ABSTRACT

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic created an unprecedented physical and mental health crisis on an international scale. Clients and therapists alike navigated the fears and uncertainty surrounding the virus, often in an environment of social isolation. The following paper presents a brief overview of the unique stressors and psychosocial factors impacting therapeutic work in the time of the coronavirus pandemic, including fears of the virus and social transmission, relational stressors due to isolation, grieving in isolation, fear of death, financial challenges, and the transition to telehealth. In addition, this paper aims to provide specific interventions and helpful approaches for psychotherapists navigating the novel challenges and demands to their clinical work through an AEDP (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy) perceptive. This includes finding an entry point for accessing the pain: undoing aloneness; moving through the pain: dyadic affect regulation; and paying close attention to vitality within suffering: searching for transformance. Recommendations for the health and care of the clinician are also discussed, such as attuning to self-needs, anticipating and detecting dysregulation, staying with the good, meaning-making, identifying and responding to burnout, and the importance of receiving personal therapy and clinical supervision.

摘要

冠状病毒 (COVID-19) 大流行在国际范围内造成了前所未有的身心健康危机。客户和治疗师都在应对病毒的恐惧和不确定性，通常是在社会孤立的环境中。以下论文简要概述了在冠状病毒大流行期间影响治疗工作的独特压力源和心理社会因素，包括对病毒和社会传播的恐惧、因孤立而产生的关系压力源、在孤立中悲伤、对死亡的恐惧、财务挑战，以及向远程医疗的过渡。此外，本文旨在为心理治疗师提供特定的干预措施和有用的方法，通过 AEDP（加速体验式动态心理治疗）感知来应对他们临床工作的新挑战和需求。这包括找到解决痛苦的切入点：消除孤独；穿越痛苦：二元影响调节；并密切关注痛苦中的生命力：寻求转化。还讨论了对临床医生健康和护理的建议，例如适应自我需求、预测和检测失调、保持良好状态、创造意义、识别和应对倦怠，以及接受个人治疗和临床治疗的重要性监督。