Online Psychotherapy: A Pandemic Dilemma

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By:Navvya Arya

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30564/jpr.v5i2.5697

Abstract:

Covid Pandemic has allowed people to reflect, explore their emotions, their strengths and deficiencies, how they affect them and how to address them. The globally observed, pandemic induced social distancing, has also precipitated disturbances in the domain of mental health. Almost the entire population worldwide, went through series of lockdowns, resulting in people getting isolated, some feeling trapped in the stressful environment of a forced shared living palace—homes. This precipitated in exposing conflicts of various types and degrees, encountering a common emotion—grief. With no access to professionals in traditional format, the online networking boom has given a ray of hope to the people in need. This research-based article explores how online therapy is being seen as a reliable and important tool for people needing help for mental health issues, by conducting a survey on the youth of Delhi-NCR. This research article explores the ways in which people reached mental health professionals and how internet-based therapies increased manifolds during pandemic. A total of 54% participants of the survey agreed to engage in online therapy practice in situation of need.

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