Training to work online as a counsellor/therapist

ACTO recommends that all its members should have specific training before working online professionally. We have listed training courses below which offer this training but we do not endorse any individual course. In addition some universitycounsellor training courses include modules which introduce working online. However, in line with BACP, ACTO do not believe that online work is suitable for the newly trained psychological therapist and have listed training courses which are only open to trained and experienced therapists.

www.onlinetrainingforcounsellors.co.uk
Online Training for Counsellors offer training to Diploma level for therapists to work online which is validated by CPCAB and suitable for CPD. They also offer workshops on specific online therapeutic skills. Their training is delivered entirely online to groups of practitioners and takes place at specific times during the year.

www.onlinetherapyinstitute.com
The Online Therapy Institute offers a six-module CPD/CE accredited certificate training for practitioners (30 hours), which can be started at any time undertaken at times convenient to them from any time zone. Their training is delivered entirely online, and covers Introduction to Cyberspace, the Online Relationship, the Online Therapeutic Relationship, Ethics in Online Therapy, Using Email and Using Chat.  Modules may also be taken in isolation as top-up/refresher modules. Their Diploma course (60 hours) encompasses all of these with full facilitation and experiential exercises, and includes training in videocounselling.

www.cybercounselling.com
Therapy Online offers 12-week certificate courses in Cybercounselling in collaboration with Canada's prestigious University of Toronto. Suitable for continuing education credits. Small personal classes. Under £500.