Learn more about online supervision and online therapy training; this section also includes papers and other professional development materials.

Looking for training and development materials informed by a large volume of actual online clinical practice? Focusing primarily on the online therapeutic process, papers in this section draw on several years of practical online experience.

Are you considering online supervision? Here are some factors that may be worth thinking about before you decide to commit to working this way.

Remote counselling via email offers many advantages in comparison to traditional, face-to-face counselling.

In addition to the Advantages of Counselling by Email and the Disadvantages of Counselling by Email, a few specific questions are worth pondering before deciding to try out online therapy or counselling services. There are no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ answers to any of these questions, but reflecting on them may influence how appropriate you feel online therapy or counselling by email would be for you. In a few cases (such as suicidal or homicidal feelings), I don’t believe it’s appropriate to initiate counselling by email; in all such cases, I will clearly indicate this below.

Online training for counsellors and therapists remains in a state of infancy, leaving counsellors in practice (or in training) to take on the job themselves of locating materials that will advance their understanding of the practice and process of online therapeutic work.

Remote counselling via email (“Online Therapy and Online Counselling”) carries many disadvantages as well as advantages in comparison to traditional, face-to-face counselling.