Towards motivational and empathetic response generation in online mental health support

T Saha, V Gakhreja, AS Das, S Chakraborty… - Proceedings of the 45th …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
The scarcity of Mental Health Professionals (MHPs) available to assist patients underlines
the need for developing automated systems to help MHPs combat the grievous mental …

Therapists' perceptions of online group therapeutic relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic: A survey-based study.

S Gullo, G Lo Coco, M Leszcz… - Group Dynamics …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Background: In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most group therapists moved their
practice to online platforms. Surveys of psychotherapists indicate that many intend to …

Artistic creation in virtual reality for art therapy: A qualitative study with expert art therapists

I Hacmun, D Regev, R Salomon - The Arts in Psychotherapy, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent advances in technology have enabled the creation of immersive digital
environments commonly known as Virtual Reality (VR). The current study explored the …

Emotional and cognitive empathy in caregivers of people with neurodegenerative disease: Relationships with caregiver mental health

AY Hua, JL Wells, CL Brown… - Clinical Psychological …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Caregiving for a person with dementia or neurodegenerative disease is associated with
increased rates of depression and anxiety. As the population ages and dementia prevalence …

Case: Aligning coarse-to-fine cognition and affection for empathetic response generation

J Zhou, C Zheng, B Wang, Z Zhang… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Empathetic conversation is psychologically supposed to be the result of conscious
alignment and interaction between the cognition and affection of empathy. However, existing …

Personal therapy and the personal therapist

FD Moe, J Thimm - Nordic Psychology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Personal therapy has been proposed as an aid in promoting the professional development
of psychotherapists by increasing their self-awareness, self-reflexivity, and self-knowledge of …

The relationship between the therapeutic alliance in psychotherapy and suicidal experiences: A systematic review

C Huggett, P Gooding, G Haddock… - Clinical psychology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
It is well established that there is a fundamental need to develop a robust therapeutic
alliance to achieve positive outcomes in psychotherapy. However, little is known as to how …

Emotional expression and empathy in an online peer support platform.

O Weisberg, S Daniels, E Bar-Kalifa - Journal of counseling …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Online peer groups are a popular channel for mental health support, but the evidence for
their effectiveness is mixed. The present study focused on empathy to better identify which …

Therapist emotion and emotional change with clients: Effects on perceived empathy and session quality.

H Chui, X Li, S Luk - Psychotherapy, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Therapists' emotion and therapist–client emotional congruence are associated with
psychotherapy process and outcome. However, their presession emotional states are not …

Exploring the question:“Does empathy work in the same way in online and in-person therapeutic settings?”

R Sperandeo, V Cioffi, LL Mosca, T Longobardi… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Providing remote psychotherapy using technology is a growing practice, especially since the
outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even if in numerous studies video conferencing …