Join us for LACSW’s and The Tulane School of Social Work

 

FULL DAY CYBERCOUNSELLING WORKSHOP

Saturday, October 1, 2011

 

The Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life

Tulane University Campus New Orleans, LA

 

Email is ubiquitous and a majority of clinicians report interest from their clients in communicating via email. But there are challenges. How do we establish the therapeutic alliance? How do we ensure confidentiality? How do we compensate for the absence of tone of voice and non-verbals in text? Are there indications and contraindications? And are there advantages to text-based work over face to face work?

 

Led by Lawrence Murphy of Therapy Online, this full day workshop will provide participants with a solid grounding in the ethics, technology, and therapeutic techniques relevant to email counseling. Attention will be given to joining in text, a variety of writing techniques, and to what Therapy Online’s founders refer to as the “Presence Techniques”. Participants will have an opportunity to work hands-on with these techniques.

 

8:30-9:00 Introduction                                                                                                      

·         the workshop

·         the presenter and Therapy Online

·         participant expectations

 

9:00-9:45 Technological Issues                                                                                      

  • functioning of the Internet
  • understanding various online modalities
  • security issues

 

9:45-10:00 BREAK                                                                                                               

 

10:00-11:00 Ethical Issues                                                                                                 

  • the case for a distinct cybercounselling ethics
  • security and confidentiality
  • challenges in offering services
  • dealing with a crisis

 

11:00-12:00Overview of Online Approaches                                                                        

·         review of available modalities

·         background to text-based approaches

·         lessons from and for face to face work

·         review of recent research

 

12:00-1:30 LUNCH on your own                                                                                                

 

1:30-2:15 Presence Techniques                                                                                     

·         welcoming and joining

·         emotional bracketing

·         descriptive immediacy

 

2:15-2:45 Fishbowl Exercise                                                                                                         

 

2:45-3:00 BREAK                                                                                                                 

 

3:00-3:30 Process Control Techniques                                                                                     

  • time presence
  • spacing and pacing
  • sequencing

 

3:30-4:30 Hands-on Practice                                                                                                      

·         working in dyads

·         participants will take role-play e-mails and try out the techniques presented

 

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                                                                        Before Sept 1, 2011                                      On Site:

                                                            LACSW Members / Non-members                Members / Non-Members

Both workshops (6 CEUs total)...................................  $90  /  $110                                       $100  /  $125

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To register in advance, fill out the information requested below and mail by Sept. 1st  with your payment to: LACSW,  c/o Myra Hidalgo, LCSW: 1407 Louisiana Ave.,  New Orleans, LA 70115. You may also  visit us on the web, @www. lacsw.org

 

 

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