Exploring the Experiences of Integrative Psychotherapists Regarding Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Greece: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Authors propose a study based on qualitative perspectives, analized by an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, aiming to acquire a better comprehension of the processes and factors that supported integrative psychotherapists in Greece to promote resilience during the pandemic. They evaluated experienced distress and adaptive strategies to safeguard and maintaining resilience. There are no flags or weakness, paper seems complete and wee-structured. Conclusions support methods and discussions. Abstract scheme seems complete. References are adequate.

Author Response

Dear Reviewer,

thank you very much for your comments,

kind regards,

Anna Filippou

Reviewer 2 Report

Thank you very much for the possibility to review this very interesting and original study. Conducting qualitative research is time-consuming and difficult and therefore this research should be considered very valuable. Although the group was small, it allowed us to gain information and insight into experiences in a way that mirrored what many of us were experiencing during the pandemic. I think the authors should implement chosen by them model of crisis and coping with it, so the study would be theoretically framed. Resilience is a very important issue, but there are other personal characteristic responsible for coping with the crisis and I suggest the authors to continue the study analyzing other factors responsible for emotional and cognitive functioning of therapist. The study is consistent with the narrative approach to examining human personality and experiences and provide the possibility of deep insight not only in a specific unit of time, but also in the variable process of evaluating one's own experiences.

Moreover, the overall fundings are quite optimistic, which sounds very promising and it brings some important arguments to the discussion about resilience and human adaptation to difficult conditions. However, we must not forget that the participants were conscious therapist with psychological knowledge, and therefore the results cannot be generalized very widely. 

To sum up, the paper is very interesting and deserves to be published. 

Author Response

Dear Reviewer,

thank you very much for your comments!

kind regards,

Anna Filippou