What follows is an excerpt of an article entitled, The Ethical Framework for Technology-delivered Coaching: A Summary by Kate Anthony, DeeAnna Merz Nagel & Stephen Goss Coaching as a Profession Coaching as a profession continues to gain popularity and counsellors are in a unique position to harness coaching skills for utilisation in their counselling practices…. [Read More]
The Use Of Avatars In Psychotherapy
Avatar Therapy is not new. The term has been discussed theoretically for nearly twenty years. Now that virtual worlds have reached the mainstream and with the advent of gaming, many people understand the provocative power that exists with an avatar identity. People now live part of their lives virtually. Innovative uses of time both online and… [Read More]
On becoming a clinical supervisor: Logging necessary proof of experience
What is the importance of a clinical supervision log? It’s complicated. So let’s see if we can unpack this a bit. The interested audience here is generally UK and US though others may be taking supervision training through Online Therapy Institute as well. For the purposes of this post, I am focusing on two organizations:… [Read More]
Practicing with an Omnichanneled Approach is Essential
We are all experiencing change. Whether we are coaches, therapists or clinical supervisors we are all working differently since the onset of the pandemic. Some of us were in full-time in-person practices with never a thought to working online. Some of us were already practicing in-person and online. Some of us only agreed to online… [Read More]
Coaching and Technology: It’s more than giving a ring!
I believe coaches have been using technology to deliver coaching services to clients far longer than mental health practitioners. I remember in the 90’s when coaching by telephone became very popular. The Institute for Life Coach Training was founded in 1998 by Patrick Williams who had been practicing tele-coaching already. Introduction to Online Coaching Course… [Read More]
The revival of email and chat therapy
A very long time ago I logged into a platform (Here2Listen) that offered chat therapy to clients. I think the year was 2000. Twenty years ago. At the time I was unable to work outside the home due to a recently acquired illness but I wanted to continue my chosen profession. This was just at… [Read More]
Become a Certified Cyber Therapist
With the increasing popularity of telemental health and the need for well skilled practitioners, we here at Online Therapy Institute have seen a surge in the uptake of our Certified Cyber Therapist training and credential. More and more students from around the globe are registering for the course to ensure they are equipped to deliver… [Read More]
The best continuum of care during COVID-19 and beyond
We are in the middle of a pandemic. And we want to continue to offer the best therapeutic guidance to our clients during this time. Many of you may have avoided offering online therapy- widely referred to as telemental health- but now you are taking the dive to be able to offer mental health interventions… [Read More]
