Moving Your Practice Online
Please scroll down to the joining link at the bottom of the page – you will not receive further instructions via email.
To view how this course maps onto BACP Competences, click HERE
Please note that this training does not qualify you as an online therapist. CPD records will be offered for 9 hours CPD. Full training requires 80 hours of learning, this course contains 8-10 hours and has been created specifically for emergency reasons in reaction to Covid-19 to help the mental health profession keep going. Please explore the links on this website for more information on full training (email, video, chat, audio).
Course content:
Welcome and Introduction (How to take the course; reasons for course)
- Welcome to this course
- Why this course exists:
- What to expect from the course
- A very brief history of online work
- Brief client scenario
Rapid setup of secure communication methods Plan your service; Supervision issues; Insurance issues)
- Service planning in light of current practice
- My online services – what would work?
- Zoom – an overview with Dr Mike Langlois
- VSee – an overview
- Doxy.me – an overview
- Additional considerations
Intake and Contracting (Additional information required: between session contact; social media policy; crisis intervention; financial implications)
- Intake/transfer consideration
- Re-contracting for this period
- Risk
Providing therapy online – Data Protection/Cybersecurity and ‘Special considerations’ for Children
Written by Catherine Knibbs
Necessary theory (Online Disinhibition Effect; Netiquette; boundaries)
- Online Disinhibition Effect
- Core written communication skills for non-video contact
- Maintaining boundaries in an unboundaried space
Tips and tricks for videoconferencing (Eye contact; beginnings and endings; self-care)
- Tips and tricks with videoconferencing
- Self-care and burnout
Reading and Resources
- References, Further Reading, Social Media Links
Goodbye and Acknowledgements