Kate continues with her regular column for the quarterly Journal of the BACP Workplace Division (http://www.bacpworkplace.org.uk/journal.php) This issue focuses on Trauma. One of the most interesting potential applications of technology to our work as counsellors, and also the most unpredictable, is using virtual environments where the self is presented as an avatar – to deliver… [Read More]
Therapist-Coach Questions about the Legalities of Technology Application
Here at Online Therapy Institute we are frequently asked about legal issues (particularly in the United States) pertaining to crossing jurisdictional (state) lines, how coaching lines up with counseling, whether Skype is HIPAA compliant, and we receive many questions about HIPAA in general. This blog post is an attempt to offer additional resources… [Read More]
Negativity in my Newsfeed
The other day I was assaulted by a baby elephant. More specifically by multiple people sharing the heartbreaking story of baby elephant who cried after it had been stomped on and rejected by its mother. If you haven’t already seen the story you might want to think twice before you search for it, unless you… [Read More]
Online Services – My Evolution
In 1997, I was in the process of completing my second year field placement as a Master of Social Work student. At that time, I remember hearing about email therapy and one day I was talking to one of my peers about it. She was flabbergasted about it and didn’t want it to gain popularity…. [Read More]
Reel Culture- Tech Ettiquette
Last spring TILT Magazine featured Tiffany Shlain’s film Connected in the Reel Culture column and guess what? She has another great project out! We spoke with Tiffany and asked her how she thought her project, The Future Starts Here might be beneficial to therapists and coaches, and without missing a beat she explained how this… [Read More]
Blogging Made Easy
Blogging is an important step in growing your professional online presence. Without a doubt, blogging, writing, pushing content into cyberspace is a social media and marketing strategy that is here to stay. So let’s go through a few important points to get you started or re-committed to the concept of blogging. Why? First, because you… [Read More]
For the Love of Books
“Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.” ― Groucho Marx, Cybercultures: Cultures in Cyberspace Communities Sabine Bauman Cybercultures: Cultures in Cyberspace Communities is a collection of essays that investigate the interaction of the real and the virtual life and their mutual influence on… [Read More]
Technology and Intrusive Thoughts
This article looks at the nature of bad thoughts that are not wanted, a mental health problem affecting 5% of the population (Baer, 2002). Intrusive thoughts are ‘unwanted thoughts’. For example, people with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can experience flashbacks where they recall their experiences (Crosby, 2008). Here I explore how technology can be used… [Read More]
