We reflect about our work on World Mental Health Day, October 10, 2012. As trainers of counsellors, therapists and other mental health workers in the use of technology for treating mental health issues, we hear a range of experiences from our students about how new media and social networking impacts on the lives of their… [Read More]
Encryption, audio, video, text, client records…oh my!
We were asked by a student recently, If telephone counselling exists pre-internet – does any of the jurisdiction/ethical stuff (encryption etc) apply? There are two issues- How easy it is to intercept a live “call” whether audio or video How any recorded information such as chat transcripts or text is stored . The… [Read More]
Domestic Violence Awareness: Telemental health may not be the best option
To increase awareness about domestic violence, Online Therapy Institute/Online Coach Institute has partnered with Impact Publications, publishers of Employee Assistance Report (EAR) to create this special report: Offering Online Interventions to Victims of Domestic Violence PDF Download While this article focuses on the Employee Assistance Professionals, the information is relevant to any person or organization… [Read More]
Telephone Counselling Myths?
There are numerous myths about telepone counselling, some of which get raised in my trainings on the subject often enough for me to want to put them out here to see what reactions the rest of you have to them. I’ve added some commentary from my own point of view and I am hoping that… [Read More]
My entry into the online world of therapy
Do you know that you are reading my very first blog post? Writing a blog for my website has been on my priority list for a long time and I have avoided it because I just didn’t know what to write about. Well now because I am furthering my training to become an online therapist,… [Read More]
“Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway” Reflections on my Online Counselling Certificate Journey
I developed an interest in online counselling when working with adolescents who have a parent with cancer or whose parent died from cancer. The organization I was employed with had started an online counselling service for these young people across Australia. Despite an initial excitement for the opportunity to new creative endeavours in the way… [Read More]
How it has felt to try something new…Online Therapy Specialist Certificate
At the start of any course I have undertaken in the past, I become acutely aware of what I don’t know. This has certainly been the case with the on-line therapy course that I have recently started. Nearing the end of Unit One, I have in the process of completing the module been exposed to… [Read More]
Meeting of three colleagues across three continents? No problem!
DeeAnna and I were delighted to be contacted by Clinton Power, a relationship counsellor based in Sydney, Australia, to discuss him interviewing us about Therapy Without Borders: A Beginners Guide to Online Therapy for Australian counsellors and therapists thinking about introducing technology into their practice. Clinton told us “Many therapists in Australia are not offering… [Read More]
