Without My Consent: Paths to justice for survivors of online harassment
I’m so very pleased and excited to announce the launch of Without My Consent, a project on which I sit on the Advisory Board with a fine group of Internet superheroes. This project was co-founded by...
View ArticleGoodtherapy.org Responds Thoughtfully to Complaints About Contest
Earlier this week, a colleague brought my attention to a contest that was being run on Goodtherapy.org. The contest invited participants to compete for six months of free weekly therapy sessions with...
View ArticleMay 20th Bay Area 3 Hour CE in Digital and Social Media Ethics
Bay Area locals, I will be offering a 3 hour CE on Sunday, May 20th from 1-4pm with Santa Clara County Psychological Association. I’d love to see you there! Register here. SFPA Members get member...
View ArticleLiving Social and Groupon, a Guest Post by Adam Alban, Ph.D., J.D.
Recently, on the Division 42 listserv, which I moderate, there was a thread about Living Social and Groupon. I referenced my former post on this issue and posed the question as to whether others...
View ArticleA Yelp Review is Not an Authorization to Release Client Information: Online...
Today, on Twitter, I got pulled into an exchange about whether or not client reviews on websites can be assumed to be waiving their confidentiality rights. Thank you to @dr_wayne and @TherapyOnline, my...
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Yelp-Proof Your Clinical Practice – Alpha Launch!
The most common consultation question I’m asked is “What can I do about the negative Yelp review I just received?” Until now, there hasn’t been much that we can do other than do good work, listen to...
View ArticleIn Bed with our Clients: Should Psychotherapists Play Matchmaker or is this...
This piece was originally published, in slightly different form, at Psyched in San Francisco Last January, there was an opinion piece in the New York Times, written by Richard Friedman on whether...
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LinkedIn Endorsements for Mental Health Professionals
More and more, when I teach to groups on Social Media ethics, people are asking me about LinkedIn endorsements. Should they use them? Should they feel bad if they don’t endorse someone back? Is it okay...
View ArticleWhen Psychotherapists Digitally Eavesdrop on Social Media
This post was first published on PsychCentral. Mental health professionals have worried for years about their clients digging for personal information about them on the Internet. But what about when...
View ArticleWhat’s So Bad About Facebook Editing Our Feeds?
The internet has been ablaze the past few days with commentary on Facebook’s non-consensual “mood manipulation” research. You can read the paper based upon the study here. It has been critiqued by...
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