Syllabus
- How do professional ethics codes (and other authorities) approach texting with clients?
- Ethics codes on texting and other “always-on” communication
- What are ethics codes not addressing about texting-based communication with clients?
- How does texting impact therapeutic and personal boundaries?
- Managing differing cultural expectations around text messaging
- Establishing and norming boundaries for you and your clients’ needs
- How does texting with clients relate to telemental health practice?
- What is “telemental health”?
- Working with clients on communication appropriate to the relationship and the tools being used
- What are the likely best practices around how to write text messages to clients?
- Research on texting’s role in English-language communication
- Creating your own professional voice in texting