Making Lemonade out of Lemons: Dialectical Behavior Therapy via Telehealth During a Pandemic

We examined the degree of telehealth platform adoption among DBT clinicians, as well as changes in stress and self-care strategies. A supplemental aim was to gather clinicians' recommendations for providing DBT via telehealth. Participants included N = 99 DBT practitioners (79.8% female; 20.2% male). Qualitative and quantitative methods were used for data analysis. Findings show that telehealth DBT has been widely adopted among DBT clinicians, and that clinicians' attitudes to telehealth DBT are cautiously optimistic. Participants described three main areas of stress associated with DBT via telehealth provision, as well as lost and novel self-care strategies.PMID:37597964 | PMC:PMC10065055 | DOI:10.1016/j.beth.2023.03.007

Source: Behavior Therapy - August 19, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Philippa Hood Cassandra J Turner Bridget Beggs Lynnaea Owens Alexander L Chapman Source Type: research