Advances in Online Therapy

Advances in Online Therapy is the definitive presentation on online psychological intervention, which takes research and experiences of online therapy a step further by applying them to therapy in a post-pandemic world.
This book addresses most of the main approaches and schools of individual, couple and family psychotherapy that are prevalent in the therapeutic field nowadays and explores how each of them adjust to online therapy. The reader will explore the main challenges and obstacles unique for each approach and how leading experts of those approaches overcome these challenges. The book also offers a relatively unique collection of the most practiced therapeutic approaches. In addition, the reader will explore specific issues that anyone who meets clients online should be aware of, like who is suitable for online counseling and who should be excluded, how to overcome resistance to online meetings, how to create online therapeutic alliance, enhancing online presence, and more. This book develops further the ideas and areas explored in the authors' previous book, Theory and Practice of Online Therapy.
Advances in Online Therapy aims to help mental health professionals and graduate students responsibly explore and expand their own 'online comfort zone'.

Haim Weinberg, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, group analyst, and certified group psychotherapist in California, USA. Arnon Rolnick, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist with special interest in the usage of technology in psychotherapy in Tel-Aviv, Israel. Adam Leighton is a counsellor, group facilitator, wilderness therapy facilitator, and lecturer at Ruppin Academic Center, Israel.

Section One: Theoretical Aspects of Online Therapy 1. Being Present and Together While Apart: Therapeutic Presence in Teletherapy 2. Finding Closeness while Socially Distant: Clinical Considerations for the Therapeutic Frame and Process in Teletherapy 3. Reflections on Empathic Presence in Online Therapeutic Relations 4. "The untouched - touched": Intimacy and Intersubjectivity Online 5. Me and My Otherness. Or: Who is the Other on Screen who Looks Exactly Like Me? 6. Zooming in Zoom: Mental-Body-Brain perspectives on Online psychotherapy sessions Section 2: Individual Therapies - Specific Modalities 7. Telehealth Delivery of Dialectical Behavior Therapy 8. Schema Therapy in the Online Setting - from Challenges to Opportunities 9. Implementing the Unified Protocol Online: Adaptations and Considerations 10. Remote Art Therapy: Engaging in a Shared Experience 11. Zooming in on Experiential Dynamic Therapies 12. Online-IPT- not necessarily a second best 13. Online EMDR Therapy in the COVID-19 Era and Beyond 14. Getting a Little Closer in Every Session: The unique contribution of remote Biofeedback to psychotherapy 15. Interactive Hypnosis and Hypnotic Psychotherapy Online Section 3: Couples & Families 16. An Introduction to Couple and Family Therapy 17. Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy Online: Handholding from a Distance 18. Adapting Emotion Focused Therapies for Online Delivery 19. Gottman Method: Assessment and Treatment in the Age of Online Therapy 20. Healing Through the Screen: Using Imago Relationship Therapy Online 21. Online Contemporary Couples Gestalt Therapy "Two Become One" - and Then There are None! Section 4: Specific Populations 22. Online Suicide-Focused Treatment: The Telehealth Use of CAMS 23. Reactivating Playfulness Online for PTSD treatment 24. Adapting Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Individuals with Childhood-Onset Medical and Developmental Disabilities 25. Diving into the World of Online Play Therapy