Full Description
This book explores the current developments and future implications of psychotherapeutic theories, research methodologies, and practices in this rapidly advancing digital economy.
This book is an invaluable resource for those interested in:
The effects of our 'information economy' on our brains, consciousness, inner world and the way as psychotherapists we conceptualise
The promise of autonomous psychotherapy programmes that integrate 'therapy with the actual relationship experiences of the individual user'
Whether traditional psychotherapy can provide the best antidote to the ills of our digital age
An overarching concern is that we will no longer be able to control technology. Hence, the need to be clearer not only regarding the effect of the digital era on the processes of the psychological therapies but the effects on us, as people who are clients/patients and psychological therapists - perhaps before it is too late, if isn't already.
This book has been developed from a special issue of the European Journal of Psychotherapy & Counselling.
Contents
Introduction: Can AI replace not only therapists and romantic partners but the selves we once knew? 1. Looking and listening in online therapy 2. 'The shaping force of technology in psychotherapy' 3. AI, automation and psychotherapy - A proposed model for losses and gains in the automated therapeutic encounter 4. Virtual reality and screen relations in clinical practice - exploring co-creation, inclusivity and exclusivity 5. Moving-sensing-feeling bodies clamouring for contact in on-line therapy groups 6. Connecting in a remote world: Psychotherapy & counselling students' experiences of remote teaching and learning 7. Virtual parent-infant psychotherapy is impactful and accessible for mothers and babies attending a community perinatal service 8. Schrödinger's cat goes online: Exploring the psychopathology of digital life 9. The agentic role of psychotherapy in retaining human connection in the age of technology: A response paper 10. Digitally mediated psychotherapy: Intimacy, distance, and connection in virtual therapeutic spaces 11. To the screen, and beyond
