Presence, Self-disclosure, & the Use of Imagination in Online Therapy

Course content available in video.

The main challenge in online therapy is the lack of body-to-body interaction, which causes challenges for therapists to be present and to connect as intimately as in their offices.

In this webinar, we will learn how to creatively create presence online and overcome the absence of body-to-body communication. We will learn how to be more active, invite our clients to share their body sensations, pay attention to facial expressions, use self-disclosure properly, and bring our and the clients’ imagination into the meeting.

This beginner level webinar is aimed at all psychotherapists and counselors who work online, whether they feel confident with their online skills or not.

Educational Objectives

This webinar will teach the participant to:

Apply creative techniques to create presence in online meeting
Utilize imagination as a way to be more present online
Apply self disclosure appropriately in online meetings

Syllabus

Obstacles and challenges for online therapy

The problem of the setting
Lack of body-to-body interaction
- The difficulty in eye-to-eye contact
The problem with presence

Creating presence online

What is presence?
Use of self-disclosure
Use of imagination

Bringing back the body to online meetings

Reading facial expressions
becoming more active
focus on body sensations

Discussion and Q&A

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May 2, 2023