ABSTRACT

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a widespread cultural change to the provision of psychotherapy with patients rapidly converted to a virtual format. During this unprecedented time, therapists can benefit from reviewing and implementing best practice guidelines outlined by various professional organizations across the globe. Clinicians should utilize the resources put forth by international professional organizations to ethically adapt these recommendations to their clinical practice. Therapists must develop safety protocols to ethically deliver services to high-risk patients and also recognize the potential for new high-risk subgroups during this pandemic.

摘要

COVID-19大流行已使心理治疗的提供产生了广泛的文化变革，使患者迅速转变为虚拟形式。在这段空前的时间里，治疗师可以受益于审查和实施全球各个专业组织概述的最佳实践指南。临床医生应利用国际专业组织提供的资源，从伦理上使这些建议适应其临床实践。治疗师必须制定安全规程，以合乎道德的方式为高危患者提供服务，并认识到在这种大流行期间可能会出现新的高危亚组。