Dana Scarton, The Washington Post has written interesting article Google and Facebook raise new issues for therapists and their clients
“We are just beginning to understand what ethical issues the Internet is raising,” says Stephen Behnke, ethics director for the American Psychological Association. “To write rules that allow our field to grow and develop and yet prevent [patient] harm at the same time: That’s the challenge.”In fact, the tremendous availability online of personal information threatens to alter what has been an almost sacred relationship between therapist and patient. Link to read full article
Source: Washington Post