Module 5: Ethical Aspects of the E-Tools, E-consulting with Focus on Differences from Classic Settings

Upon completion of this course, the learner should be able to

• identify ethical issues in the online clinical practice;
• understand the impact of the technology-based communication for therapeutic or counselling;
• know relevant literature regarding efficacy or effectiveness of interventions based on communication technologies;
• know the literature recommendations on how to deal with the challenges of the cyberspace;
• identify how to act in different situations that could arise in the online clinical practice;
• implement skills useful to overcome the challenges of technology-based communication.

• Unit 5.1: Introduction/Contextualization
• Unit 5.2: Confidentiality, issues of privacy, identification of client(s) and therapist(s)
• Unit 5.3: Quality assurance
• Unit 5.4: Licensing
• Unit 5.5: Issues related to crisis interventions
• Unit 5.6: Technology in online-therapy
• Unit 5.7: Computer skills of the online therapists
• Unit 5.8: Asynchronous interventions
• Unit 5.9: Boundaries
• Unit 5.10: Cost/payment