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About the Program
Learning Objectives
- Participants will be able to identify the various technological delivery methods
- Participants will be able to describe steps to best ensure client confidentiality
- Participants will be able to discuss legal considerations with regard to online therapy.
Methods of Delivery
- Text-Based Synchronous/Asyncrhonous Methods
- Email/Web Board
- Discussion Boards/Forums
- Instant Message (IRC)/Chat Rooms
- Audio/VoIP/Phone
- Video Conferencing
- Virtual/Worlds/Avatar Therapy
Ethical Considerations
- Counselor Training/Preparation
- Confidentiality
- Screening/Suitability
- Informed Consent
Legal Considerations
- Jurisdiction
- Risk Management
- Liability
About the Presenter
Kate Anthony, DPsych, FBACP, is a leading expert on the use of technology in therapy. She qualified as a psychotherapist from the University of Greenwich, London, UK in 2001, with her MSc Thesis on The Nature of the Online Therapeutic Relationship. Kate has trained practitioners and organisations worldwide in online therapy for over ten years.
She is co-editor and co-author of three textbooks on the subject, as well as numerous articles, chapters and journals. She is a Fellow of BACP (awarded 2008) and Past-President and Fellow of ISMHO (awarded 2005). She is also Executive Specialist for Online Coaching for the BACP Coaching Division. She is co-founder of the Online Therapy Institute, and Managing Editor of TILT Magazine ~Therapeutic Innovations in Light of Technology. Kate’s doctorate was “Developing Counselling and Psychotherapy in the Age of Technology and the Internet” with Middlesex University/Metanoia Institute.
Training Materials
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