If you only listen to one episode of this podcast – this is the one! A complicating factor for doing online counseling in the United States is the fact that each state has different regulations that govern who can practice tele-mental health with their citizens. Also, each professional organization (APA, NASW, AMA, AAMFT, ACA, etc) have their own guidelines. So to look at the guidelines for 5 different professions in 50 different states – you quickly would be looking at 250 different issues. Wou...
Dec 01, 2016•55 min
Thinking of starting an online counseling practice and have questions? Maybe you don’t know where to start? Well I work with therapists every day to answer their questions on how to get started and always felt – I should record these conversations! Today – I get to! Sue Bates, a therapist in Seattle with over 40 years experience is starting a new adventure. She wants to travel and begin doing online counseling and has lots of great questions! She agreed to record our conversation so that you can...
Oct 05, 2016•56 min
Kat Love has a passion for helping psychotherapists. She also has an incredible skill of creating beautiful websites. She has combined these into Kat Love Designs where they work with therapists all over the world to create gorgeous custom designed websites that speak to clients in need and help therapists take their practices to the next level. They do incredible work and they split their time between the US and Greece. Today I got to speak with Kat about their work, about being a digital nomad...
Sep 21, 2016•47 min
Ever wonder about mental health care in Africa? Today we get to talk to Funmilade Taiwo who is passionate about ending Mental Healthcare stigma in Nigeria and improving access to care. In his upcoming project – he will be assisting mental health care providers to create an online presence and helping clients find counselors that can meet their needs. He has created PsyndUp which is going to become the Psychology Today of Africa. He’s working to elevate the field and bring transparency and ease t...
Sep 14, 2016•30 min
Today I have the honor of interviewing the one and only Joe Sanok. He has been my business coach for the last year and I can’t tell you how much value he has brought into my life. He is an expert consultant for therapists who are hoping to start or grow their practice. Along with being the owner of a successful multi-therapist practice in Traverse City, Michigan – he is the founder of Practice of the Practice – where he consults with counselors all over the world to take their businesses to the ...
Sep 07, 2016•40 min
Georgia is – quirky. I love Georgia, but there are some things you should know if you are going to do online counseling in the Peach State. It’s not enough to be licensed in Georgia – you also have to have special training in online counseling – and to keep up that training every 2 years. Today we get to talk to Stephanie Cook, who is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a thriving practice in Atlanta, Georgia. She works with some individuals, but her passion is with couples. She uses the Gott...
Aug 24, 2016•41 min
Today we get to hear about Online Counseling in Colorado from one of the state’s leading therapists. Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby is the founder and clinical director of Growing Self Counseling and Coaching in Denver, Colorado. Since 2010, Dr. Bobby has been meeting with her clients through online video, in addition to meeting in person. Dr. Bobby is the host of the Love, Happiness and Success Podcast and the author of Exaholics: Breaking Your Addiction to an Ex Love. She’s an incredibly passionate and ...
Aug 17, 2016•42 min
While most guests of the show are experts or practitioners of online counseling, sometimes I am able to interview someone in the field that may not exactly be an expert in online counseling – but who is a “must know” person in the field of counseling. Melvin Varghese is one of those people. He has a passion for helping therapists grow and improve in what we do. He is a learner – who started out with questions about private practice and decided to go talk to experts in the field – and then record...
Aug 03, 2016•42 min
Prepare to have your mind blown with the interview of Tamara Powell – maybe the most unique private practice I’ve ever come across. She has an approach rooted in faith based counseling – which include Christian Counseling – but really working with several faiths. She works with those damaged by spiritual abuse. She also specializes in the LGBT community, Polyamorous community and kink community. She offers sex therapy and she works with those with gender identity issues. She is a faculty adjunct...
Jul 26, 2016•43 min
Want to learn about email therapy? Think it’s not REAL therapy? Today’s podcast is for you. Carole Francis Smith is a counseling psychologist in Bristol, England. She is a chartered psychologist with the British Psychological Society and a member of the Association for Counseling and Therapy Online. She is also working with our friend Geoff Simons to develop The Online Therapy Hub. She is actually doing the reviews for the Hub – on all the different platforms that we can use to connect online – ...
Jul 20, 2016•50 min
Life Works Counseling is a massive (4 locations and 30+ therapists) in Texas that offers face to face and online therapy. Founded by Melanie Wells, they are incredibly collaborative and innovative in their approach – impacting their community by providing excellent mental health care, but also impacting the profession by providing training in excellence - from interns to master professionals. They give back to the world by being an example of good and keeping their standards extremely high. Fasc...
Jul 14, 2016•40 min
So for several episodes we’ve been talking to the experts in the field of online counseling and therapy – covering issues of HIPAA compliance, security, legal issues to consider, etc. We’ve also gotten to talk to people about SEO and website design –but the podcast started out as a way of interviewing other therapists who are working online so that we can all learn together from their experience. Today we return to our roots with an interview with Janeen Herskovitz. Janeen is a Licensed Mental H...
Jun 29, 2016•40 min
Perry Rosenbloom, is the founder and CEO of Brighter Vision. What is Brighter Vision? – it’s all there in their tag line: We build beautiful websites for therapists. And they do. Today we get to hear from Perry who has been working with counselors throughout the world to improve their online presence – and of course that means websites. Your website is your hub – it’s where it all starts. Brighter Vision has worked with over a 1000 websites for counselors and Perry certainly has his pulse on whe...
Jun 22, 2016•45 min
Geoff Simons announces his new project: The Online Therapy Hub, on today’s podcast. This site has incredibly valuable information on the particulars of doing online therapy in the UK – where he is based. They have blogs written by some of the experts in the field and he is collaborating with such leaders as Philippa Weitz, Kate Dunn and Carole Francis-Smith. If you are looking for information on starting or running an online therapy practice in the UK – this is your first stop. Geoff got his sta...
Jun 15, 2016•45 min
If you spend much time on any of the online forums that support therapists and help us think in a more business like way – you will see the name Daniel Fava pop up over and over. He seems to always be there adding bits of value and advice on marketing and web site design and I just had to meet him. So today – we get to talk with Daniel about his web design business: createmytherapistwebsite.com. From his home in Atlanta, Daniel talks to us about his journey (via his amazing wife) into the counse...
Jun 01, 2016•37 min
I am thrilled to have the one and only Philippa Weitz on the podcast today. She is arguable THE leading voice for ethical online counselling in the UK – if not the world. She is an online counselling supervisor and founder of pwtraining.com – where they offer training for mental health professionals who are working therapeutically online. She is also the Standards and Ethics Officer for the Association for Counselling and Therapy Online. And most recently she is the author of Psychotherapy 2.0 –...
May 26, 2016•45 min
Rob Reinhardt of Tame Your Practice, is a leading voice in the area where counseling meets technology. He brings his knowledge of tech, ethics, business and marketing to the world of counseling – and as a counselor himself with a successful group practice – he knows what he is talking about. You will find Rob to be a great advocate of online counseling – when done correctly and ethically – and today we talk about just how to do that. His motto is very similar to mine: it’s not about being afraid...
May 14, 2016•49 min
We are just back from the 2016 Psychotherapy Networker Symposium in DC and it was a blast. We talked with hundreds of therapists who are interested in doing online counseling – but they have A LOT of concerns and questions. And they should! There is much to consider. So I thought we should bring in a legal expert to answer some of the questions that I got over and over again at the Symposium. So why not get an attorney who is ALSO a counselor?! I found him: his name is Eric Strom and he is a for...
Mar 28, 2016•44 min
I’ve always wanted to make sure we have a global approach to this podcast, and today for Episode 13, we are talking with Hani Abughazaleh who is the CEO of Fadfid.com. Fadfid is an online platform bringing mental health counseling to the middle east. Their current particular focus is on Saudi Arabia and the UAE. But they really are trying to reach the entire Arab speaking world. They were the first platform in the Middle East where clients can find a therapist through their directory, Book the s...
Feb 24, 2016•26 min
Roy Huggins, LPC, NCC - Person Centered Tech Episode 12 is all about answering those questions that are holding us back and addressing the tech, security and ethic issues around online counseling. So many times I hear therapist talk about how they are thinking about having online therapy be a part of their practices – but are concerned about HIPPA issues, ethics, license, etc. So today, we go to one of the experts in the field: Roy Huggins of Person Centered Tech. He is one of the leading voices...
Feb 17, 2016•41 min
Buck Black, LCSW - TruckerTherapy.com - Today’s podcast is an interview with Buck Black of TruckerTherapy.com. I’ve been a fan of his approach for years but this is the first time I actually had the privilege of speaking with him. He’s been quite an inspiration to me as I started my practice and it was great to finally speak with him. Trucker Therapy, as you can imagine, is a counseling practice with the niche of working with those in the trucking industry. Buck has been able to see a need and m...
Feb 10, 2016•44 min
In this podcast, I got to speak with Miranda Palmer and Kelly Higdon – co-founders of ZynnyMe.com. They bring the skills of the business world to realm of private practice. We look at the gap we therapists have: Grad school teaches us how to be great therapists but now how to run the business of private practice. We explore how online counseling can be so different that face to face therapy and how the industry is changing. Kelly and Miranda have a wealth of information and bring incredible joy ...
Feb 03, 2016•47 min
In this podcast, we get to meet Poonam Jalan who is psychologist working with Your Dost – dost in Hindi means friend! Your Dost is an online wellness platform that provides a safe place for those in India and really – anywhere, to get the mental health care they need. While India continues to have a stigma associated with counseling and therapy – there is a VERY large need. Low estimates say that as many as 50 million Indians are in need of counseling and suffer from some form of mental illness....
Jan 27, 2016•38 min
In this podcast I didn’t have to look far. Patrick Cayouette works for me at maritalcounseling.com. He is relatively new the online counseling world and it was great to get a ‘newby’s’ take on things. He brings a lot to the table. He specializes in Christian Counseling and has a niche for Men’s Issues and Sex Addiction. He’s a fellow New Yorker and was really able to open up about some of the pros and cons of working online. And we had a great discussion about the marketing aspect of things. htt...
Dec 30, 2015•33 min
In this podcast I got to speak with the wonderfully energetic Jo Muirhead. She is an incredibly passionate Career Development Coach and Rehabilitation Counsellor. You can’t help from being inspired by this trainer, professional speaker and coach. She is working with people all over the world via online platforms to “love their job, live life passionately, and reach their potential”. We get to explore how online connections have helped her bring healing to all parts of Australia, how she launched...
Dec 23, 2015•44 min
In this podcast we have the incredible privilege to speak with Dr. Julie de Azevedo Hanks, PhD, LCSW. She is an incredible force. An all around Renaissance Woman. She owns the Wasatch Family Therapy Center and is a nationally recognized relationship expert and media personality – having appeared on numerous television and radio programs. She is the author of several books including The Assertiveness Guide for Women and the Burn Out Cure. Today we talk about her work as a private practice consult...
Dec 16, 2015•32 min
Last summer, my wife and spent a month in London and I had the privilege of meeting Jimi Sayo who is an extremely talented hypnotherapist based in London. But I was fascinated to learn that she works online via skype with people all over the world. Today we get to learn about her approach and how she believes that connecting via skype can be just as effective as meeting in person in her South London office. We also get to talk a little a bit about the Virtual Gastric Band – which just blows my m...
Nov 29, 2015•40 min
See the benfits of BNI? Here is another contact from my very own BNI chapter – Christine Sachs. She is a ball of energy and she brings this passion to her life coaching practice. Today we get to talk about how coaches have ALWAYS been working with technology – phone, video, etc. This has been their natural territory for quite some time and I think we can learn from them. We talk a bit about the differences between coaching and therapy and how best to use technology to enhance a practice. I’ve kn...
Nov 29, 2015•37 min
Dr Ivy Branin is an inspiration and I could talk to her for hours. Dr Ivy is another contact I made through BNI – ( Business Networking International. If you haven’t visited a BNI chapter near you – you really should. ) She is a Naturopathic Doctor based in New York City but also doing tele-medicine with clients all over the world via skype. Fluent in both French and English, she has developed a truly global practice. In this podcast we talk about her journey toward holistic natural medicine and...
Nov 29, 2015•32 min
I’m very excited to welcome Karissa Brennan to the podcast. We met through a mutual contact at BNI. BNI stands for Business Networking International and it is an amazing organization that allows for small business owners to network with each other and build their referral base. You will hear a lot about BNI from me because I’m a big supporter – as is Karissa. You can learn more about them from BNI.com. Karissa is a fellow New Yorker and has a very interesting practice – she works online via vide...
Nov 29, 2015•25 min
