So good to be back after quite a hiatus. As our field is rapidly changing due to the Covid 19 Pandemic and therapists all over the world are being forced to work from home, I thought it would be a great idea to put out a few new episodes. And I couldn’t think of a better guest that Raymond Barrett. He is the founder of Telehealth Certification Institute and has been training therapist on TeleMental health for years. He is incredibly knowledgeable about how the regulations are changing in the las...
May 07, 2020•33 min
An interview with Jeff Guenther, founder of Therapy Den. Jeff Guenther is a licensed professional counselor and the founder of Therapy Den – a unique directory of psychotherapists that aims to be inclusive of all needs and works to promote diversity. Who better to talk about directories, than the founder of one?! Jeff has a wealth of knowledge and his site is full of information – including a great list of questions to explore on your initial consult call. Site: www.therapyden.com Consult questi...
Mar 11, 2020•46 min
This is a teaser for my new Podcast, Finding Therapy! Fans of The Online Counselling Podcast will find the same great content with Finding Therapy. Thank you to the tens of thousands who have enjoyed The Online Counselling Podcast, I am glad to be back! Please subscribe and enjoy!
Mar 11, 2020•9 min
Today we get to talk with Dr. Carly McCord about how she helped develop the TeleHealth Counseling Clinic at Texas A & M. Seeing that there was a need in rural Texas for mental health care, but realizing that clients had huge obstacles in receiving it (digital divide, transportation, etc) and having many qualified doctoral students at the University – she worked to combine the need with her students and added in technology – developing a clinic that has provided online therapy to over 800 cli...
Feb 14, 2018•40 min
Forrest Pulley – Co-Founder Nicholas Fuller – Chief Technical Officer I am so fortunate to get to talk to Forrest Pulley (co-founder) and Nicholas Fuller (Chief Technical Officer) of iTherapy. iTherapy is an incredibly robust service that serves the field of online therapy. They offier HIPAA compliant video, EHR services, payment gateway, scheduling, notes and other services that are typical in the field. But they set themselves apart with their customer services and some of their higher offerin...
Jan 17, 2018•38 min
Today’s interview is with Martin Perry who is the founder of Nous Talk. Nous Talk is a new HIPAA compliant Audio / Video platform built specifically for online therapists. I’ve tried it out for the last month and am incredibly impressed. They are super HIPAA compliant – just not offering a BAA, but also addressing levels of HIPAA that other platforms do not – and they comply with malpractice insurers! They offer Group sessions, accepting online payments, arranging online scheduling – it’s a very...
Jan 03, 2018•43 min
Synergy ETherapy Building an online private practice can be hard enough – but what about building a 100% Online GROUP practice? Well Lisa Herman of Synergy ETherapy has done just that and she has grown this practice to Minnesota and New York and now has 5 therapists in the group. She truly is a Therapy Entrepreneur and we are so lucky to have her tell us how she did it. In the podcast interview today, we talk about hiring theraists, managing them, learning and training on the technology part of ...
Dec 20, 2017•44 min
Dr. Christopher Quarto is a licensed psychologist and professor in Murfreesboro, Tennessee and is the founder of the Distance Counseling Community Facebook Group. He is incredibly active on social media and always has very valuable information for therapists who have questions about online counseling. He’s very generous about his time and his comments are always spot on. He has also developed a framework for educators to use when training new and previously licensed therapist about online counse...
Dec 13, 2017•41 min
Marc Lehman has come up with a brilliant approach to reaching college students and making therapy available to them. Dorm Room Counseling uses online counseling to help young adults through the very stressful process of adjusting to college. Transitioning from high school to a college is incredibly difficult and more so today – when teens are struggling with social norms, societal stress and academic pressures. Marc meets these college students where they are…online. Using text, email and audio/...
Dec 06, 2017•42 min
Today we get to know a therapist who was based in Austin, Texas – but wanted to travel the world with her family. Having a successful private practice, she worked to transition her face to face clients to begin working online with her. She then began to build up more online clients. She now lives in Costa Rica with her family and continues to work with her clients from Austin and is beginning to reach out to the population of “digital nomads” – people who work from their laptops anywhere in the ...
Nov 08, 2017•40 min
It’s been a few weeks since we’ve had a new episode, but I think this will be worth the wait! Today we speak with Beata Klarowska, who is the co-founder of TheraPlatform.com. She is a speech and language pathologist who saw a need for a tele-therapy platform that provided interactive forms and HIPAA compliant connection for therapists and clients. This platform has tons of great options and is very affordable. And they are designed for all sorts of disciplines, but it is perfect for psychotherap...
Nov 01, 2017•31 min
To celebrate episode 50, we answer one of the top questions psychotherapists have when it comes to starting an online counseling practice: What needs to be in my informed consent? We all know that there are certain paperwork needs for private practice, but how do those needs change when we bring technology into the picture? Today we speak with Katie Lemieux, and Kate Campbell – co-founders of The Private Practice Startup. They spent a decade developing their paperwork and have had it reviewed by...
Aug 24, 2017•55 min
Philippa Weitz and Adrian Rhodes Face to Face Counseling vs. Online Counseling Today we have our first panel discussion! And what a distinguished panel it is: Philippa Weitz is a returning guest, she is the author of Psychotherapy 2.0 and Managing Director of PW Training, which is a training program for online therapists. Adrian Rhodes is a past president of European Association for Psychotherapy and has over 40 years experience in the helping field. Adrian is a recent graduate of Philippa’s tra...
Jul 19, 2017•46 min
Today we travel to Switzerland to speak with Claudia Pluss, CEO of Perceptiko and developer of Catch Eye – a plug in technology that adjusts the appearance of our eyes online to improve eye contact. One of the few problems of doing online counseling is maintaining good eye contact with our clients. If we are looking at their image on the screen, we aren’t looking directly into the camera – which can make it appear that we aren’t making eye contact. It’s a nuanced thing – but as we all know as th...
Jul 12, 2017•22 min
Diann is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has taken the leap into Life Coaching. She has a fascinating story of how she used coaches to grow her Private Practice and found that the process really resonated with her. As a result, she has gotten extensive training in Life Coaching and is now embarking on a new phase of her career – focusing on Women in Mid-Life who also have ADHD. She has extensive experience with connecting with her clients online and I was captivated by her story. www.diann...
Jul 05, 2017•43 min
Once we leave grad school and start out as professional counselors, it is of the utmost importance to keep learning! My wife once said she wanted to be known as a “Life Long Learner” and that should be all of us. It’s important to know the latest developments in our field and to keep abreast of different approaches. But it’s difficult to do this. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a library of video chats that provides continuing education for helping professionals? Well John Wilson and his sister Sand...
Jun 28, 2017•41 min
Catherine is a LCSW and certified coach, working online using Energy Psychology / Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)and other modalities to help her clients heal from past wounds – particularly doing trauma work. She has been a life long advocate for women and minorities. Her journey to the online world is fascinating – she even created Tele-Summits to highlight the expertise of 21 different health professionals – and this was back in 2008. She is an inspiration for all of us to embrace the techn...
Jun 20, 2017•38 min
Two heads are better than one, goes the old saying. And when starting a business, especially a private practice, maybe it’s better not to go it alone – especially when you and your partner complement each other’s skill sets. This is the story of Jennifer Labanowski and Shelly Smith – two Marriage and Family Therapists who have come together to launch a team private practice – serving clients online in four different states! As they and their family prepare to move, they are adjusting their alrea...
Jun 14, 2017•43 min
Today we continue our series of exploration into HIPAA compliant platforms that are available to psychotherapists when connecting with our clients. One of the biggest questions we get about online therapy is: If I can’t use skype or FaceTime, what services should I use? So we are trying to answer that question by interviewing the leading platforms that are encrypted and HIPAA compliant. Zoom is a leading provider of audio / visual connection and they are particularly popular outside the US, but ...
Jun 07, 2017•35 min
I love when we get to interview successful online therapists so we can learn from them. Today, we talk with Viktoria Ivanova, who began her online therapy practice 1 year ago after deciding to move from Canada to The Philippines. Having a love of the ex-pat lifestyle, she needed a way to make her therapy practice mobile, and she has done just that. She talks about her journey in finding the right platform for her and how she is learning social media and networking to grow her practice. Lots of g...
May 31, 2017•43 min
Every day I find talented and entrepreneurial therapists who are using technology to reach their clients in powerful and unique ways. Recently I was introduced to Megan Peterson who is the founder of 2 nd Chance Counseling Service. They are an Addictions Counseling Service that uses tele-medicine to help clients in their recovery process. They work both with initial contact clients and with clients who are stepping down from inpatient facilities – offering membership in a program that will take ...
May 24, 2017•35 min
When therapists find out they shouldn’t be using Skype or Face Time for their therapy sessions, their first question is: Then what can I use? Well, today marks the beginning of a series of podcasts where we go and talk to the leading platforms and explore all their bells and whistles – benefits and challenges. And I’m thrilled to have Andrew Livingston, co- founder of Doxy Me. Doxy Me is a conferencing platform that is designed specifically for tele-health. It is encrypted and compliant with HIP...
May 17, 2017•33 min
www.drmonag.com Dr. Mona Ghosheh has created a 100% online therapy practice based in Texas. In just over a year, she has transitioned from her job as counselor in a college counseling center to her own private practice that is completely online. Due to family needs, she has to travel between Austin and Houston and Dallas and is able to take her practice with her! Today she talks about how she built this business – the ups an downs, benefits and challenges. We talk about it all – from setting up ...
Mar 15, 2017•44 min
Many of you are familiar with many of the ‘online clinics’ that are available out there. Talk Space, BetterHelp, and Breakthrough are just a few of the leaders in the field. They can be an easy entry point for a therapist who is considering doing online counseling, as they do all of the marketing for you and they offer the technology (Text, IM, Email or video) that you would use to connect. They also sometimes act as an ‘intake coordinator’ and match clients with the best therapist for their nee...
Mar 01, 2017•40 min
Today is maybe our best episode ever. We get to talk with Nicole Hind, founder of Unveiled Stories – a 100% online counseling practice that focuses on women, singles and those with disabilities. She lives in Australia and is currently in Amsterdam on an extended vacation – but still working with her clients remotely. One of the benefits of having an online counseling practice is travel! And she is taking advantage of that. We get to talk about how she started her practice how she grew it. We exp...
Feb 15, 2017•54 min
One of the top questions I get from therapists who are interested in Online Therapy is: What does my Informed Consent form need to include? And along those lines – is it a separate form or can I just add specific language to my face to face informed consent? It’s a great question, because all along I’ve been an advocate for an ethical approach to tele-mental health and the informed consent form / process is an important consideration. So as always, when faced with a question – we go to the exper...
Feb 09, 2017•36 min
Jeffrey Frank, LCSW Today is the beginning of a new series for the podcast. I will be interviewing current members of the Online Counselling Directory – to highlight their journey to and experience with online therapy and how they are using technology in their practices and how they are growing their practices. My goal is to highlight our members so that we can continue to get to know one another, learn from one another, and continue to grow what is becoming a very supportive community. I’m very...
Jan 25, 2017•44 min
A few weeks ago, had the opportunity to interview Donijka Monk, who is the co-founder of Irelands leading online counseling practice – “The Irish Online Counselling and Psychotherapy Service”. She was a wonderful guest and suggested that I connect with her partner and co-founder Mary McHugh. Of course, I jumped at it and today we get to hear Mary’s beautiful journey of service that brought her to explore the world of online counseling – and then once she learned of the great need that was there,...
Jan 11, 2017•38 min
The leading online counseling practice in Ireland is The Irish Online Counselling & Psychotherapy Service, founded by Donijka Monk and Mary McHugh almost 5 years ago. AND they are the newest members of the The Online Counselling Directory and we couldn’t be more pleased to have them join the family. Today I get to talk with Donijka about her journey to the world of therapy and how she and Mary were drawn into the world of private practice after seeing the massive need for convenient and boun...
Dec 21, 2016•39 min
Stefan Charidge is a BACP accredited psychotherapist from the UK who saw many of his clients struggling with anxiety and decided to build an app that could teach them the skills necessary to reduce and manage their symptoms. I think it is fascinating how a counselor decides to learn something new (app development and promotion) and take his practice in a completely different direction. So while today’s interview is not entirely about ‘online counseling’ – we do get to talk about how technology i...
Dec 12, 2016•33 min
