The reflections of COVID-19 pandemic to counselling: bibliometric analysis of online psychological counselling research

ABSTRACT

The COVID-19 has had an impact on almost every aspect of life throughout the world. The quarantine, limited social life, and fear of contamination have triggered psychological symptoms in societies. The need for mental health services has increased, and online psychological counselling, which provides psychological help with no risk of infection, has become more popular. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the COVID-19 on psychological counselling services and compare the general situation of publications on online psychological counselling before and during the pandemic. For this purpose, 463 publications related to online psychological counselling in the Web of Science (WoS) database were examined. The results were discussed in the context of trends and differences before and during COVID-19.

KEYWORDS:

• Online psychological counselling
• COVID-19
• Pandemic
• Bibliometric analysis

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Data availability

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

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Murat Ağirkan

Murat Ağırkan is a lecturer at the department of Psychological Guidance and Counselling at Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University. He completed his undergraduate and graduate education at Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University. He received is PhD degree from Hacettepe University. His research area contains psychological counselling and guidance, social and emotional support.