{"id":2921,"date":"2021-04-18T16:28:07","date_gmt":"2021-04-18T16:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journal.rhetoric.bg\/?p=2921"},"modified":"2021-04-18T16:34:10","modified_gmt":"2021-04-18T16:34:10","slug":"communication-aspects-and-dynamics-of-conducting-group-therapy-in-virtual-environments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/journal.rhetoric.bg\/?p=2921","title":{"rendered":"Communication Aspects and Dynamics of Conducting Group Therapy in Virtual Environments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Internet (and Virtual) Communication<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Todor S. Simeonov<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n

Institute of Rhetoric and Communication<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

E-mail: info@todorsimeonov.eu<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span>Abstract: <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span>The article presents the results of a study based on autoethnographic research, in which the author participated during a university course in Group Therapy. Due to the extraordinary circumstances imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the training is conducted entirely in a virtual environment. The experiment is an exploration of experiencing group dynamics and therapy in a virtual environment. The focus of the research is the communication features and dynamics during this process and to what extent they differ from group work in a physical environment. The author’s personal experience is conveyed through the first-person narrative: a basic approach in autoethnography in which self-reflection is used to report included observation. Self-reflection as part of the autoethnographic study provides answers to the questions: Is a virtual environment a suitable communication environment for group therapy? What are the psychological dynamics of the group in a virtual environment? Important characteristics and qualities of the group facilitator leading such a group are presented. The hypothesis that the virtual environment is a suitable medium for group therapy and development of psychological dynamics and process is confirmed. Limitations, conclusions, and recommendations for future research are presented at the end of the study.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Keywords<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span>: virtual psychotherapy, group work in virtual environment, autoethnography, group dynamics. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Rhetoric and Communications Journal, issue 47, April 2021<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Read the Original in Bulgarian<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Internet (and Virtual) Communication Todor S. Simeonov Institute of Rhetoric and Communication E-mail: info@todorsimeonov.eu Abstract: The article presents the results of a study based on autoethnographic research, in which the author participated during a university course in Group Therapy. Due to the extraordinary circumstances imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the training is conducted entirely in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/journal.rhetoric.bg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/journal.rhetoric.bg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/journal.rhetoric.bg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/journal.rhetoric.bg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/journal.rhetoric.bg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2921"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/journal.rhetoric.bg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2934,"href":"http:\/\/journal.rhetoric.bg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2921\/revisions\/2934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/journal.rhetoric.bg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/journal.rhetoric.bg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/journal.rhetoric.bg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}