Download This Page Need help downloading these files? CLICK HERE FOR DOWNLOAD HELP At a recent CPD session run by ACTO, Steve Johnson of Partners& spoke about the challenges of working across boundaries. This article summarises his presentation. There are a number of challenges implicit in working across borders as a counsellor or psychotherapist, and Read More
Module Tag: e-therapy
Working with Clients Abroad
Download This Page Need help downloading these files? CLICK HERE FOR DOWNLOAD HELP The COVID-19 pandemic brought huge growth in telephone and online counselling, opening a whole new market for appropriately trained practitioners. While the market for face-to-face counselling is naturally limited to those clients who can travel to your physical location (or vice versa, Read More
Safety Considerations in Online Therapy
Download this Page Need help downloading these files? CLICK HERE FOR DOWNLOAD HELP In 2018 Tim Berners-Lee, the person credited with ‘inventing the internet’, gave an interview to the UK-based newspaper The Guardian, outlining what he described as: ‘the destructive effects of abuse and discrimination, political manipulation, and other threats that plague the online world.’ Read More
Specific Areas of Contracting in Online Counselling
Download this Page Need help downloading these files? CLICK HERE FOR DOWNLOAD HELP It’s fair to say that the practice of contracting with a client has through the years evolved from a verbal agreement to a more ” business”-based agreement contained within a written contract. The reason for this is that clients expect a professional Read More
Contracting for Online Therapy
Download this Page Need help downloading these files? CLICK HERE FOR DOWNLOAD HELP Just as contracting is a vital stage of face-to-face therapy, so you must be equally thorough about agreeing the counselling contract with clients who wish to work online. Why Contracting Matters Contracts are essential so that clients: can make an informed decision Read More
The Disinhibition Effect in Online Therapy
Download this Page Need help downloading these files? CLICK HERE FOR DOWNLOAD HELP The disinhibition effect is a psychological factor that can manifest itself in a remote therapeutic relationship. Understanding what this is and how to work with it is a vital part of being competent to work ethically online. The term ‘disinhibition’ refers to Read More
The Black-Hole Effect in Online Counselling
Download this Page Need help downloading these files? CLICK HERE FOR DOWNLOAD HELP We have all had the experience of sending an email or text, then waiting for a reply. When you wait and wait, and nothing comes back, it can feel almost like your message was sucked into a black hole, never to be Read More
Developing an Online Mindset
Download this Page Need help downloading these files? CLICK HERE FOR DOWNLOAD HELP A big part of switching your practice or learning to an online environment is developing a positive informed view of the ‘new normal’ in counselling. Having an online mindset means that you give equal value to your online work as you do Read More