The effectiveness of online psychotherapy based on intensive and short-term dynamic psychotherapy (ISTDP) on maladaptive defense styles, feelings of shyness and anxiety in people with social anxiety disorder Single Experimental design with several baselines

The effectiveness of online psychotherapy based on intensive and short-term dynamic psychotherapy (ISTDP) on maladaptive defense styles, feelings of shyness and anxiety in people with social anxiety disorder Single Experimental design with several baselines

mohsen pasbani ardabili1 niloofar mikaeili2

1) Iran university of mohaghegh ardabili Email:
2) Iran university of mohaghegh ardabili

IOI Code : XDDC-FDDHK
Publication : 1th National Conference on Clinical Psychology of Children and Adolescents (cpcauma.ir)
Abstract :
    The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of online psychotherapy based on intensive and short-term dynamic psychotherapy (ISTDP) on maladaptive defense styles, feelings of shyness and anxiety in people with social anxiety disorder. The present research design is a single experimental design with several baselines. One person was selected from purposive sampling method from the people referring to Nasim Aramesh Counseling and Psychotherapy Center. Research tools included the Stanford Shyness Questionnaire, Connor Social Anxiety, and Andrews Defense Styles. The intervention was performed 3 times a week for 12 sessions based on the protocol of intensive and short-term dynamic psychotherapy (ISTDP) by the researcher using online treatment method through video contact with the subject. Findings of the present study using graph analysis and recovery percentage showed that treatment has affected shyness by (35)%, social anxiety (47%) and defense styles (43%) and led to a reduction in shyness, Social anxiety and maladaptive and undeveloped defense styles in clients with symptoms of social anxiety disorder. These changes were also stable in the one-month follow-up. The results of the present study showed that online psychotherapy based on intensive and short-term dynamic psychotherapy is an effective method to reduce the level of anxiety, shyness and immature defense styles in people with social anxiety disorder.

Keywords : online psychotherapy based on psychodynamic therapy social anxiety shyness defensive styles