Syllabus
1. Web visibility & Google Alerts
- Google searches on self
- Who is looking for us?
- Setting up Google Alerts
- Removing self from sites or Google index
- Correcting misinformation
2. Personal vs. Professional activities online
- Various approaches to managing your online presence
3. Research on client & therapist extratherapuetic encounters online
- Summary of research on psychotherapists seeking patient information online
- Summary of research on psychotherapy patients seeking information about their mental health provider online
- Research on online reviews and their impact on psychotherapy clients
4. General privacy tips
5. Social Media Policies
- What is a policy?
- Why use one?
- What should it include?
- Free copy of Dr. Kolmes’s original SMP
6. Ethics Codes / Clinical dilemmas & vignettes
- List of Ethics Codes applied today
- What is Digital Ethics?
- Vignettes: Eight vignettes covering viewing client social media profiles, status updates, handling friend/contact requests, media and public statements, seeking consultation and listserv referrals, managing online reviews, managing multiple professions & social media marketing, retention and documentation of messages on social media
7. Closing remarks and summary