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Breakthrough: An Online Platform for Therapy

September 16, 2009 in Marriage-Family, Technology-Social Media, Therapy-Psychology with 1 Comment

58916v2-max-250x250-1The world of online therapy is emerging quickly and there are a lot of tools out there to make this easier, and most importantly, secure. The AAMFT which I am a member of recently sent us out emails about a service they endorse, Therapy Hosting. This is just one of many, and even I at one point last year was in conversation with a technology company about creating an online tool for therapy that I had outlined.

Yesterday I was watching TechCrunch, TC50, and the presentation by Breakthrough.

One thing that stood out to me was this exchange of Q & A:

TO: How do you get therapists to participate?

A: We have a log of providers who are interested.

TO: How do you qualify them?

A: We only get licenses medical therapists and make sure to authenticate all professionals.

In the emerging online world of counseling and therapy it can be quite difficult to authenticate people’s credentials, while many are just plain practicing without credentials. So it will be interesting to see how this does.

I’m going to test out this tool for a little bit and blog about it some more.

For a more in-depth analysis of the company and tool, check out the post, TC50: Have You Considered Tele-Psychiatry? Schedule a Session with Breakthrough.

From 6 Degrees to 3 Degrees of Separation

October 1, 2008 in Uncategorized with 1 Comment

I’m late to this article, but about a month ago TechCrunch had a great post, Six Degrees of Separation is Now Three.

Couple of things stuck out to me in the article:

According to the study, the average person is now connected by just three degrees within a shared “interest” or social group instead of six. In fact, it found that people are usually a part of three main networks: family, friendship, and work.

and

According to Jeff Rodrigues, a social networking specialist that carried out the study, 97 percent of the participants said they felt more connected to people today than they ever have in the past and for older respondents, email and mobile phones were the key factors in reducing the degrees of separation. But for those in the younger generation, Facebook was the main factor. Text messaging was also mentioned as an important component in reducing degrees of separation.

This is such a fascinating study to me. I have usually found myself to be a pretty good networker and resourceful when it came to connecting with people. But now with my presence on Facebook and Twitter I have found it very easy to bypass the number of connections I used to have to make, and can usually go straight to the source. This has been very helpful in many, many ways, and I love the accessibility that social networking has allowed to many people.

Who knows, maybe 3 Degrees will eventually be outdated.

Wondering how this is changing ministry as well? Have some ideas, but not sure. More of a global village, not separated by geography.

Thoughts?

To Get, or Not To Get an i-Phone?

July 28, 2008 in Uncategorized with 3 Comments

Before the new i-phone came out I was drooling at any site of, or rumor of it’s impending release.

The days leading up to it and on release day I was glued to TechCrunch’s Twitter just so I wouldn’t miss anything.

But now I’m pretty glad I didn’t rush out to get one. I’m no tech expert, but it seems that first generation i-phone users haven’t had many problems with their phone as they uploaded the new software. But I’ve heard nothing but complaints from most of the people I know about the 2nd Generation phone.

And then Terry Storch who I respect decided to take his back.

So we will see what happens. I still want one, but I’m not in as big a rush anymore. In regards to my post, I don’t want to become a slave to the i-phone, and I think I was getting close.

My former co-worker and good friend Matt Singley has a humorous vlog about his new i-phone. Check it out below: