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: online counselling
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
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
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
Online Therapy Competencies
Download this Page Need help downloading these files? CLICK HERE FOR DOWNLOAD HELP Traditionally, as face-to-face therapists, we serve our local community within a certain radius of our practice. Running a successful practice means we hire a counselling room or set aside part of our home in which to see clients, and we rely on Read More
What is Online Counselling and Psychotherapy?
Download this Page Need help downloading these files? CLICK HERE FOR DOWNLOAD HELP Online therapy – sometimes known as ‘e-therapy’ or ‘technology-assisted counselling’ – is a way for people to engage in counselling and psychotherapy using internet-based methods such as email, online chat or webcam video (e.g. Zoom). The term ‘online therapy’ also often covers Read More
Online Counselling Training
Download this Page Need help downloading these files? CLICK HERE FOR DOWNLOAD HELP There are many books on the topic of online counselling training (that is, therapy conducted by video, telephone, text or email). However, no amount of reading can make you fully competent to practise as an online counsellor or psychotherapist – just as Read More