*2.2. Participants*

Austria has a long tradition of psychotherapy and a wide range of 23 accredited psychotherapy schools [30]. They can be classified into four orientations. The largest orientation is the humanistic orientation (37.8% of the psychotherapists in Austria), followed by the psychodynamic orientation (25.9% of the psychotherapists in Austria), the systemic orientation (24.3% of the psychotherapists in Austria) and the behavioral orientation (12.0% of the psychotherapists in Austria).

A link to the online survey was sent to all registered psychotherapists by the last author in cooperation with the Austrian Federal Association for Psychotherapy, which supported the study. Continuing education credits points were awarded as an incentive for participation. In addition, psychotherapists in training who were already treating patients under supervision were invited to participate in the survey. Email lists for psychotherapists in training were provided by the Austrian Federal Association for Psychotherapy. In addition, a link was sent to psychotherapy students from the University for Continuing Education Krems, which is one of several institutions offering training as a psychotherapist. In total, *n* = 222 respondents participated in the survey. All participants gave electronic informed consent after reading the data protection declaration. Five therapists did not experience a change of treatment format and were therefore excluded from further analyses, resulting in a final sample of *n* = 217 therapists.

#### *2.3. Measures*

The study comprised 10 open-ended questions.


Questions 1–4 were also asked regarding the switch back from the remote setting to face-to-face psychotherapy. As many psychotherapists referred to remote psychotherapy in their responses, these responses were also included in the analysis and coded together with the respective question addressing the switch from face-to-face to remote psychotherapy.
