Survey request from student

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Hi Group, for those of you with older children, I am passing on to you this

request to participate in a survey. It is from Holmes, a doctoral

candidate at the College of & .

The requirements to participate:

1. You must be over 18 years of age.

2. You are participating in either face-to-face or online counseling.

3. You must have seen your current counselor at least 3 times

She is looking at the similarities and differences between online counseling and

face-to-face counseling with regard to clients' relationships with their

counselors and the presence they feel through the medium with which they meet

with them. The survey is for those who do face-to-face or do any type of online

counseling.

It is confidential and anonymous, so no risk.

She wrote:

I am inquiring about using your support group website to recruit participants

for my dissertation research! I am really interested in the new ability for

counselors to provide services to clients through technology and am studying the

similarities and differences between online and face-to-face counseling. I am a

counselor and have been a client myself, so I understand the potential

difficulty in fulfilling this request!

Below is her information with the link to the survey. Online counseling, Skype,

etc., is getting used a lot these days, thought some here may be interested in

sharing experience/thoughts in the survey. Here's 's info:

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When President Bill Clinton took office in the early 1990's, he said " only high

energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the Worldwide Web. " By the

middle of his second term he laughed, " Now even my cat has its own page. "

The field of therapy has been discussing possible applications of technology for

more than 35 years. Online counseling, which has existed for over a decade, has

enabled practitioners to provide aid to individuals who, without the aid of the

Internet, would likely have gone without help.

In an effort to both expand and improve the possibilities for online therapy, I

am conducting a study that will compare it to more traditional, face-to-face

counseling. As such, I am looking for participants who are currently enrolled in

either face-to-face or online counseling. Your participation would be invaluable

to my work. Your willingness to share your experiences as a client would not

only provide much-needed perspective, it will help shape the field of counseling

for years to come.

In addition, by agreeing to take part in the study, you will have the

opportunity to be entered into a drawing for one of four $25 VISA gift cards.

If you are interested in participating please follow the link below. It will

take you to my website which will explain the study with more detail.

http://wmpeople.wm.edu/site/page/cmholmes

With sincere thanks,

Holmes

cmholmes@...

PhD candidate of Counselor Education

The College of &