Abstract
Teletherapy services increased in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic. This comic is based on interviews of 3 individuals who consider questions about patient-therapist interactions in individual and group therapy. Key ethics questions emerging from interviews this comic draws upon are the following: How should patients’ emotions be responded to by therapists during teletherapy? How should phone or screen-based media change mental health care interactions among therapists and patients in individual or group therapy? How should therapists create care environments in phone or screen-based meeting spaces? Which advantages and drawbacks of teletherapy are most clinically and ethically relevant from patients’ and clinicians’ perspectives?
Figure. Talking About Teletherapy
