This guide reviews the benefits and challenges of digital mental health care and offers guidance on how to make it work for you and your clients. It looks at aspects relevant to all practitioners, such as therapeutic alliance, risk and safeguarding, and offers guidance on adapting specific therapies, such as CBT, ACT and DBT, for digital delivery.

Dr Hannah Wilson is Clinical Psychology Lead and Head of Clinical Governance for Kooth PLC, which uses technology to help create new ways for people to access mental health support and treatment. She is also the Director of MediaCity Psychology, and a trustee of the British Eating Disorders Society. She is based in Lancashire, UK.

Foreword
1. INTRODUCTION
PART ONE: CROSS-THERAPY FACTORS
2. THE ONLINE THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCE: THE NEED FOR DIGITAL COMPETENCE AND ONLINE RELATIONAL SKILL
3. BEING HUMAN AMONGST THE 0's AND 1's: SELF-CARE AND SUPERVISION
4. DIGITAL SAFEGUARDING & RISK: COME ON IN, YOU'RE WELCOME & SAFE
5. TO KNOW OR NOT TO KNOW - MANAGING ANONYMITY ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS
6. WHAT DO PEOPLE LOOK FOR FROM DIGITAL SUPPORT?
7. USING DIGITAL MEDIUMS TO PROVIDE TRAUMA-INFORMED SUPPORT TO PEOPLE WITH COMPLEX PRESENTATIONS
8. MENTAL HEALTH APPS: ROLES, RISKS & OPPORTUNITIES
PART TWO: SPECIFIC THERAPIES AND ADAPTATIONS
9. DIGITAL ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY
10.DIGITAL DELIVERY OF COGNITIVE ANALYTIC THERAPY
11.DELIVERING DIGITAL COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY
12.COMPUTERISED COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE
13.DELIVERING COMPASSION FOCUSED THERAPY VIA DIGITAL PLATFORMS
14.SCIENTIFIC ARTISTRY IN THE WORLD OF DIGITALLY-DELIVERED COUNSELLING
15.USING TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE THE REACH AND EFFICIENCY OF DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY
16.DIGITAL EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITISATION AND REPROCESSING
17.DELIVERING MINDFULNESS GROUPS BY VIDEO CONFERENCING
18.DELIVERING FAMILY THERAPY AND SYSTEMIC INTERVENTIONS USING DIGITAL PLATFORMS
19.USING VIRTUAL REALITY TO TREAT ANXIETY
20.'Top Tips' for Delivering Mental Health Therapies Using Digital Platforms
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