Guest Blog by Anita Dods (OTI Guest blogs are published under the TILT Magazine brand, continuing to educate and inform about technology and mental health! For more information please contact Dr Kate Anthony at kate@onlinetherapyinstitute.com) Did you know that music has a profound effect on your psyche and body? Music in itself is a language… [Read More]
Avatar as Prosthesis – OTI in Second Life Art Project!
As a mental health practitioner and trainer it is rare I pass up the experience to explore facets of technology and cyberspace that may inform my knowledge to pass on to my trainees at the Online Therapy Institute. Therefore, I felt privileged to be invited to take part in “Avatar as Prosthesis” – an artistic… [Read More]
Therapy through the looking glass; implications for training and beyond….
(This GUEST BLOG `by Carole Francis-Smith is the first in a series of articles written for TILT (Therapeutic Innovations in Light of Technology). Unforeseen interruptions in the usual production process of TILT mean that we shall be blogging articles until further notice. If you would like to submit a TILT Guest Blog, please email kate@onlinetherapyinstitute.com… [Read More]
Congruency and the Art of Omnichannelling
I’m pleased to bring you my new column for the BACP Counselling at Work Autumn 2015 Journal! In this season’s column, I discuss how our core congruent self can be present across a myriad of different platforms and types of software, including social media. I describe how I think we underestimate just how skilled we… [Read More]
From the Archives! Clinical Supervision Contract
My Clinical Supervision Contract (last update- May, 2023). This is the contract I use when conducting clinical supervision. I offer clinical supervision, case consultation and supervision of supervision. I also facilitate clinical supervision courses. Clinical Supervision Contract DeeAnna Merz Nagel PO Box 444 Anywhere, USA 77777 XXX.XXX.XXXX (voice) XXX.XXX.XXXX (cell) 732.XXX-XXXX (home) Emergency Contact: If imminent danger of… [Read More]
From the Archives! Informed Consent
I no longer practice psychotherapy but when I did, this is the informed consent I utilized with clients. Now I continue to use this template to train other therapists. See courses for therapists HERE. Informed Consent AGREEMENT FOR PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICES CONDUCTED BY DEEANNA MERZ NAGEL. PROCESS OF THERAPY/EVALUATION Participation in therapy can result in a… [Read More]
Happy Birthday Online Therapy – 20 Years Old!
During one of my infrequent bouts of insomnia last night, it occurred to me that in 2015 we ought to be celebrating the 20th birthday of online counselling and therapy. It now also occurs to me that thinking about such things at 3am is a bit odd, but then those who know me know that… [Read More]
Guest Blog! Relational Therapy and Online Therapy: Where the Twain Shall Meet
My training as a therapist is in Transactional Analysis, and my orientation within Transactional Analysis is towards its relational approach. This is an approach which can be considered as a move away from cognitive insight as the central vehicle of psychological change, and a focus instead on relational interactions as a primary means of growth,… [Read More]
