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Everybody’s Doing It: How to be Safe About Technology In practice
Communications and Technology CommitteeMarc Dielman, Ph.D: Ken Drude, PhD;
Audrey Ellenwood, PhD; Ky Heinlen, PhD, LPCC-S; Nick Joyce; Michael
Lichstein; Mary Mills, MBA, MAOA, Paule Steichen Asch, PhD
How It Began…..
Based Upon and Extensions of
APA 2002 Code of Ethics and,
The 1997 APA Ethics Committee statement on electronic services
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New Technology Guidelines
Approved by OPA Board on April 12, 2008
Revised in 2009-2010 to include: Assessment Distance Supervision Approved by OPA Board in April, 2010
What is Social Media? Facebook LinkedIn MySpace Landline telephones Cell phones Video conferencing Instant messaging Use of internet services via e-mail Internet meetings Facsimile Chat rooms Web pages
Think About…………..
Where does professional begin and where does professional end?
Blurred Boundaries
OPPS!!!!!
Facebook - evidentiary information
Implications for psychologists?
Facebook Texting E-mail
Self-disclosure – intentional or unintentional
What do we discuss?
What do we avoid?
Psychological Voyeurs?
Effect on Therapeutic Relationship
Client’s perception of the therapist
Therapist’s perception of the client
How does this affect therapeutic outcome?
Some guidelines on social media
Never access without client’s permission
Recognize that social media information affects client’s and therapist’s perception
Ask yourself – what is in the best interests of the client?
Talk about the issue of social media in the first session
Guidelines (cont.)
When appropriate, utilize social media information as part of the therapy
Reexamine your Facebook page in terms of what you want to disclose
Google yourself!
