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Online Counseling and Telephone Counseling (eCounseling) with Clients in Crisis

August 28, 2018 by Anthony Centore Leave a Comment

Crisis situations are a common concern for eCounselors – and rightly so. To be ethical, counselors of all philosophies and practice settings need to handle these situations carefully. If you haven’t been concerned, consider that failures to make efforts to prevent client suicide account for 42% of the dollars paid in malpractice settlements.1 Thankfully, one can make prevention efforts and handle crisis situations successfully with online counseling (and telephone counseling). Emphasis on Crisis In contrast to in-person clients who visit a counseling center (which is a safe and neutral environment separate from their life-issues), online counseling clients receive help from within the settings where their problems take place. Hence, when a client says, “I hate my apartment, it reminds me of my ex-husband,” she is saying this from inside that apartment. This can increase the intensity of the counseling process. In addition to the uncontrolled setting, online and telephone counseling … [Read more...]

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How to Become an “Online Famous” Therapist

May 8, 2009 by Anthony Centore Leave a Comment

At a recent marketing convention, a keynote speaker addressed the audience. He said, “Everyone I meet wants to have the #1 website on Google, have the biggest and most responsive email list, and have the most followers on Twitter. Today, I have a surprise for you...” The speaker looked out over the crowd—there were 1000 people in attendance. “I have placed a bright green card under one of your chairs. If you have that card, you will receive all those things today. Take a look, and whoever has the card, come up on stage and tell everyone why you deserve to have all these things.” The speaker then waited a moment as the crowd started to shuffle and reach under their chairs. Then he said, “Ok I lied. There’s no card, but you should have seen your faces! First TERRIFIED it was going to be you, and then smug, as if you were thinking to yourself ‘I can’t wait to hear what that poor sucker with the card is going to say.’” The persons in the audience were nervous about the reward because, … [Read more...]

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