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Blog News… Here is a glimpse of what is going on…get a taster and then head to http://www.onlinetherapyinstituteblog. com/ and the blogs at www.onlinetherapysocialnetwork.com for more! DeeAnna continues to post great resources about the more technical side of being an online mental health professional, blogging about further reasons for using encryption whether you need to be HIPPA compliant or not. She also gives hot tips for using Twitter for Success in business. Kate shares the important work of OTI member Duncan Craig, who is a researcher in the UK and has recently published his valuable work online looking into the use of the Internet and online resources by male adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Kate also shares her abstract and evidence submitted for her recent Doctorate in Psychotherapy via Public Works, awarded in December 2010 for her work in developing the field of counselling and Psychotherapy in light of technology and the Internet. You will also find news of the Institute’s new training status as being Endorsed by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - both for our online 6-module course and our face-to-face one day workshops. BACP Endorsement shows that Online Therapy Institute’s activities are relevant to the professional development of counselling and/or psychotherapy professionals, at a level appropriate for the target group, and are designed and organised in a manner consistent with achieving the stated aims and objectives. Kate and DeeAnna each contributed an article to the newsletter of the Mental Health Informatics Special Interest Group of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, in their special feature Informatics in Psychotherapy, which is full of many great reads. Over at the Social Network blogs, Kylie-Jane Coulter blogs about her experiences with difficult personalities in text-based online counselling; Chaplain Royal Bush continues to share his daily affirmations with us; DeeAnna tells us about the 3D Aids Quilt project in Second Life that was launched in December and which OTI attended; and Eileen Manglass tells us about her attendance at one of the OTI free monthly Open-Office Hour chats in December. T I L T MAGAZ I N E j a n u a r y 2 0 1 1
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