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Showing posts with label Dr. Kristie Holmes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dr. Kristie Holmes. Show all posts
So, I figured that I should be most up to date on the topic, being that I teach both bachelor level and master's level students on the subject of Human Behavior. I have spent some time researching the "now" on this topic. For you to be ranked as a "heavily trafficked website" you need to be in the top 100K (Alexa). So I have run the stats on just two of the websites that came up when I googled them.
1. Emo Corner
As you can see, this site has been ranked highly in the last six months, with a recent surge in traffic.
2. Luv.Emo
As you can see below- I added a bit lower ranked site, that still makes the top 100K (this site stats are in red).
The Emo culture may have moved to a younger demographic as the those who previously considered this trendy have found that Emo has lost its "coolness" factor. The MTV news report below sheds more light on the changes in the Emo culture and how it is perceived. In short, it has moved to not only the younger age group, but south (Mexico) and likely to other countries. Most of you who have traveled know that you can watch 5 year old soap operas, sitcoms and dramas as "new" in other countries. Once, while in Turkey at a ferry stop in the middle of nowhere, the toll booth worker was watching a 6 plus year old show that had an ex-boyfriend of mine on it. He had long moved on to other work, but it was "new" to Turkey. Anyway, I digress. Homophobia also plays a role in the "updated" attitude towards the Emo crowd (and the attached hatred of "sissy behavior") and the sense that they (who are Emo) don't truly subscribe to any trend (music genre, clothing, hairsyles, speech), but rip everyone else's off (see clip).
Regardless of the coolness factor, these are extremely high ranked, heavily trafficked sites, so someone is going to them. And if it is indeed morphing into more of an outcast group from a trendy group, we may see even more negativity and depression attached to it. In other words, the ones who truly feel "Emo"- the depressed, the outcasts, and those who want to cut themselves will linger while the trendier ones move on to something else. The numbers are too high to ignore.
ETHICAL PRACTICE ONLINE: AN EXPLORATION OF PROVIDER LIABILITY RISK AMONG PRACTITIONERS IN THE EMERGING FIELD OF ONLINE THERAPY by : Kristie Holmes, Ph.D. Union University
Abstract
Little attention has been given to liability issues and practitioner vulnerability in the rapidly emerging modality of online therapy. The purpose of this study was to explore ethical issues and identify potential risks of liability faced by mental health professionals in three areas of online practice: qualifications and training, domain of practice, and delivery of services. A sample of 232 online providers who were members of the International Society for Mental Health Online (International Society for Mental Health Online) completed an online survey containing items asking about their online therapy procedures and ethical practice. Descriptive statistics, including frequencies and percentages, were used to examine the distribution and patterns of item responses. In addition, t tests were used to compare responses of the participants grouped by two key online therapist characteristics, gender, and domicile of practice. Results indicated that participants were well qualified to provide mental health services with respect to educational and credential requirements (licensure). Issues of possible liability were uncovered with respect to domain of practice in the virtual world, with a significant number of therapists delivering online services outside their licensed geographical boundaries. Although most online practices were congruent with those of traditional therapy, the majority of providers did not know if their malpractice insurance covered online therapy, putting them at risk in the case of a practice lawsuit. Comparison by gender revealed no differences, and by domicile few differences suggesting that risk of liability were concerns experienced by online therapists in general. Results of this study will be useful for professional organizations and educational institutions as basis for increasing the level of clarity about ethical practice as well as providing the necessary elements for future trainings, and by regulating bodies to establish consistent standards and develop legal safeguards to guide and protect practitioners in their practice. And finally, information from this study can be used to focus further research on ethical practice in online therapy and provide a baseline for future studies examining the relationship between the ethics and efficacy of online therapy.
Thank you to all of you who participated in this study. Currently we are sifting through the data and "cleaning" it up. You should have gotten a brief response from me (kholmes@uu.edu) stating that I had received your information and that you were on my list...or even a simple "got it!". If you didn't, I probably still have your information but my response may have gone through your spam filter. So if you are not sure, feel free to email me and check in to make sure you are on my list.
I have received approximately one thousand emails, and am getting close to sorting through each of them and designating them to various lists. I wish I had an exact timeline for you as far as incentive distribution and /or results. However, I do have to graduate at the end of August- so sometime this summer!
I will be speaking on this topic at the CyberPsychology Conference in San Diego (June) if you are going to be there...you will get a sneak peek at the results!
