If there is one thing I’ve discovered in being an online therapist, it’s that there is no typical day in the life of an online therapist. Fortunately, that’s just how I like it! As the independent business owner of Beginnings Counseling and Consulting, on any given day I’m the staff counselor, life coach, accountant, marketing… [Read More]
A Day in the Life of an Online Coach
A typical day in my working week would depend on what day of the week you caught me. At the moment, as well as running my private coaching practice, I am studying for a Masters degree in dance movement psychotherapy and I also edit the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy’s Coaching Division journal, Coaching… [Read More]
Seeking an online coach, therapist or healer? What should you look for?
Online therapy and coaching is becoming quite popular so it is not surprising that more and more people will be seeking out services from coaches, therapists and other helpers online. We have all heard the phrase, Buyer Beware and this could not be more true when we talk about accessing services from a helping professional on… [Read More]
The Dark Side of the Internet: A Story of Disinhibition and Murder
Watching Barbara Schroeder’s “Talhotblond: Everybody Lies Online” is like trying to NOT watch an accident site that you pass on the highway. Knowing the image won’t be pretty, you gawk anyway. If this were a fictional, blockbuster film, we’d all leave the theatre saying, “That could never happen. Not really.” Sadly, this documentary details real… [Read More]
Preparation for online text-based synchronous supervision sessions
Recently a colleague asked “Do your supervisees do any preparation that you know about? If so, what?” I hadn’t really thought that someone might be curious about this, but once the question was in my mind, it didn’t leave. The short answer is: some supervisees tell me about their pre-session preparation ahead of time, and… [Read More]
Searching for Help in All the Wrong Places
The days of feeling like you are the only one suffering with a particular problem are long gone. There are many great online communities that help people feel less isolated and alone by connecting them to others with similar concerns. The value of being able to talk to someone who has been there before is… [Read More]
What Would You Do?
In each issue of TILT we shall be presenting an ethical dilemma about a Web 2.0 experience and other ethical topics related to mental health and technology, and inviting readers to comment at the Online Therapy Institute’s social network. In the following issue of TILT, we shall select from the comments about what YOU would… [Read More]
Are you an intuitive, psychic, empath, healer? Read this! (Are you also a coach or therapist?)
Some of you may have noticed that we offer a couple of unique programs of interest for people who wish to enhance their intuitive skills. That may seem like a far stretch from our mission since we teach therapists, coaches and other helping professionals how to deliver services via technology. Actually, we feel that all… [Read More]
