Category Archives: technology

Mental Health For Geeks

In 2009, I did a presentation at SXSW called Therapy 2.0: Mental Health for Geeks, even creating a corresponding wiki with resources. A month later, I spoke at the first Mental Health Camp for bloggers in Vancouver on the intersection of social media and mental health. Looking back, it seems ironic that I haven’t written [...]

Summary of Client-Therapist Encounters on the Web: The Client Experience

I’m happy to report that our slides are up summarizing the data Dan Taube and I collected on clients encountering their psychotherapist’s information on the Internet. We will soon be writing up our findings to submit for publication, but I’m pleased to be able to share this data with all of the folks who participated [...]

Without My Consent: Paths to justice for survivors of online harassment

I’m so very pleased and excited to announce the launch of Without My Consent, a project on which I sit on the Advisory Board with a fine group of Internet superheroes. This project was co-founded by Erica Johnstone and Colette Vogele. Without My Consent is intended to provide resources and information to victims of online [...]

A Cry for Yelp: My Response to Comments on my NY Times Op-Ed Piece

On Saturday, March 19, The New York Times published an Op-Ed I wrote on some of the concerns I have with consumer review sites when it comes to finding and rating mental health services. I appreciate those who took the time to kindly offer their comments on the piece both on the Times page and [...]

Call for Participants: New Study on Clients Encountering Therapist Information on the Internet

Are you a person 18 years old or over, who has been in psychotherapy, and has sought or found information about your therapist on the Internet? If so, we would appreciate your taking the time to complete a survey. Our names are Keely Kolmes and Dan Taube and we are licensed psychologists who would like [...]