We receive many inquiries about encryption and many of the questions are with regard to finding a suitable platform to conduct online therapy. All therapeutic communication should be encrypted but what does that mean? Well, it means that the message is scrambled so that if anyone (a hacker, for instance) intercepts the message, it will… [Read More]
Coaching Today- new coaching journal from BACP
Coaching Today – new journal! Coaching Today is the new quarterly journal of BACP Coaching, the specialist coaching Division of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP) ….. The content: …. A range of topical, informative and stimulating features and a platform for debate and sharing of best practice for those working in the… [Read More]
Are you an Online Therapist? Help us with research! We need your input!
We want to find out more about how you work with clients online! Have you ever wondered if other practitioners require a face-to-face session prior to distance sessions? Perhaps you are curious about the number of practitioners offering services outside their own state/province. Steven Starks, a graduate student in mental health counseling at Walden University, has… [Read More]
TILT Magazine: Issue 8
HOT TOPICS: Counselor Education in Second Life and 3VCC, Engaging Gamers, Login2Life, Virtual Ability as
Virtual Community, News from the CyberStreet, Research Review, Ethical Dilemma/
Cybersupervision Special, What Would You Do?!, Wounded Genius, Reel Culture, Technology Enhanced Coaching, A Day in the Life of an Online Therapist, A Day in the Life of an Online Coach, Cross Cultural Supervision, New Innovations, Marketing Toolbox.
When Virtual Reality Meets Offline Life
Research Review by Stephen Goss, Ph.D. Stephen Goss’s new article in the November 2011 issue of TILT gives a small sampling of the wealth of research materials that have been developed over the past two decades. For reasons of space, his full Reference List appears here! It has long been known that behaviours learned or… [Read More]
EAPA 2011 Technology and Innovation!
Reflections on EAPA 2011 I attended EAPA 2011 this week to conduct a pre-conference training, the Distance Credentialed Counselor training for therapists obtaining the certification. I arrived on Monday in Denver and trained all day Tuesday and Wednesday. The first day of the conference officially began on Thursday and on this day, I presented with… [Read More]
World Mental Health Day – reducing stigma with Ruby Wax Losing It
I recently went to see Ruby Wax’s show “Losing It” at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival up the road from me here in Scotland UK. Although it was only on my list of “things that I might want to see” out of the 1000’s of shows available during the Fringe, I am incredibly glad that my… [Read More]
Call for papers for the new BACP Coaching Division Journal!
The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy’s Coaching Division will be launching their Journal in January 2012. The Editor, Diane Parker, is specifically looking for papers and contributors on the following topics: – A feature article (approx 3000 words) on resilience and boundaries for coach-therapists – this could be someone who has recently made the… [Read More]