Dr. Keely Kolmes

Wake up and smell the smoke
Last Wednesday, I logged into Gmail to discover that I had a new little Buzz icon. When I clicked on it, I discovered what everyone was tweeting about: I was auto-following a number of people. Some I knew and some I didn’t really know at all. We just happened to [...]

Thanks to everyone who provided feedback on my first draft. I have slightly modified some sections and added a bit more to this document. I realized that some sections needed a bit more explanation so that clients would understand my rationale for my practice choices. When this policy is final, I will upload it to [...]

Yesterday, I posted a draft of my Social Media Policy for Psychotherapy on this blog. I also included a link on Twitter. I made it clear that this was a work in progress and asked folks to feel free to comment or suggest additions. Of all the public and private feedback I received, the section [...]

I have been working on my Social Media Policy  for my private practice. This will eventually be available as a download on my Forms page and I will also distribute it to current clients.
Please note that this is currently a work in progress. There may be important things to add to this policy, but this [...]

“But what should I do?”
It doesn’t happen often, but once in awhile, I will meet with a client who asks me some variation of the above. The thing that is most challenging (to me) about clients who directly ask what they should do is that they are usually those who are experiencing the most pain [...]