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Facebook implemented some updated privacy features this week which were supposed to give users greater control over their privacy settings. However, alarmingly, some of the updates have left previously protected information exposed. As a mental health professional, I am deeply troubled by these changes, both in terms of how it compromises my own personal privacy, [...]

This article is part of an online course: Digital and Social Media Ethics for Psychotherapists for 8 CE credits Recently, when teaching a training for clinicians working in college mental health, I was discussing some of the multiple role conflicts that can come up when clinicians accept friend requests from clients. One clinician asked me [...]

This article is part of an online course: Digital and Social Media Ethics for Psychotherapists for 8 CE credits Just a couple of weeks ago, New England Baptist Hospital banned Facebook and other social media sites due to concerns that hospital employees were sharing too much about patient care in their online updates. The hospital [...]

This Friday, October 23rd, I will be presenting a 5 hour Continuing Education training that I organized for the annual Northern California Training Directors Conference. This conference will be attended by Training Directors and clinical trainees of fifteen Bay Area college counseling centers. I will be joined by James Lyda, Ph.D., Staff Psychologist at the [...]

As members of my dissertation support group already know, I’m a huge fan of co-working. This isn’t only because I’ve seen clients benefit from it. Co-working has also helped me immensely. It’s one thing to have small work projects that can be sprinted through in 30 minutes or so. But I am frequently juggling large [...]