DESCRIPTION:

What will the practice of psychotherapy look like in five, ten, fifteen years? More to the point, how can therapists best position themselves to have the kind of career they want and make a good living doing it? This webcast series brings together some of the field’s leading innovators and business-minded visionaries to examine the range of issues and career possibilities therapists should consider today while charting their course for the future.

• Discover alternatives to the traditional private practice model that better fit the new mental health marketplace.
• Explore how the mental health consumers of today differ from the “patients” of past decades.
• Find out about new career paths that draw on the therapeutic skills you already possess.
• Examine how technology is opening up new possibilities for therapeutic practice.
• Get up to speed about the marketing and business skills 21st century practitioners will need to succeed.

OUTLINE:

Session 6 (DeeAnna Nagel): Therapy’s Digital Future

Survey the rapidly growing range of technology-delivered alternatives to face-to-face therapy and what they might mean for your professional future by:

• Learning about the differences among email, chat, audio, video, and virtual reality as platforms for the therapeutic encounter.
• Examining the Disinhibition Effect and how it can shape online therapy.
• Exploring the ethical and legal issues that must be considered when offering online therapy.
• Defining the distinctive therapeutic challenges faced by online therapists, and the additional skills and training they may require.
• Discussing how to integrate an online practice into a more traditional practice model and how to maximize the possibilities for increased income.

OBJECTIVES:

Learning Objectives - Session 6 (DeeAnna Nagel):

• List the differences between various online platforms when used for therapeutic encounters.
• Define the Disinhibition Effect and how it can shape online therapy.
• Identify ethical and legal issues that come with offering therapy online.