Tag Archives: interactive

I’m Not a Rock Star! (More Thoughts on Facebook Fanning)

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 [...]

Private Practice Social Media Policy for Psychotherapists

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 [...]

Should Mental Health Professionals Block Clients On Facebook?

The past two days, a subsection of the Internet was ablaze with commentary related to the Facebook privacy changes that I blogged about yesterday. Some users didn’t mind the changes. Some didn’t realize they had lost privacy options. But those who were upset were, like me, extremely upset.
One post by Heidi N. Moore, Facebook to [...]

LinkedIn for Mental Health Professionals

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 to share more about how accepting requests on LinkedIn could become complicated and I thought I’d blog about that, [...]

My Continuing Education Training: Clinical and Ethical Issues Related to Social Networking and College Mental Health

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 Tang [...]