Psychology Around the Net: May 30, 2020

This week’s Psychology Around the Net highlights the current telehealth boom (and how some mental health professionals feel about it), ways to turn your self-criticism into self-compassion, the unique mental health challenges mission-driven work can bring, and more. Stay well, friends! Online Therapy Having Its Moment, Bringing Insights On How to Expand Mental Health Services Going Forward: Nicholas Joyce, a psychologist and counselor at University of South Florida, weighs in on his professional colleagues’ attitudes toward telehealth services in the past, how those attitudes are changing amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and what it would take for telehealth to work effectively long after the coronavirus crisis is over. Your AI Chatbot Therapist Isn’t Sure What It’s Doing: “How do AI-powered mental health programs compare with face-to-face treatment, or to digital therapy administered by a human? Do they answer to the same regulatory bodies as other mental health providers? Moreover, what are the risks of outsourcing something as sensitive as mental health care to Silicon Valley startups?” Change Self-Criticism Into Self-Compassion: “You’re so fat.” “I can’t believe you’re going to wear a swimsuit in public.” “Oh, my god you look awful in those jeans.” Have you ever noticed you can easily say things to yourself you wouldn’t dare say to someone else? That you willingly bully yourself? The botto...
Source: World of Psychology - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Psychology Around the Net Discipline mission-driven work Online Therapy Parenting Self Criticism self-compassion Telehealth teletherapy Source Type: blogs