the Patient-Therapist Relationship in Augmented Reality Exposure Therapy and In Vivo Exposure Therapy
WRZESIEN ; BRETON LOPEZ ; BOTELLA ; BURKHARDT ; ALCANIZ ; PEREZ ARA ; RIERA DEL AMO
Type de document
ARTICLE A COMITE DE LECTURE REPERTORIE DANS BDI (ACL)
Langue
anglais
Auteur
WRZESIEN ; BRETON LOPEZ ; BOTELLA ; BURKHARDT ; ALCANIZ ; PEREZ ARA ; RIERA DEL AMO
Résumé / Abstract
Background: New technologies have slowly become a part of psychologists’ therapeutic office. However, many therapists still have doubts about the possibility of creating a good therapeutic relationship with patients in the presence of technology. Aims: This study evaluates the development of the therapeutic alliance in individuals with small animal phobia disorder who were treated with Augmented Reality Exposure Therapy or In Vivo Exposure Therapy. Method: Twenty-two participants received an intensive session of cognitive behavioural therapy in either a technology-mediated therapeutic context or in a traditional therapeutic context. Results: The results show no significant difference for the therapeutic alliance between two conditions. Conclusions: The results seem to show that technologies such as Augmented Reality do not represent a danger to negatively influence the therapeutic alliance.
Source
Behavioural and cognitive psychoterapy, num. 4, pp 505-509 p.
Editeur
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
