Archive for August, 2009
Online Therapy Teleseminar as part of the Practice Building Virtual Conference in October!
The International Therapist Leadership Institute founded by Casey Truffo is presenting a Practice Building Virtual Conference October 13-17th, 2009. The speaker line-up is great with the likes of Bill O’Hanlon and Ofer Zur to name but two.
My presentation will be on October 15th at 3PM PST. I will be speaking on the topic of Online Therapy.
The presentation will offer talking points for the therapist who is interested in offering online therapy (email, chat, webcam, VOIP) as adjunct to existing face-to-face clients and to new clients that begin the therapeutic relationship virtually. Considerations will include confidentiality. proper intake and informed consent.
I hope you can make it! There will be many great topics presented by great speakers so don’t forget to register! Continuing Education is available. ~ DeeAnna
Online Therapy Teleseminar October 15th @ 3PM PST
EAP Digest offers a great article on Online Therapy: Online Counseling Crosses the Chasm
Lyle Labardee offers a great overview of where the field of online counseling is today. This article was published in the Summer issue of EAP Digest. The full article is available here:
Online Counseling Crosses the Chasm
Kate and DeeAnna were interviewed for the article as well as several of our colleagues. The Online Therapy Institute’s Ethical Framework for the Use of Technology in Mental Health is summarized as well.
Lyle, thanks for a great article! It is a wonderful contribution to the literature!
Science Notes: I Am My Avatar
Science Notes is written and illustrated by the students in the Science Communication Program at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Kate and DeeAnna were interviewed for a podcast by Kayvon Sharghi, student and Science Journalist.
The podcast is now available along with a very interesting accompanying article, I Am My Avatar. The podcast by the same title, I Am My Avatar is described as follows:
Kayvon Sharghi enters the virtual reality realm of Second Life to interview two “online therapists.” These specialists discuss how to treat traumas or psychological problems by working with their clients’ avatars—their online characters.
These links will take you to the article and the full list of available 2009 podcasts:
http://scicom.ucsc.edu/SciNotes/0901/pages/avatar/avatar.html
http://scicom.ucsc.edu/SciNotes/0901/pages/podcasts.html
Kayvon, thank you for your work!
Kate and DeeAnna