Speaking

Digital and Social Media Ethics for Psychotherapists

Since 2010, I have offered approximately forty presentations on digital ethics, ranging from conference panels to a 6 hour Continuing Education course.

My Digital Ethics trainings are usually presented to multidisciplinary groups of anywhere from 45 – 150 clinicians and trainees in formats ranging from 90 minutes to 6 hours. These trainings include familiarizing clinicians with different social networking sites (including how some of our clients are using them and issues that may come up clinically), discussion of ethics codes that are relevant to our online activities, and clinical vignettes and discussions of how and why to create a social media policy for your practice or institution.

While the 3 hour format for these trainings is most often requested, I find that four hours or more is ideal since it allows us more time to fully cover all of the issues as well as incorporating clinical vignettes into our discussions, and this piece may get cut short if we do the 3 hour version.

I can also walk attendees through live Facebook privacy tutorials or teach them how to tweet and interact on Twitter. Any of these presentations can be fine-tuned for your agency and audience, geared towards your specific needs.

Browse my list of recent and upcoming presentations to see what I’ve done in the past and what is coming up.

Call or email me to inquire about my availability and fees.

Sample Speaking Clips

You can view my full interview with Casey Truffo at the 2012 Therapist Virtual Leadership Conference on my video page.

WARNING: Are Online Reviews Bad For Your Health? [10 minutes] This is my part of my 2012 SXSW Interactive presentation.

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This screenshot below was used as an example of how I used the space provided in my own Yelp listing to address my concerns about clients leaving reviews. Feel free to click to see it in large size, and you are more than welcome to copy, borrow, or adapt it for your Yelp page:

Using Social Media to Brand Yourself as a Psychologist [20 minutes] This is a presentation I gave in 2011.

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Here are links to the websites I referenced in this talk:

Dr. Heather Wittenberg’s Babyshrink page
Dr. Marlene Maheu’s Telemental Health Institute
Dr. Susan Giurleo’s website
Dr. Joe Bavonese’s Uncommon Practices

Speaking Feedback and Ratings

Whenever I speak, I have participants evaluate my performance. I appreciate the opportunity to learn how to become a better presenter. Here are some of my more recent ratings. You can click on all images to enlarge them.

Digital and Social Media Ethics Presentation to Santa Clara Psychological Association
May 20, 2012, 3 hour CE presentation to 25 clinicians

Key: 1 = poor 2 = fair 3 = good 4 = very good 5 = excellent

Social Media Ethics San Mateo Psychological Association
May 14, 2011, 3 hour CE presentation to 45 clinicians

Feedback received from 34 of the participants after the training.

Key: 1 = poor 2 = fair 3 = good 4 = very good 5 = excellent

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Social Media Ethics for Wright Institute Master’s Program
September 18, 2011, 3 hour CE presentation to 40 MFT students

Feedback I received from 33 of the participants after the training.

Key: 1 = poor 2 = fair 3 = good 4 = very good 5 = excellent

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