innovative method of psychotherapy

innovative method of psychotherapy

According to research, 62% of Poles experience stress at least once a week. ADP data ‘People at Work 2022: A Global Workforce View’ indicates that Poles are one of the most stressed nations worldwide. The harsh reality of recent years and uncertain prospects do not bode well for the future. In a report published by Google on the most frequently typed search phrases in 2022, these were: “how to deal with stress”, “how to stop a panic attack”, “how to cure depression”, “how to deal with ADHD”. The scale of mental health problems is growing and there are more and more people needing the support of a psychologist, a psychotherapist, seeking help.

Professor Jadwiga Jośko-Ochojska from the Department of Environmental Medicine and Epidemiology at the Silesian Medical University in Katowice, who has a professional interest in the medical aspects of stress, points out that it does the most damage to the immune system and the brain. Chronic stress can contribute to: hypertension, atherosclerosis, cancer, obesity, intestinal disorders, e.g. irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), aggravate allergies or asthma, inflammation in the body, insomnia, autoimmune diseases. This is why timely access to a psychologist and therapist by those in need of help seems so important today. Stress management techniques are and will continue to be popular; it is also important and perhaps more important to prevent everything that stress brings and disturbs our equilibrium. Dr Ewelina Smoktunowicz, a psychologist who designs and tests the effectiveness of online interventions, points out that the availability of support can be increased through the use of technology: interactive programmes, apps, virtual reality, chatbots and artificial intelligence. The role of technology is not to replace support providers, but to support them in reaching the widest possible audience. Technology can also help to effectively work on visualisation in coping with stress, reduce the time to open up to solving a problem and optimise the start of work on oneself. Researchers from Linköping University, in an experiment involving 144 patients, noted the effectiveness of online cognitive behavioural therapy in helping people with depression accompanying heart disease. Similar results were obtained by a group from the University Hospital of Basel in the case of psychological problems of cancer patients. Response to the growing demand for psychotherapy and its limited availability. Currently, the use of technology often takes place in mixed formats – one psychotherapy session takes place in the office and another with the use of appropriate technology. Research shows that this modality is gaining greater acceptance by both professionals and patients. In addition, research has shown that 9764 people who were treated with various online psychological interventions for different problems showed no difference in effectiveness compared to ‘face-to-face’ therapy. APO’s My Glasses virtual glasses come into being at the right time.