TABLE 1.
Therapist demographics and descriptives (n = 795)
| n | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Ethnicity | ||
| White European, European American | 562 | 70.7 |
| Asian or Asian Indian | 70 | 8.8 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | .3 |
| Hispanic, Latinx, Spanish | 30 | 3.8 |
| Black or African American | 6 | .8 |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | .4 |
| Middle Eastern | 9 | 1.1 |
| Other | 40 | 5.0 |
| Country (declaration of national emergency/lockdown a ) | ||
| USA (March 13 Trump declares national emergency) | 650 | 81.8 |
| 33 | 4.2 | |
| Canada (March 16) | 45 | 5.7 |
| China (January 29) | 20 | 2.5 |
| United Kingdom (March 25) | 29 | 3.6 |
| Other European countries (March 9–March 25) | 13 | 1.0 |
| 8 | 1.0 | |
| Other—Latin America (March 16–17) | 10 | 1.3 |
| Profession | ||
| Psychologist | 362 | 45.5 |
| Social worker | 119 | 15.0 |
| Counsellor | 104 | 13.1 |
| Medical doctor | 115 | 14.5 |
| Psychoanalyst | 69 | 8.8 |
| Marriage family therapist | 17 | 2.2 |
| Psychotherapist | 27 | 3.4 |
| Other | 2 | 0.3 |
| Licensure status | ||
| Licensed | 718 | 90.3 |
| Trainee | 77 | 9.7 |
| Clinical experience in years | ||
| 0–4 | 55 | 7.9 |
| 5–8 | 102 | 13.0 |
| 9–12 | 82 | 11.8 |
| 13–16 | 59 | 8.5 |
| 17 or more | 399 | 57.2 |
| Work setting b | ||
| Private practice | 653 | 83.0 |
| Outpatient clinic | 142 | 18.0 |
| Hospital | 71 | 8.9 |
| Other | 62 | 7.9 |
| Theoretical orientation b | ||
| Psychodynamic | 528 | 67.1 |
| Psychoanalytic | 406 | 51.6 |
| Integrative | 280 | 35.6 |
| CBT | 182 | 23.1 |
| Humanistic | 133 | 16.9 |
| Systemic | 99 | 12.6 |
| Other | 106 | 13.5 |
| Previous experience of providing TPT | ||
| No, never | 353 | 44.4 |
| Yes, once or twice | 75 | 9.4 |
| Yes, but only after seeing them in‐person first | 223 | 28.1 |
| Yes several patients | 143 | 18.0 |
| Previous training in TPT | ||
| Yes | 136 | 17.1 |
| No | 659 | 82.9 |
Abbreviation: TPT, telepsychotherapy.
a
Retrieved from https://www.ajmc.com/view/a‐timeline‐of‐covid19‐developments‐in‐2020; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID‐19_pandemic_in_Canada; https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus‐what‐are‐the‐lockdown‐measures‐across‐europe/a‐5290517; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID‐19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom_(January%E2%80%93June_2020)); https://www.nytimes.com/article/coronavirus‐timeline.html; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID‐19_pandemic_in_mainland_China.
b
Multiple answers were possible per respondent.