Tag Archives: mental health

SXSW 2012 – WARNING: Are Online Reviews Bad for Your Health?

I’m back from SXSW, where I got rained on HARD and also got to network and socialize with some of my favorite people. My session was on the challenges raised by consumer reviews of healthcare providers. You can read the Storify story of tweets below. Thanks to everyone who came and asked great questions! Check [...]

Please Take a Brief Survey About Online Reviews of Psychotherapists

I’ve created a very brief survey to gain a better idea of the types of information that would be most useful to psychotherapy clients when looking at online reviews of mental health professionals. This survey consists of three questions and can be easily answered in just a few minutes. I do not ask for any [...]

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 [...]

Talk to a Psychologist

In addition to seeing clients in my private practice, doing research, and teaching, I am also the Digital Director for APA Division 42, Psychologists in Independent Practice. We’ve just completed a Youtube video on the benefits of talking to a psychologist, and I’m pleased to share it here. Please do pass it along if you [...]

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 [...]