Therapy and Tech With Jessica Bullock

Dr. Jessica Stone is a licensed psychologist working in a private practice setting in Colorado. She has been a practitioner, professor, presenter, and author for more than 25 years. Dr. Stone’s interest in digital tools, specifically using virtual reality, tablets, and consoles, has culminated in clinical mental health use and research for mental health, medical, and crisis settings. She is the co-creator of the Virtual Sandtray App for iPad (VSA) and the Virtual Sandtray for Virtual Reality (VSA-VR). The VSA and VSA-VR programs have been developed for therapeutic use in and with a variety of settings and clientele. In mental health settings, VSA and VSA-VR assist with assessing psychological concerns, treatment planning, and implementing interventions. Medical setting use focuses on distraction and palliative use while yielding valuable emotional and psycho-social information in a highly motivating, fun, therapeutic way.

Dr. Stone has recently launched her edited book, Integrating Technology into Modern Therapies, and Game Play and Digital Play therapy in process for 2020. She is also a senior personnel member on the advisory board for the University at Buffalo Neurocognition Science Laboratory’s Educational Technology Goal Two project,EVRSTSR: Effects of Virtual Reality on Student's and Teacher's Self Regulation.

An article review of artificial intelligence and therapistbots in our profession.

Working with suicidal clients online 5 Tips! SAMHSA SAFE-T Assessment can be found at www.samhsa .gov. Join our Facebook group “The Hybrid Practice” e-mail [email protected] for questions or comments!

Dr. Rachel Altvater, Psy.D., RPT-S is a Licensed Psychologist in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia, Registered Play Therapist–Supervisor, and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. She is the owner of Creative Psychological Health Services, a psychologist at Gil Institute for Trauma Recovery and Education, an affiliate faculty member at Loyola University Maryland, the President-Elect of the MD/DC Association for Play Therapy, and the Continuing Education Director of Starbright Training Institute. Dr. Altvater published two articles in the International Journal of Play Therapy on her research of technology use in play therapy and is a contributing author in Integrating Expressive Arts into Counseling Practice: Theory-Based Interventions (2nd ed.) and Integrating Technology in Modern Therapies: A Clinician’s Guide to Developments and Interventions. She is the recipient of the 2019 Emerging Leader Service Award from the Association for Play Therapy, the 2018 Outstanding Play Therapy Research Award from the MD/DC Association for Play Therapy, and the 2018 Distinguished Alumna of the Year from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Washington, D.C. Campus. She can be reached at [email protected] or you can follow her on Facebook for daily inspiration! Don’t forget to subscribe, rate and share this podcast. Visit www.jessicabullock.org for more information or for more questions about this podcast! Feel free to join my Facebook group “The Hybrid Practice” Be Well!

Living should reflect the lifestyle we desire!

Can social media fasting decrease depression? Can it be an effective homework assignment for clients who are using technology all day?

Paul Fugelsang, CEO/ Founder and Lisa Isenhart, Program Director Of Open Path Psychotherapy Collective discuss the mission of removing the barrier of financial challenges for clients to have easier access to Therapeutic services. Through access to an online hub, Open Path connects clients to therapists who will accept lower rates! Open Path provides affordable, in-office

psychotherapy between $30 and $60 per session

(between $30 and $80 for couples & family sessions). Therapist info/join page: https://openpathcollective.org/join/

Client info page: https://openpathcollective.org/client/

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Amber left an agency job to build

an online only private pay therapy practice so that she could keep doing the work she LOVED, but make space to live the life she really wanted! She helps other therapists to do the same - whether it be through online therapy, online supervision and consultation,

course creation, ebooks, and lots of other online business models. She wants YOU to live YOUR BEST LIFE. Visit her website at www.dramberlyda.com.

It’s not an easy task to just tell your clients you are going to an online presence! Especially when they love seeing you in your office! Here are 3 tips to make the process easier.

Renée Cavallaro is the Clinical Director of Arcadian Telepsychiatry. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and the co- author of “Boost Your Self-Care...Be Assertive”. For more information on how you can join Arcadian, e-mail Tom Crabtree at [email protected].