Moving Your Practice Online

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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

Ordinarily, this length and type of course would cost £80 – £120 or more. However, these are not ordinary times. We are committed to ensuring that nobody should face a financial barrier to accessing it. We are a small company affected by the virus as much as anyone else and seek to provide all the support we can and to share our experience. We do, however, have costs to cover and are therefore launching this course on a purely Pay What You Can basis. If you are able to pay, please do to support access for others who cannot. Suggested amounts are

Students, volunteers, unwaged (including recently unwaged due to the corona virus): FREE
Part time and low waged: £10 – 25
Full time/waged: £85 – 110 depending on income
Institutional rate: £120 per course place (or contact kate.anthony@hushmail.com)

Please enjoy the course and keep safe.

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