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The Future of Online Therapy: Wrap Up!

March 28, 2011 by Kate Anthony

The Future of Online Therapy

This past Saturday I gave a presentation on the topic of the future of online therapy at the Psychotherapy Networker Symposium. I thought I would pass along the resources that I offered during the workshop, hoping that you will find these resources and references helpful!

Workshop Description:

The Internet isn’t replacing old-fashioned, direct, face-to-face conversation in therapy, but online technologies are already extending and changing our practices. . . .

E-mails, podcasting, chat rooms, videoconferencing, and texting are being adapted for therapeutic use. Then there are more exotic possibilities: avatar therapy can free clients to express fantasies, transferences, and projections that they may feel too inhibited about in conventional therapy. Gaming can engage children and adolescents who have trouble expressing themselves in words. But all these new possibilities have potential risks for ethical violations, privacy breaches, confusion, hurt feelings, and even retraumatization of vulnerable clients. In this workshop, we’ll look at the more widely used forms of “Internet-assisted therapy,” along with some of the more sophisticated applications, and explore the possible benefits, risks, and ramifications that accompany the use of these new technologies.

I discussed the resources available at the Online Therapy Institute pointing people in the direction of our main website, blog and social network.

https://www.onlinetherapyinstitute.com

https://www.onlinetherapyinstitute.com/ethical-framework/ Ethical Frameworks

https://www.onlinetherapyinstitute.com/products-and-services/ Products and Services

http://www.onlinetherapyinstituteblog.com OTI Blog

http://www.onlinetherapysocialnetwork.com OTI Social Network (free to join!)

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http://www.jerseyshoretherapy.com example of a private practice website

http://twitter.com as an example of a microblog

http://www.facebook.com Facebook

http://www.timechoicing.com/ example of use of video or vlog on a website

http://psychcentral.com/ example of a self-help website

http://www.mytherapyjournal.com/ example of a self-help journal writing website

http://www.beatingtheblues.co.uk/ Beating the Blues CCBT self help website

http://www.sleepcoach.net example of insomnia CCBT self help website

http://www.hushmail.com/ example of encrypted email service

http://www.parachat.com/ example of encrypted chat room

http://www.lifeoptions.com/ example of branded platform for coaching and behavioral healthcare utilizing multimedia in an asynchronous platform

https://www.breakthrough.com/ example of a platform for therapists in the U.S. that can be branded, offering asynchronous web mail and videoconferencing options.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/jokaydia%20II/147/45/24 OTI offices in Second Life

http://www.life2movie.com/ Life 2.0 Movie about Second Life

http://www.brainhealth.utdallas.edu/index.php/blog/brainhealth-research-studying-autism-and-aspergers Center for Brain Health working with Asperger’s and Autism in virtual worlds

http://www.hypergridbusiness.com/2010/10/treatment-center-gets-865000-for-second-opensim-project/ $865,000 SAMSHA grant for Dick Dillon’s work at Preferred Family Healthcare- working with adolescents and addiction in a virtual world setting

http://www.socialimpactgames.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=271 Personal Investigator – a therapeutic online game for adolecents

http://www.virtuallybetter.com/af/index.html Telemental Health VR Project at VirtuallyBetter.com

http://www.inworldsolutions.com/ HIPAA compliant behavioral healthcare platform

http://issuu.com/onlinetherapyinstitute/docs/premier/17 Alice in VirtualLand- a story about a client who sees an in-person counselor about her struggles in Second Life.

http://www.onlinetherapymagazine.com/ TILT Magazine ~ Therapeutic Innovations in Light of Technology

http://augmentedrealitytherapy.com Virtual Therapy Options

I hope these resources prove to be helpful!

DeeAnna

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Filed Under: avatar therapy, gaming, Guidelines for online work, online therapy, practice building, Research & Publication, Resources and other items of interest, Second Life, Social Media, Training and Education, virtual worlds Tagged With: avatar, ethical framework, future, hushmail, innovations, online therapy, parachat, Second Life, self-help, technology, virtual worlds

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