Download This Page Need help downloading these files? CLICK HERE FOR DOWNLOAD HELP Learning Outcomes By the end of this handout, you will be able to: Understand the necessity of risk management in counselling Identify the components of an effective risk management plan Recognise the challenges associated with online and telephone therapy in assessing client Read More
Module Tag: ethics
Working with Clients Abroad: Overview
Download This Page Need help downloading these files? CLICK HERE FOR DOWNLOAD HELP Since the pandemic, online therapy has evolved from a niche option to a mainstream method in psychotherapeutic services, enabling counsellors to extend their reach across the UK. Indeed, therapists can now offer their services internationally using various online platforms such as video Read More
Challenges of Working Internationally
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
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