The COVID-19 pandemic prompted a radical shift in social work practice. Overnight, social work intervention models provided in-person gave way to the utilization of Information and Communication Technologies to facilitate direct practice in virtual environments (e-therapy). Social work’s slow acceptance of e-therapy prior to the pandemic resulted in a lack of training for many social work practitioners and MSW student interns, who were required to make rapid transitions to using and operating in online environments. It appears likely that e-therapy will continue after the COVID-19 pandemic subsides, so integrating education about effective e-therapy techniques into social work curricula seems like a logical next step. A social worker’s ability to establish the therapeutic alliance, which is at the heart of all helping relationships, will be central to this curricula. Understanding social work students’ perceptions of e-therapy and the therapeutic alliance can help shape the development of this new curriculum. Using internal student email, students at two Research I universities were invited to participate in a fully online anonymous survey dealing with attitudes towards e-therapy and the therapeutic alliance. Surveys were conducted in 2018 and April–May 2020. Survey questions were based on the only prior comprehensive study of student attitudes towards e-therapy (Finn in J Soc Work Educ 38(3), 403–419. https://doi.org/10.1080/10437797.2002.10779107, 2002). Study results indicate that students have e-therapy experience, believe that a practitioner can build a good therapeutic alliance, and think that some form of e-therapy will continue after the pandemic. These results confirm that further exploration about the inclusion of e-therapy education and its efficacy in social work curricula requires urgent attention.

COVID-19 大流行促使社会工作实践发生了根本性转变。一夜之间，面对面提供的社会工作干预模式让位于利用信息和通信技术促进虚拟环境中的直接实践（电子疗法）。在大流行之前，社会工作对电子疗法的接受缓慢导致许多社会工作从业者和 MSW 实习生缺乏培训，他们需要快速过渡到在在线环境中使用和操作。在 COVID-19 大流行消退后，电子疗法似乎可能会继续，因此将有关有效电子疗法技术的教育整合到社会工作课程中似乎是合乎逻辑的下一步。社会工作者建立治疗联盟的能力，这是所有帮助关系的核心，将成为本课程的核心。了解社会工作学生对电子疗法和治疗联盟的看法有助于塑造这一新课程的发展。使用内部学生电子邮件，两所研究 I 大学的学生被邀请参加一项完全在线的匿名调查，该调查涉及对电子治疗和治疗联盟的态度。调查于 2018 年和 2020 年 4 月至 2020 年 5 月进行。调查问题基于之前对学生对电子疗法态度的唯一全面研究（Finn in J Soc Work Educ 38(3), 403-419. https://doi. org/10.1080/10437797.2002.10779107, 2002)。研究结果表明，学生有电子治疗经验，相信从业者可以建立良好的治疗联盟，并认为某种形式的电子治疗将在大流行之后继续存在。