1. Technology and Counseling
Professional Orientation and Ethics

2. Technology Topics WWW as a source of information
Advertising/disseminating information on the WWW
Counseling on the WWW

3. Counseling Information on the Internet
What can counselors find?
Information on counseling problems
Information on assessment and intervention techniques
Information on what other counselors are doing
Publications and resources
Medication information
Professional organizations and networks
Virtually any type of data on any counseling topic!

4. Where is the Information?
Web sites
List serves
Chat boards

5. Advantages and Disadvantages of Internet Resources
It’s often free!
It’s usually found easily
It often presents all sides of an issue
There’s often a lot of it
Did I mention it’s often free?
But Beware!
It’s not edited
It may be wrong or unfounded
It may be politically biased (opinion vs fact)

6. Advertising
More and more counselors are doing it!

7. Good Web Pages An effective web page: Is fast Is atttractive
Is informative
Gives practice information
Practitioner qualifications
Services
Fees
Consumer information as an option
Is ethical
All ACA advertising ethics apply

8. How Do You Get a Web Page? You can make it yourself
You can have it made for you
To make it yourself, you need
An html code generator or the ability to write it yourself
A resaonable sense of design
Something to say!

9. Posting to the Web Once you have a page/s, you need:
An internet service provider (ISP)
The ability (or hire someone) to upload the page
A name (your own name or part of the ISP’s name)

10. Counseling on the Internet
An issue since late 90s
Three main methodsto do it
Interaction on ISP chat facility
Exchange of instant messages
Exchange of s
Messaging becoming most popular

11. Logistics
Payment
Usually in advance, via credit card or Paypal

12. Is On-Line Counseling a Good Idea?
Ethical issues
Security
Informed consent and arrangements
Quality of services