The practice of Brazilian schema therapists in videoconferencing therapy since the onset of the covid-19 pandemic

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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2026.1.47304

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Schema Therapy, Telepsychology, Internet-based intervention, Teletherapy

Abstract

Psychologists around the world made an abrupt transition from face-to-face services to online services due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aims to identify the aspects that impacted the practice of Brazilian schema therapists due to this widespread adoption of remote care. This is a cross-sectional and correlational study carried out by collecting data from 79 schema therapists, with different backgrounds, who, through a sociodemographic questionnaire and psychometric instruments, provided data on their behaviors and perceptions related to their videoconferencing services. The main results were favorable attitudes towards the use of technology, perception of equivalence in the quality of care and the therapeutic relationship compared to face-to-face care and preference for mental imagery techniques over chair techniques. It is hoped that these data will contribute to the reflection and future practice of schema therapists in remote care.

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Author Biographies

Jamille Novaes Pantoja, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.

Psychologist, holding a Master’s degree and currently a PhD candidate at PUCRS. She is a specialist in Schema Therapy (2022), with training in Schema Therapy through the International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST)/Wainer Psicologia (2023). She also holds specializations in Nutritional Balance with an emphasis on Contextual Behavioral Therapies (2023) and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (2024). She is a member of the Research Group on Psychology, Health, and the Internet (GPPSI) within the graduate program at PUCRS.

Karen P. Del Rio Szupszynski, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.

Psychologist, holding a Master’s degree and a PhD in Psychology from PUCRS. Completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Psychobiology at UNIFESP. Faculty member in the undergraduate and graduate Psychology programs at PUCRS. Trained in Schema Therapy through the International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST)/Wainer Psicologia, with additional coursework at the Beck Institute (USA). Received training in Motivational Interviewing with William Miller (Albuquerque, USA) and in the Transtheoretical Model of Change with Carlo DiClemente and James Prochaska.

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2026-10-26

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Novaes Pantoja, J., & P. Del Rio Szupszynski, K. (2026). The practice of Brazilian schema therapists in videoconferencing therapy since the onset of the covid-19 pandemic. Psico, 57(1), e47304. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2026.1.47304

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