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The Use of Mobile Apps in Adolescent Psychotherapy: Assessment of Psychotherapists’ Perspectives

The Use of Mobile Apps in Adolescent Psychotherapy: Assessment of Psychotherapists’ Perspectives

Therapy-accompanying MHAs are used as an adjunct to psychotherapy [16]. They can offer specific manualized treatments or therapy tools that can be individually incorporated into psychotherapy [17,18]. The majority of available MHAs focus on specific disorders rather than a transdiagnostic therapy approach [12,17-19].

Sarah Wüllner, Katharin Hermenau, Tobias Hecker, Michael Siniatchkin

JMIR Form Res 2025;9:e65788

AI-Enhanced Virtual Reality Self-Talk for Psychological Counseling: Formative Qualitative Study

AI-Enhanced Virtual Reality Self-Talk for Psychological Counseling: Formative Qualitative Study

This was based on the 7 B parameters version of the GPT-J model [29], fine-tuned on the 2 volumes of published counseling and psychotherapy data from Alexander Street Press. The volumes are searchable collections of transcripts containing real counseling and therapy sessions and first-person narratives illuminating the experience of mental illness and treatment. The 2 volumes contain 3500 session transcripts and >700,000 utterances between a counselor and a patient.

‪Moreah Zisquit, Alon Shoa, Ramon Oliva, Stav Perry, Bernhard Spanlang, Anat Brunstein Klomek, Mel Slater, Doron Friedman

JMIR Form Res 2025;9:e67782

Exploring Technical Features to Enhance Control in Videoconferencing Psychotherapy: Quantitative Study on Clinicians’ Perspectives

Exploring Technical Features to Enhance Control in Videoconferencing Psychotherapy: Quantitative Study on Clinicians’ Perspectives

The COVID-19 pandemic required psychologists worldwide to discontinue face-to-face (FTF) psychotherapy and deliver psychotherapy sessions through videoconferencing technologies (VCTs) [1]. Although necessary, social distancing revolutionized the psychological and social dimensions of private and public life [2], which worsened the onset of psychological symptoms, such as anxiety and posttraumatic stress [3-6].

Francesco Cataldo, Shanton Chang, Antonette Mendoza, George Buchanan, Nicholas Van Dam

J Med Internet Res 2025;27:e66904

Psychotherapy Access Barriers and Interest in Digital Mental Health Interventions Among Adults With Treatment Needs: Survey Study

Psychotherapy Access Barriers and Interest in Digital Mental Health Interventions Among Adults With Treatment Needs: Survey Study

Selecting this answer choice was considered an endorsement of the perceived need for psychotherapy barrier; leaving it blank was considered to indicate the lack of perceived need barrier. Individuals who endorsed perceived need for psychotherapy were then presented with questions regarding their reasons for not receiving psychotherapy despite believing that they might need it.

Isabella Starvaggi, Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces

JMIR Ment Health 2025;12:e65356

Exploring the Ethical Challenges of Conversational AI in Mental Health Care: Scoping Review

Exploring the Ethical Challenges of Conversational AI in Mental Health Care: Scoping Review

Despite this, many authors worried that CAI’s lack of empathy may compromise engagement [30-32,66,96], lead to miscommunication and confusion [41], negatively impact psychotherapy outcome [30,37,54,97] or health care delivery in general [82], make patients feel invalidated and ignored [8], or negatively affect mutual reciprocity and the therapeutic relationship [8,28,58,82,89]. To overcome the lack of humanness in CAI, it is suggested to balance CAI with human mental health care support [78].

Mehrdad Rahsepar Meadi, Tomas Sillekens, Suzanne Metselaar, Anton van Balkom, Justin Bernstein, Neeltje Batelaan

JMIR Ment Health 2025;12:e60432

Does the Digital Therapeutic Alliance Exist? Integrative Review

Does the Digital Therapeutic Alliance Exist? Integrative Review

When designing chatbots to effectively address mental health problems through a psychotherapeutic approach, it seems essential to understand some of the mechanisms underlying the effectiveness of psychotherapy. Many authors explored the role of the therapeutic alliance in this matter, and regardless of the approach, it emerges as a cornerstone of effective treatment [15-17].

Amylie Malouin-Lachance, Julien Capolupo, Chloé Laplante, Alexandre Hudon

JMIR Ment Health 2025;12:e69294

Role of Tailored Timing and Frequency Prompts on the Efficacy of an Internet-Delivered Stress Recovery Intervention for Health Care Workers: Randomized Controlled Trial

Role of Tailored Timing and Frequency Prompts on the Efficacy of an Internet-Delivered Stress Recovery Intervention for Health Care Workers: Randomized Controlled Trial

Reference 27: The narrative reconstruction of psychotherapy and psychological health Reference 29: A self-determination theory approach to psychotherapy: the motivational basis for effectivepsychotherapy

Auguste Nomeikaite, Odeta Gelezelyte, Maria Böttche, Gerhard Andersson, Evaldas Kazlauskas

JMIR Ment Health 2025;12:e62782

Attitudes Toward Psychotherapeutic Treatment and Health Literacy in a Large Sample of the General Population in Germany: Cross-Sectional Study

Attitudes Toward Psychotherapeutic Treatment and Health Literacy in a Large Sample of the General Population in Germany: Cross-Sectional Study

Psychotherapy is considered effective for treating many mental disorders [5]. However, there are several reasons that prevent individuals from seeking psychotherapy. These encompass structural challenges such as long waiting periods and underprovision, especially in rural areas [2,6,7], as well as individual reasons often related to stigma against mental disorders and psychotherapy [8,9].

Rebekka Schröder, Tim Hamer, Ralf Suhr, Lars König

JMIR Public Health Surveill 2025;11:e67078