Many thanks to everyone once again for their support and assistance in my award of DPsych via Public Works, which I gained last week. I’m very proud to be a part of the growth of our field and all it stands for in moving counselling and psychotherapy forward into the 21st Century in light of technological developments and social change.
As promised, the abstract is below along with a list of the evidence I presented at the final manuscript stage. At my viva, I went on to describe what has been achieved since submission, such as BACP Endorsement of our trainings and our ongoing publication of TILT Magazine, as well as updates on my continuing work with BACP. After a short recess by examiners, it was decided that no revisions would be necessary, which was a huge relief!
Best to all – and thanks again 🙂
Kate
Abstract
This context statement in contribution towards a Doctorate via Public Works is a personal and professional reflection on ten years of my work in developing the counselling and psychotherapy profession in the age of the Internet and the impact of technology.
I give a reflective account of my career from gentle beginnings in finding an incidental topic for my MSc research thesis in exploring the online therapeutic relationship; through pioneering online therapy through the results of my empirical research and subsequent model; developing original guidelines for UK practitioners; and developing training programmes – online and face-to-face – for practitioners who wish to become an effective online practitioner. I go on to evidence my ground breaking work on all aspects of the use of technology for mental health, disseminating my knowledge through media and publications.
I evidence this throughout with my public works at national and international conference and in print, not least through my textbooks, the development of the Online Therapy Institute, and the International application of an Ethical Framework for the Use of Technology in Mental Health – to allow focus on where this has brought me to and how it has influenced my proposed career path in the future.
Personal material is included throughout to illustrate and communicate the journey through my process of impacting upon the profession.
Appendices
Appendix A MSc in Therapeutic Counselling
Appendix B Conference presentations
Appendix C Guidelines, Ethical Frameworks and Information Sheets
a) Goss, S., Anthony, K., Jamieson, A. and Palmer, S. (2001) Guidelines for Online Counselling and Psychotherapy. Rugby: BACP
b) Anthony, K. & Goss, S. (2003a) ‘BACP Information Sheet P6 – Online Counselling’. Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal. 14 (4) pp. 41-44, Rugby: BACP
c) Anthony, K. & Jamieson, A. (2005) Guidelines for Online Counselling and Psychotherapy 2nd Edition, including Guidelines for Online Supervision. Rugby: BACP
d) Anthony, K. (2007b) ‘BACP Information Sheet P6, 2nd Edition – ‘Online Counselling’. Online at http://www.bacp.co.uk/information/information_sheets.php [accessed 16th March 2010], Rugby: BACP
e) Anthony, K. & Goss, S. (2009) Guidelines for Online Counselling and Psychotherapy 3rd Edition, including Guidelines for Online Supervision. Rugby: BACP
f) Nagel, D.M. & Anthony, K. (2009). ‘Ethical Framework for the Use of Technology in Mental Health [online]. Available from https://www.onlinetherapyinstitute.com/id43.html. [Accessed 1st December 2009]
g) Schmelter-Davis, H., Anthony, K. & Nagel, D.M. (2009) ‘Ethical Framework for the Use of Technology in Career and School Guidance [online]. Student Assistance Journal. Winter 2009. Also available from https://www.onlinetherapyinstitute.com/id51.html. [Accessed 1st December 2009]
Appendix D Articles
a) Anthony, K. (2000). ‘Counselling in Cyberspace’. Counselling Journal, 11 (10) pp. 625 – 627
b) Anthony, K. (2001). ‘Online Relationships & Cyberinfidelity’. Counselling Journal, 12 (9) pp.38-9
c) Anthony, K. & Lawson, M. (2002). The Use of Innovative Avatar and Virtual Environment Technology for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Available from: www.kateanthony.co.uk/research [accessed November 15th 2009]
d) Goss, S. & Anthony, K. (2002). ‘Virtual Counsellors – Whatever Next?’. Counselling Journal, 13 (2) pp. 14-16
e) Anthony, K. (ed) (2003a). ‘Future Therapy Stories’. Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, 14 (9) pp. 24-25
f) Anthony, K. (2004b). ‘The Art of Blogging’. Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal. 15(9) pp.38
g) Anthony, K (2005). ‘Counselling Problem Gamblers Online’. Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal. 16 (6) pp.9-10
h) Matthews, M., Coyle, D., and Anthony, K. (2006) ‘Personal Investigator’, in Therapy Today: 17(7) 30 – 33.
i) Nagel, D.M. & Anthony, K. (2009a). ‘Forensic mental health and technology: risk management strategies for the practitioner’. The Forensic Examiner. 18 (1) pp.62-65
j) Nagel, D.M. & Anthony, K. (2009b). ‘Writing therapy using new technologies: the art of blogging’. Journal of Poetry Therapy. 22 (1) pp. 41-45
k) Goss. S. & Anthony, K. (2009b). ‘Developments in the use of technology in counselling and Psychotherapy’. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling. 37 (3) pp. 223-230. Routledge: Oxon
l) Hanley, T. & Anthony, K. (2006). ‘Editorial’. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research Special Issue: Technology in Therapy. 6 (3) pp. 155 – 157
Appendix E
a) Original “back-of-envelope” Avatar Virtual Reality E-Clinic design 2001
b) Avatar website screenshots
- Main homepage of prototype
- “Select a Therapist” prototype
c) Group therapy demo
d) Pics of VR therapy environments
Appendix F – chapters
a) Anthony, K. & Goss, S. (2003b). ‘Ethical Thinking in OnlineTherapy’. In Hill, D. & Jones, C. ‘Forms of Ethical Thinking in Therapeutic Practice’. Open University Press
b) Anthony, K. (2004a). ‘Therapy Online – The Therapeutic Relationship in Typed Text’. In Bolton, G., Howlett, S., Lago, C., & Wright, J. (eds). Writing Cures. Brunner-Routledge: Hove
c) Goss, S. & Anthony, K. (2004). ‘Ethical and Practical Dimensions of Online Therapy’. In Bolton, G., Howlett, S., Lago, C., & Wright, J. (eds). Writing Cures. Brunner-Routledge: Hove
d) Anthony, K. (2007a). ‘Electronically Delivered Therapy’. In Feltham, C. & Hortan, I. The SAGE Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy 2nd Edition. SAGE: London
e) Nagel, D.M., Goss, S. & Anthony, K. (2009). ‘The use of technology in Supervision’. In Pelling, N., Barletta, J. & Armstrong, P. (eds). The Practice of Clinical Supervision. Australian Academic Press: Bowen Hills
Appendix G – text books
a) Goss, S. & Anthony, K. (eds). (2003). Technology in Counselling and Psychotherapy: A Practitioner’s Guide. Palgrave: Basingstoke
b) Anthony, K. & Nagel, D.M. (2010). Therapy Online [a practical guide]. SAGE: London
c) Anthony, K., Nagel, D.M. & Goss, S. (2010). The Use of Technology in Mental Health: Applications, Ethics and Practice. CCThomas Publishing: Springfield, IL.
d) Goss, S. & Anthony, K. (eds). 2008. Uudet Teknologiat Terapiassa. Edita: Helsinki
Appendix H – Co-edited Journals
a) Hanley, T. & Anthony, K. (eds) (2006). ‘Technology in Therapy’. BACP Counselling and Psychotherapy Research Special Issue. 26 (3) BACP: Rugby
b) Goss, S. & Anthony, K. (eds) (2009a). ‘Symposium: Developments in the Use of Technology in Counselling and Psychotherapy’. British Journal of Guidance and Counseling. 37 (3). Routledge: Oxon
Appendix I – Online Therapy Institute
a) Visual of OTI homepage
b) Visual of OTI blog
c) Visual of OTI Wiki
d) Visual of OTI Calendar
e) Visual of OTI Directory
f) OTI Get started
g) OTI Marketing advice
h) OTI Confidentiality advice
i) OTI Bookstore
j) OTI Crisis Support information
k) OTI on the Web
l) OTI Virtual Offices
m) OTI Social Network
n) Online Trainings
o) Screenshots of CESL conference presentation
p) Screenshots of discussions at social network
q) OTI QuickStart Guide
Appendix J – BACP Fellowship Certificate
Appendix K – Media for Online Therapy Institute
N.B.: Radio interviews (e.g. Radio 4 (2002), Radio 5Live (2001) and similar public output are no longer available to evidence.
4FM Ireland (Interview) May 30, 2009 Weekend Breakfast show with Michael Comyn is available at https://www.onlinetherapyinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/kate.mp3 [Accessed 9th September 2010)
a) The Metaverse Journal (interview), March 30th 2009
b) InnerWorld Magazine (interview), Edition 2, March 2009
c) Express.co.uk (Daily and Sunday Express Online) – “Internet Therapy: Why The Web Could Replace Your Shrink” (featured), December 2009
d) Zest Magazine – “Are You Ready For Therapy” (featured), December 2009
e) COSCA Journal (interview), Spring 2010
f) Society for Human Resource Management – “Avatar Gambling: Pleasurable Pastime or Potential Problem?” (featured), March 2010
g) Mental Health Today – “High Tech Therapy” (featured), January 2010
h) EA Report – “Ethical & Legal Considerations of Online Counseling are Ongoing” (featured), May 2010
i) inMotion – “Online Therapy and Social Interaction” (featured), 20 (3), May/June 2010
j) EAP Digest – “Online Counseling Crosses the Chasm” (featured), Summer 2009
k) The Coaching Commons – “Coaching and Twitter: A Fantastic Tool, But Watch Out for the Sharp Edges” (featured), August 2009
l) Sciencenotes, Podcast (Interview), 2009 – download from http://www.onlinetherapyinstituteblog.com/?p=482 [Accessed 9th September 2009]
m) New Statesman – “Virtual Blues” (featured), June 2008
n) Choice Magazine – “Online Coaching – the Next Step in Technology and Client Service” (featured), 7 (4) December 2009
o) Society for Human Resource Management – “Avatar Gambling: Pleasurable Pastime or Potential Problem? (featured), March 2010
Appendix L – Modular Training Schedules
https://www.onlinetherapyinstitute.com/workshops-and-training/
a) Introduction to Cyberspace: A Primer for the Helping Professions
b) Relationships in Cyberspace: An Introduction for Helping Professionals
c) The Online Therapeutic Relationship: Theoretical Considerations
d) Ethical Considerations of Online Therapy
e) Working Therapeutically Using Asynchronous Email
f) Working Therapeutically Using Synchronous Chat
g) Introduction to Online Supervision: Text-based Strategies
Appendix M – 60-hour Certificate Training in Online Therapy
Appendix N – DVD of Online Counselling and Therapy In Action Conference
a) 2009 – Leicester/live online and live to New Jersey
b) 2010 – Manchester/live online and live in Second Life
Appendix O – Testimonials
a) Examples from trainees
b) Example from one-day workshop
c) Testimonials from colleagues
Appendix P – Online Therapy Institute Verification seal
Appendix Q – TILT
a) The Magazine
b) Testimonials for TILT
