Tag Archives: Online Psychotherapy
Malpractice Insurance for Online Practice: What Does It Cover?
Questions about malpractice insurance might need to start with a clear reading of the definition of your scope of practice from your state or national website. For example, because I am in California, I will quote my state law for Marriage & Family Therapists http://www.bbs.ca.gov/licensees/psych_online.shtml, but I encourage you to read your own state code [...]
Full StoryThe Problem with “Online Counseling” & “Online Therapy” (Part I)
Do we need a new category of mental health service to properly identify the new services being offered online? Telehealth and Telemedicine Precedents When offering telehealth service in the health care world, the patient is seen by someone “in the system” initially for an in-person consult. An administrative assistant will open the file, check the [...]
Full StoryVideo Makes The Case for Caution and Perspective in TeleMental Health and Coaching
Back in 1910, automobiles were just beginning to be mass-produced, roads were not paved, driver’s licenses were not issued, and people were experimenting with their new automobiles by driving everywhere they could, along dirt roads, over fields, any yes, into ditches. For a quick 10-minute video clip that illustrates how this analogy relates to telemental health and coaching, just look here: MP4 version or FLV version.
Full StorySkype Security & Other VoIP Systems: The Future & How to Protect Yourself
As we’ve discussed in previews blog posts, Skype runs on a “Voice over Internet Protocol” or “VoIP” which apparently is the common platform for videoconferencing online. The security of VoIP-based platforms, as well as reliability are the two issues I like to explore today. As I look for potential sources of information about the security [...]
Full StoryTIME Article: “Hello! Your Psychiatrist Will Skype You Now”
Whoooa! TIME’s headline implies that SKYPE is secure for telemental health. Is TIME sure this is true? Dr. Drell says videoconferencing is LIKE texting or Skype. He doesn’t say he is using texting or Skype for contact with patients, as the headline suggests.
Full StoryWhy Online Counseling and Psychotherapy Are the Future of Our Work
With our increasing mobile society, it’s only reasonable that practitioners learn to maintain the continuity of care when their patients cannot come to the office, leave town or relocate to other areas. There’s no need for our patients to be deprived of care when the technology currently exists for us to service them where ever they may be located.
Full StoryEmail, Chat Rooms and Skype for Online Counseling, Online Psychotherapy and TeleMental Health Care: The Automobile Analogy
Just because we have the ability to deliver services online in email, chat room or via public videoconferencing network such as Skype, utilizing those abilities for direct client or patient care isn’t yet prudent or professional.
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