1st Edition

E-attachment and Online Communication The Changing Context of the Clinical Diagnosis and Psychological Treatment

146 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

146 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines the use of modern technologies in clinical psychological practice. It considers how we define attachment in an age where changes in technology and the COVID-19 pandemic have increased the prevalence of online contact in the process of diagnosis and psychological treatment. Based on an attachment paradigm that is relatively unexplored, the book outlines how modern online... Read more

Introduction  1. Human development changes in modern world  2. Contemporary forms of establishing attachment  3. Attachment, relationships and new technologies from neuroscience perspective  4. Attachment based on new technologies and mental health  5. Contemporary trends in psychological diagnosis and assessment (online psychological diagnosis and therapy)  6. Psychologist dilemmas and challenges in the face of new technologies. Reflections and case studies

Biography

Katarzyna Sitnik-Warchulska is Clinical Psychologist, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist and Assistant Professor at the Institute of Applied Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Poland.

Bernadetta Izydorczyk is Clinical Psychologist, Psychotherapist and Supervisor of Psychotherapy, and Associate Professor at the Institute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Poland.

Zbigniew Wajda is Clinical Psychologist, Psychotherapist and Assistant Professor at the Institute of Applied Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Poland.

"The book by Katarzyna Sitnik-Warchulska, Bernadetta Izydorczyk and Zbigniew Wajda gives an excellent summary of relational perspectives in online diagnosis and interventions. From a background of attachment theory, the authors provide stimulating insight in clinical challenges related to the expansion of face-to-face settings to the digital realm. This is a great book for everyone interested in clinical psychology and psychosocial interventions in the age of digital communication."

- Johannes C. Ehrenthal, Professor of Clinical Psychology and empirical-quantitative Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Germany