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The Online Therapy Institute is pleased to launch a series of online courses about online therapy.  We will be adding courses so do check back. Our 5 clock hour courses are reasonably priced at $69.99/£45.00. For an additional $25.00 we offer continuing education credits for most mental health disciplines in the United States. Currently our courses also qualify for Registered Social Worker professional development in Canada. We have also applied for PDH course approval for Certified Employee Assistance Professionals (CEAP) as well.

We will be adding new continuing education/professional development opportunities so if you would like our courses to count toward requirements in your country, please let us know and will will gladly look into it!

Our current list of courses:

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Introduction to Cyberspace: A Primer for Helping Professionals

Relationships in Cyberspace: An Introduction for Helping Professionals

The Online Therapeutic Relationship: Theoretical Considerations

Ethical Considerations of Online Therapy

Working Therapeutically Using Asynchronous Email

Working Therapeutically Using Synchronous Chat

Continuing Education is available for U.S. psychologists, social workers, counselors, addiction specialists, marriage and family therapists, nurses and educators.

Our courses are co-sponsored by R. Cassidy Seminars.  You will take a test and receive a certificate of completion within the course module but if you are a practitioner in the U.S. and you wish to obtain accredited continuing education hours, the cost is an additional $25.00 per workshop.

Online Therapy Institute Accreditation

Co- sponsored by R. Cassidy Seminars

Satisfactory Completion

Participants must have paid course fee, submitted signed verification statement, completed evaluation, and completed post-test with passing grade of 75% in order to receive a certificate. Failure to complete and submit these materials will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire course. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit is not available.

Psychologists

R. Cassidy Seminars is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to offer continuing education for psychologists.  R. Cassidy Seminars maintains responsibility for this program.

Also covers LPCs, MFTs, and SWs in the District of Columbia

Social Workers

R. Cassidy Seminars, ACE provider #1082 is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) www.aswb.org, through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) Program. Approval Period: April 15, 2009-April 15, 2012. R. Cassidy Seminars maintains responsibility for the program. Social workers should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval. Social workers will receive __#__ continuing education (clinical, social work ethics) clock hours in participating in this course.

Covers Social Workers in these states: AL, AK, AR, AZ, CT, DE, FL, GA, ID, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NM, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WY. Also covers Licensed Professional Counselors in PA

DC: See approval for Psychologists

CA: Course meets the qualifications for (#) hours of continuing education credit for MFTs and/or LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, Provider #PCE418.

OH: Provider approved by the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board for ( ) clock hours, #RCST110701

Counselors

R. Cassidy Seminars is recognized by the National Board for Certified Counselors to offer continuing education for certified counselors.  We adhere to NBCC continuing education guidelines.  Provider #6375.  (#) hours.

AK, AL, AR, AZ, CT, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MN, MS, MT, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NM, OK, OR, RI, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY.

OH: Provider approved by the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board for ( ) clock hours, #RCST110701

Marriage and Family Therapists

AK, AL, AR, AZ, CT, FL, IA, ID, IN, KS, MD, ME, MT, NE, NJ, NM, OK, OR, RI, SD TN, UT, VA, WA, WY. See approval for Counselors.

DC & MS: See approval for Psychologists

CA: Course meets the qualifications for (#) hours of continuing education credit for MFTs and/or LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, Provider #PCE418

IL: Illinois Dept of Professional Regulation, Approved Continuing Education Sponsor, #168-000141.  (#) hours.

OH: Provider approved by the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board for ( ) clock hours, #RCST110701

TX: Approved CE Sponsor through the Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage & Family Therapists. Provider #151

Chemical Dependency Counselors

Provider approved by NAADAC Approved Education Provider Program for (#) contact hours.  Approval #000654.

CA: Provider approved by CAADAC, Provider #4N-00-434-0210 for (#) CEHs. CAADAC is an ICRC member which has reciprocity with most ICRC member states

TX: Provider approved by the TCBAP Standards Committee, Provider No. 1749-06, (#) hours general and/or (#) hours (specific specialization), Expires 3/2009.  Complaints about provider or workshop content may be directed to the TCBAP Standards Committee, 1005 Congress Avenue, Ste. 460, Austin, Texas 78701, Fax Number (512) 476-7297.

Nurses

CA: Provider approved by the CA Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CeP12224, for (#) contact hours.

Teachers/Educators

IL: Provider approved by the Illinois State Board of Certification #080304164719171

TX: R. Cassidy Seminars is an approved provider with the Texas Education Agency CPE# 501456. This course is (#) CE Hours.

Please Note: Licensing Boards change regulations often and while we attempt to stay abreast of their most recent changes, if you have questions or concerns about this course meeting your specific board’s approval, we recommend you contact your board directly to obtain a ruling.

I will be traveling to the Phoenix area soon to facilitate another Distance Credentialed Counselor training.  The dates for this training are Feb 25 and Feb 26. I will be teaching the course at Rio Salado College in Tempe and would love to see you there!

The following week I will be in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Spring months take me to Florida, North Carolina, New Jersey, Illinois and Georgia.

SAMPLING OF THE 20 COMPETENCIES COVERED:

• Determine Counselor Suitability to Distance Counseling
• Determine Client Suitability to Distance Counseling
• Learn Security and Confidentiality Strategies
• Create Individual Treatment Plans
• Discuss Ethical and Legal Issues
• Develop an Action Plan to Implement Distance Counseling in Various Work Settings
• Learn about Online Culture
• Handle Crises with Distance Counseling Clients

For full workshop details go to ReadyMinds at http://www.readyminds.com/training/dcc_event.asp.

You can also download a flyer. DCC Arizona

My full training schedule is available at http://www.deeannamerznagel.com/id5.html.

Hope to see you on my travels!

DeeAnna

OTI has been remiss in offering regular blog posts these past couple of months but with good cause and great outcomes!

So what’s in store for 2010? Our authored book, Therapy Online: A Practical Guide was just released and we have another edited book, The Use of Technology in Mental Health: Applications, Ethics and Practice due out this summer. This book has 30 chapters with a total of 47 contributing authors from across the globe.

As promised, we are offering online training about online therapy. We have launched the first 6 workshops with more to come. Each workshop is the equivalent of 5 clock hours of instruction. The workshops are online and self-paced.  The cost per workshop is $119.00/70.00 £.

• Introduction to Cyberspace: A Primer for Helping Professionals
• Relationships in Cyberspace: An Introduction for Helping Professionals
• The Online Therapeutic Relationship: Theoretical Considerations
• Ethical Considerations of Online Therapy
• Working Therapeutically Using Asynchronous Email
• Working Therapeutically Using Synchronous Chat

The workshop details can be accessed at our training portal. We have partnered with DigitalChalk to bring you a user-friendly yet state-of-the-art experience. Continuing Education credits for U.S. psychologists, social workers and counselors will be available very soon.

www.onlinetherapyinstitute.digitalchalk.com.

Just create an account and peruse our catalog! Your account will remain active should you decide to return to take a course.

We are giving our website a facelift so resources are easier to navigate.

We will soon offer an Online Therapy Institute ~verified~ seal that will provide a way for online helping professionals to indicate to the public that their site meets standards of best practice.

We will be facilitating groups and workshops as well as co-sponsoring conferences online and at our Second Life location.

We are collaborating with others to add to our Ethical Framework resources.

We have created:

• Ethical Framework for the Use of Technology in Mental Health
• Ethical Framework for the Use of Technology for Career and School Guidance

Coming Soon:

• Ethical Framework for the Use of Technology in Professional Coaching
• Ethical Framework for the Use of Technology in Crisis, Disaster and Critical Incident Interventions
  

We are offering a directory listing to everyone who joins our social network at www.onlinetherapysocialnetwork.com and your listing will be posted at www.onlinetherapydirectory.net.

For OTI members who practice online, a website listing in the OTI Web Directory (online counseling category) will be added provided the following standards are met:

1. Offer encrypted services for email, chat and web conferencing.
2. List level of education, schools attended and dates graduated.
3. List certifications and licenses if applicable with verification web links.
4. List crisis information or a link on the website’s home page.
5. List therapist’s alternate contact information in addition to email.

Mostly, we will continue to encourage dialogue among our members and friends at Online Therapy Institute so that we can all learn and grow together!

Kate and DeeAnna

The Online Therapy Institute is official and the proof is in the number of recent new members! Kate and DeeAnna welcome all who have embraced OTI as another place to network, advertise and learn!  Remember to visit us in Second Life as well.  Soon we will integrate group forum discussions at our Second Life office on the Islands of Jokaydia.

We have other plans as well.  2009 will bring new publications, online courses and more opportunities to network.  Stay tuned!

Kate and DeeAnna