Therapist Thoughts

Although making money at your practice is important, I suspect it is not your driving force. For most therapists the focus is on helping others and having impact. However, for some therapists and health professionals that focus has been to the detriment of the business success of running a private practice.

So how do you find the balance between helping others while having impact and making a living?

 

There are a lot of questions from practicing therapists about the emerging field of online counseling.  In the podcast audio interview "Identifying Complexities in the New Field of Technology Assisted Counselling Therapy", I interview therapist and researcher specializing in online counseling, Dr. Stephen Goss and we discuss many of the concerns that counseling therapists and mental health professionals have.

The podcast begins with a discussion the new terminology and the current variety of delivery modalities used by the professionals in the mental health field. 

 

I just posted a new video on my video blog at http://www.normquantz.com/ .  In this video I discuss the ethics of online counseling and the importance of the intake form or intake session.  

With my distance therapy clients I use the same ethical guidelines that I use for my in office clients, making sure that I have emergency contact numbers and the necessary background information to ensure a successful and effective client therapist relationship.  There are a few unique differences in online counseling and video therapy that clients need to be aware of.  Technology is not perfect so it is important that clients are informed and know the plan in the event of a disconnection or power failure.

Norm welcomes all visitors to his video blog which is connected to www.imagefacetoface.com, The Business and Education Hub for Therapists and Health Professionals.

This is your place to interact with Norm and with each other about the relevant things happening in our industry. Please feel free to ask questions, express view points and opinions and discuss the latest models, methods and discoveries in the world of counseling therapy and mental health.