CURRENT RESEARCH ON BETWEEN–SESSION COMMUNICATIONS

CURRENT RESEARCH ON BETWEEN–SESSION COMMUNICATIONS
How [Do?] You Handle E-mail from Patients?

I seek the assistance of Division 39 members with a research project that explores existing and potential clinical uses of computer-mediated communications (CMC)
such as e-mail between sessions.

Specifically, I am requesting that licensed clinicians spend 10-15 minutes to complete
an anonymous on-line survey about their clinical practice.


To take the survey, follow this link or type the address into the navigation bar of your Internet browser:
http://snipr.com/PBsurvey

NOTE: If you have any trouble accessing the survey in this way, please contact me as specified below. I will send you an email with a clickable link to the survey, or can mail/fax a printed copy of the survey for you to return to me.


In a study entitled, Exploring Clinical Uses and Implications of Computer-Mediated Communication in Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Practice, I will combine the results of this nationwide survey with qualitative data from interviews with clinicians who currently use e-mail or other Internet-based technologies with patients. (Please contact me if you are such a clinician and would be willing to discuss your experience!)

The aim of this project is to explore whether, how, and why forms of computer-mediated communications (CMC) have a place in psychodynamic/analytic treatment. The primary goal of the survey is to assess the prevalence of e-mail use within current practice. A related, secondary objective of the study is to look at the meanings and uses of all communication exchanges between therapist/analyst and patient/client that occur outside of the shared physical surround of the consulting room. What are the precedents and differences between CMC and other forms of adjunctive exchange such as the telephone? Does the easy on-line availability of personal and professional information about clinicians and clients/patients affect the work, or create a virtual Old Vienna with less expectation for privacy?

Contact
Priscilla Butler, M.A.
pbutler@myway.com
(312) 498-2128
I very much appreciate your assistance. Please tell your colleagues!

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