الخدمة النفسية عبر الإنترنت

Abstract EN

The outbreak of the new coronavirus pandemic known as COVID-19 has led to a state of emergency around the world, that has mainly affected the mental health of the individual.

Countries worldwide have been forced to adopt strict preventive measures such as: quarantine, health and social distancing, closing centres.

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Despite their importance in fighting the pandemic, many psychological problems and disorders have appeared.

These measures have also led many people to stop pursuing their treatments in psychology clinics to prevent the infection transmission, which caused an increased occurrence of the relapse.

As a result, a remarkable digital shift in the employment of digital media appeared mainly to help people to get psychological support and online therapy.

This article will discuss the digital transformation that the pandemic has produced in the field of therapy and psychological counselling.

Although online psychotherapy is not new, its use has not witnessed widespread, especially in Arab countries.

The current rapidly growing outbreak of coronavirus pandemic obliges specialists and therapists to move from face-to-face to online psychotherapy.

Thus, the psychological practice is witnessing a remarkable digital transformation that aims to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus and serve the individuals to maintain their mental and physical health.