Kate Anthony

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COVID 19 Telehealth course

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

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.

Do NOT use this payment box if you do not wish to contribute – please just proceed to the course from the link below the Add to Cart button.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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