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Jun 1, 2022 · Should your social-media content include your weekly therapy session? Posted June 1, 2022|Reviewed by Gary Drevitch. Key points. Social media platforms have made mental-health content...
- Setting Boundaries in A Digital World
- When A Person in Therapy Sends A Friend Request
- When You Make A Post You Regret
- Conclusion
As you begin to market your private therapy practice (or clinic), you’ll likely turn to all available channels in order to achieve the greatest visibility. Today, most of these marketing opportunities are found online on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. It’s very common to have a Facebook account. More than 2 billion people worl...
At some point, a person you’re working may send you a friend request through Facebook. There’s no ethics code that explicitly forbids accepting such a request, but guidelines from the American Psychological Association and experts in mental health ethics recommend against having clients as Facebook friends. People often use social media accounts to...
Therapists are human, and all humans make mistakes. One common internet mistake is making a social media post you later regret. You can take it down, of course, but often not before many, perhaps hundreds, of people have viewed it. Maybe you got involved in a public discussion with another therapist and some of the exchange veered toward the unprof...
Navigating the internet and learning how to make the best choices for your private practice is challenging for many, but it doesn’t need to be difficult. If you hesitate to use social media for your therapy business, consider taking a continuing education courseon the subject. These can help you learn to use social media tools like Twitter and Face...
- Inspirational quotes and messages.
- Tips for managing anxiety and stress.
- Self-care strategies and activities.
- Personal stories and experiences.
- Awareness Days. You can search google by date and find out what is going on for each day of the month. Then think about how you can adapt it to your audience.
- A Reflection on something that is happening in your life. You don’t have to say it is about you if you want to avoid self-disclosure but you can use your own personal journey to help your followers.
- Films/TV Programmes/Books. Talk about what is current or what you are reading and share ideas and ask for opinions.
- Comment on news items e.g., a counsellor’s viewpoint on a piece of celebrity gossip.
Apr 3, 2024 · Updated on April 3rd, 2024. Therapists can benefit from social media in many ways, including networking with other professionals, connecting with clients and potential clients, and sharing helpful resources. In this post, we share 10+ fundamental social media marketing tips for therapists and other mental health professionals to attract more ...
May 25, 2021 · Here are 8 great social media content formats that work really well for therapists and counsellors: 1. Stories, interviews and first-person accounts. Share them as: Written stories or video interviews. 2. Conversation starters. Share them as: Questions or polls.
Aug 30, 2023 · There are certainly risks in using social media as a therapist, and we’ll get to those next. But for many clinicians who want to expand their practice or reach a broader audience, there are advantages to having a professional social media presence. Social media can help strengthen the therapeutic alliance.
