A systematic review of higher education students' experiences of engaging with online therapy

Hanley, Terry; Wyatt, Claire

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“…However, this doesn't mean people don't need to be supported to International Journal of Research in Counseling and Education, Open Access Journal: http://s.id/ijrice complement their efforts but rather they don't want to live or work under dictatorship or imposition of any kind. Being in control of one's affairs is mentally and physically relaxing for it allows one to think deeply and willingly mobilize all the required energy not only to failed but recover if in difficult circumstances while empowering oneself (UNDESA, n.d.), concurring with e-therapy is motivating because it enhances the building of the therapeutic relationship, autonomy of clienteles in the sense that they are somehow in control of the sessions, processes, avoid face-to-face support, allows additional time for thinking, in most cases, it is a therapy tool box, reduces isolation and psychosocial pressure, increases the value of therapeutic writing as everything is written, anonymity and client concealment; and increases the needed social support since the platform is some sort of a community (Hanley & Wyatt, 2020). Students preferred e-counselling for many reasons such as it facilitates the building of therapeutic relationship, increases independence and autonomy during work; and reduces the anxiety in face-to-face counselling (Hanley & Wyatt, 2020).…”

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“…Additionally, etherapy requires both clienteles and counsellors to be conversant with the internet and above all, being extremely careful with portal, emails and avoid wrongly sending messages to wrong persons (Abbott et al, 2008). To some extent, e-counselling can be challenging for some clienteles due to lack of time, technological complications, being exposed to additional stigma such as being afraid because of the feeling of wasting counsellor time especially if one is slow in thinking and composing messages, feeling shame to login; and difficulties in writing short and concise messages (Hanley & Wyatt, 2020).…”

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“…Others challenges in web-based therapy include it is sometimes mentally demanding to compose and type messages that best explain one's condition especially when under stress, confidentiality threats, jurisdiction issues particularly when something goes wronged, cultural differences, clients knowing when therapists will be available to attend them (Shiller, 2009). However, for e-counselling to be widely appreciated among other things, it calls for ensuring that the information about the services on offer are clearly stated and transparent and the platform is secured to advert being hawked (Hanley & Wyatt, 2020).…”

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“…Due to lack of technical knowhow and increase associated costs, most health practitioners find it extremely difficult to embraced and apply web-based therapeutic software (Barak et al, 2009). In spite of all these, traditional faceto-face counselling can be demanding in some cases because of having to create a space for it in somehow a busy life, it is technologically challenging and above all, it goes with some continuous mental stigma for openly seeking help (Hanley & Wyatt, 2020).…”

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Web-based psychosocial interventions for survivors of child sex tourism and their families: a rethink of counselling

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Daily, in almost every part of the world, series of maltreatment are meted on the children. Because of their vulnerability, the time has come to take serious actions and unreserved measures to end this inhumane treatment and support the victims and their communities. Children are innocent beings and are the last hope of every community and nation and deserve a decent and safe environment to grow to the fullest. This is a fundamental human right as capsulated in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), an international legal instrument of universal significance. A systematic review of the works of literature using information collected from different sources was actuated. Google search engine, google scholar, web of science, and Scopus database were used to search for these articles. During the search, combinations of words and phrases were used to ensure articles reflected the most current knowledge and scholarly works. The systematic searches beget varied and voluminous articles that had to be sieved not only to meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria but also to ensure the fundamental objectives of the study are wrangled. In summary, the potentials of web-counseling include but are not restricted to unlimited access and improved seeking behavior, affordability, convenience, limited pressure, permanent record availability, anonymity, independence and autonomy, empowerment, geographical barriers elimination, less feeling shy, freedom of expression, confidentiality, and privacy, efficiency and effectiveness improvement, all-time access to multiple therapists, resources with no transport cost and hassle, and client-driven therapy sessions

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“…Since these initial projects, looking at online working, I have been involved in a series of systematic reviews examining the literature around online therapeutic practices. This has included pulling together studies examining therapeutic work with young people (Ersahin & Hanley, 2017), higher education students (Hanley & Wyatt, 2020) and the literature around the way that young people make use of online mental health and well‐being forums (Hanley et al., 2019). Each of these pieces has striking similarities.…”

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Researching online counselling and psychotherapy: The past, the present and the future

Hanley

2020

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Using technology as a therapeutic tool is by no means new. During the 1960s, Weizenbaum and his colleagues created a computer programme (ELIZA-which is freely available online for those curious to try it out) that used language rules based upon client-centred counselling principles (Weizenbaum, 1966). Despite the programme's rudimentary nature, Weizenbaum found that participants in his studies engaged in a surprisingly rich way with it. Such interest in the interface between therapy and technology, although not mainstream, has continued throughout the subsequent decades. Research communities have consistently considered how technology might be used to enhance therapeutic practice or, at least, to make it more efficient.Making use of the Internet as a means of offering therapy has been an inevitable part of this process.Many developments have occurred in the field of online counselling and psychotherapy. Given the way that access and usage of the Internet has bloomed since the 1990s, a majority of the online therapeutic developments occurred after this date. For instance, the first reported paid therapy session is recorded in 1995 (Anthony, 2003a).Since then, an abundance of research has been completed considering who is seeking support via this means (e.g. Hanley et al., 2017;King et al., 2006), how individuals (therapists and clients) experience such services and rate the quality of the relationships they enter into (e.g. Dowling & Rickwood, 2014;Hanley & Reynolds, 2009), and how effective and efficacious such approaches are (e.g. Barak

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An integrative review of the person‐centred and experiential therapy literature on delivering individual video counselling and psychotherapy

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Sutherland

2022

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Based on an integrative review of the relevant literature in and on person‐centred and experiential (PCE) therapy, this study identifies and discusses the findings of 13 articles on the delivery of individual video counselling and psychotherapy. Six overarching themes were identified: the discrepancy of the experiences of clients and practitioners; the possibility of good‐quality PCE therapy (psychotherapy and/or counselling); “doing” PCE therapy online; “being” online; the role of technology; and implications for training and practice. It is suggested that all these have implications for ongoing practice and education/training, and need to be considered by practitioners, educators/trainers, and professional bodies.

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A systematic review of higher education students' experiences of engaging with online therapy

Abstract: This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.

Cited by 20 publications

References 35 publications

Web-based psychosocial interventions for survivors of child sex tourism and their families: a rethink of counselling

Web-based psychosocial interventions for survivors of child sex tourism and their families: a rethink of counselling

Researching online counselling and psychotherapy: The past, the present and the future

An integrative review of the person‐centred and experiential therapy literature on delivering individual video counselling and psychotherapy

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