We receive many inquiries about encryption and many of the questions are with regard to finding a suitable platform to conduct online therapy. All therapeutic communication should be encrypted but what does that mean? Well, it means that the message is scrambled so that if anyone (a hacker, for instance) intercepts the message, it will… [Read More]
Coaching Today- new coaching journal from BACP
Coaching Today – new journal! Coaching Today is the new quarterly journal of BACP Coaching, the specialist coaching Division of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP) ….. The content: …. A range of topical, informative and stimulating features and a platform for debate and sharing of best practice for those working in the… [Read More]
EAPA 2011 Technology and Innovation!
Reflections on EAPA 2011 I attended EAPA 2011 this week to conduct a pre-conference training, the Distance Credentialed Counselor training for therapists obtaining the certification. I arrived on Monday in Denver and trained all day Tuesday and Wednesday. The first day of the conference officially began on Thursday and on this day, I presented with… [Read More]
World Mental Health Day – reducing stigma with Ruby Wax Losing It
I recently went to see Ruby Wax’s show “Losing It” at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival up the road from me here in Scotland UK. Although it was only on my list of “things that I might want to see” out of the 1000’s of shows available during the Fringe, I am incredibly glad that my… [Read More]
New Article about Avatar Therapy in The CAPA Quarterly
We recently wrote an article entitled Avatar Therapy for The CAPA Quarterly, the Journal of The Counsellors and Psychotherapists Association of New South Wales Inc in Australia. The CAPA is the largest association of counsellors and psychotherapists in NSW. The article offers the following sub-topics: What is Avatar Therapy? How and where is Avatar Therapy… [Read More]
Inaugural BACP Coaching Conference 2011
I recently attended the inaugural conference of the new BACP Coaching Division, and was delighted to present on Online Coaching: Applications, Ethics and Practice on behalf of the Online Coach Institute and within my role as Executive Specialist for Online Coaching for BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy). The conference was an enormous success,… [Read More]
Technology and the Therapist: How it Can Help You and How It Can Impact Healthy Living
A Therapist Conference at No Charge?! This year, Casey Truffo is offering you a ticket to the Therapist Leadership Virtual Conference at no charge. That is right. There is no registration fee to attend live via phone or internet. This year’s theme is: Technology and the Therapist: How it Can Help You and How It… [Read More]
Blogging Against Disablism Day and Online Therapy
Today is Blogging Against Disablism Day~ a day in which people with and without disabilities blog about disablism and varying views as well as the linguistics and semantics of disability. At the Online Therapy Institute we are constantly recognizing that online therapy, etherapy, telehealth, telepsychiatry, mhealth and all of the other descriptors of providing intervention… [Read More]
