An Analysis of the Relation between Emotional Intelligence and Therapeutic Self-Efficacy during Online Psychotherapy

Abstract

This paper aims to look at the effect of Emotional Intelligence on Therapeutic Self-Efficacy of therapists providing psychotherapy through non-physical/online platforms. The paper reviews literature on the topic through various peer reviewed sources to get acquired understanding of prior research done on the area of study. The study conducted includes data collected from 30 therapists; their emotional intelligence scores as well as their therapeutic self- efficacy scores. Control variables such as number of years of experience, number of years providing online therapy and number of clients taken, are also taken in the study. Statistical analysis in the form of regression analysis is done to understand whether there is significant reason to believe emotional intelligence has an effect on therapeutic self-efficacy and trends in the data are noted and discussed. Furthermore, the paper looks at the limitations of the study as well as provides and insights and recommendations on future research to be done in the same area.