The Eyes Have It: Psychotherapy in the Era of Masks.
J Clin Psychol Med Settings
; 29(4): 886-897, 2022 12.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2300189
ABSTRACT
Nonverbal communication is integral to the success of psychotherapy and facial expression is an important component of nonverbal communication. The SARS CoV-2 pandemic has caused alterations in how psychotherapy services are provided. In this paper, potential issues that may arise from conducting psychotherapy when both the patient and therapist are wearing masks are explored. These include higher likelihood of misidentifying facial expression, especially when expression is incongruent with body language, and when the lower face is more important for correct identification of emotion. These issues may be particularly problematic for patient populations for whom emotion recognition may be a problem at baseline, or for those more prone to biases in emotional recognition. Suggestions are made for therapists to consider when seeing patients in-person when masks are necessary.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
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Masks
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Clin Psychol Med Settings
Journal subject:
Psychology
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S10880-022-09856-x
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