- Title
- Best practices in online therapy
- Creator
- Abbott, Jo-Anne; Klein, Britt; Ciechomski, Lisa
- Date
- 2008
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/103112
- Identifier
- vital:10844
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1080/15228830802097257
- Identifier
- ISSN:15228835
- Abstract
- This article discusses important issues in delivery of best practice Internet-based therapy (etherapy). Etherapy is first defined as the interaction between a consumer and a therapist via the Internet (commonly via e-mail) in association with the use of a structured web-based clinical treatment program. A summary of the professional and ethical issues is provided, along with illustrated examples of best-practice principles experienced in clinical and research work by members of the Swinburne University of Technology Etherapy Unit (formerly the Etherapy Research, Education, and Training Unit in the Department of General Practice at Monash University). Etherapy has been found to be effective in treating a range of psychological disorders. Future research investigating methods of enhancing consumers' ability to engage in etherapy should further increase the effectiveness of this type of therapy. © 2008 by The Haworth Press. All rights reserved.
- Relation
- Journal of Technology in Human Services Vol. 26, no. 2-4 (2008), p. 360-375
- Rights
- Copyright Taylor & Francis
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Best practice; Internet therapy; Mental health; Online therapy; Professional ethics; Multidisciplinary
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