The Best Practices in e-Therapy series of articles was begun in 1999 to try and help define some term and concepts that were being used without definition. It now serves as largely an introductory set of essays to the field of online counseling.

"e-Therapy" is a term I began using in 1997 to describe using an Internet-mediated technology to foster a helping relationship online.

Best Practices in e-therapy series:

• Definition & Scope of e-therapy
  May 14, 1999
  
  
• Confidentiality & Privacy
  April 8, 1999
  
  
• Legal & Licensing Issues
  October 31, 1999
  
  
• Clarifying the Definition
  May 2, 2001
  
  
• The Difference Between Security and Being Secure
  October, 2004
  
  

Last reviewed: By John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on 26 Mar 2009