Here Kate Anthony is showing us around Second Life

Watch a video of Anne Stokes talking with John Wilson about OCTIA 2010

Watch a video of Jane Evans talking with John Wilson about OCTIA 2010

Other interviews with conference presenters are below.

Does Online Counselling Work?  Dr. Terry Hanley presented the results of his research into outcomes and alliances in online counselling.

Regulation of Counselling and Psychotherapy Sally Aldridge (BACP) looked at the history and nature of regulation and consider the implications of regulation for individual practitioners (www.bacp.co.uk)

Students Against Depression  Denise Meyer showed us the award winning website and blogring for students. (www.studentdepression.org)

Working with Self Harm and Suicide online Sally Evans and Elaine Bousfield will discussed the ethical and clinical issues for therapists engaged in this work as well as sharing the policies and processes they have developed.  (www.kooth.com)

Working with Sexual Problems and Sex Addiction Online  Stephanie Palin talked about her online work counselling people who may well be too embarrassed to bring them to a face to face counsellor. (www.relate.org.uk)  Watch a video of Stephanie Palin talking with John Wilson

Therapy in Virtual Environments Kate Anthony took us all on a live tour of the professional, therapeutic and educational environments in Second Life.  Delegates are invited to join her from their laptops.  (www.secondlife.com)  Watch a video of Kate Anthony talking with John Wilson

Making Research Speak for You  Stephen Goss will talk about research in counselling practices.  Who needs what and how research can speak in a useful way through the development of Practice Research Networks (PRNs).

The choice of Workshops included:

Online supervision: is it an ethical alternative and does it work? with Anne Stokes 

Assessing the unspeakable in online counselling with Jane Evans

The implications for counsellors of social networking websites  Elaine Bousfield

Finding a safe space  with Emma Spiegler and Sonya Anjari  Watch an interview with Emma and Sonya talking to John Wilson about the work of COAP and the OCTIA conference.