Narrative therapy & virtual environments ppt presentation

Narrative therapy & Virtual Environments

Natasha Hammond – 2014

[email protected]

Graduate Centre of Applied Psychology

Athabasca University

Technology & Everyday Life

Second Life

Cybercounselling

Research

Second Life & Social Anxiety Disorder

Support for Narrative Therapy in a Virtual Environment

Platform for Client metaphor

Offers new ways for collaboration

Co-construction of preferred Client story with advantage of a visual tool

Clients can witness themselves in their preferred stories

New opportunity to access Narrative Therapy

Limitations & Ethical Considerations

Internet addiction

Value of in-person therapy

Operating within boundaries of counsellor competence

Limits of confidentiality and anonymity

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