How to Avoid Being Harmful on Social Media

About this episode

The episode discusses the responsibilities of therapists on social media and the potential harm that can arise from their posts.

Even though we discussed being a therapist on social media fairly recently, we thought it was important to talk about it again because a therapist with a huge following (therapyjeff) posted things that were objectively harmful, intentionally or not, in recent weeks. It ignited a larger conversation across platforms about best practices for therapists on social media, because it's a good reminder: we can do actual harm, and it's important we take this risk seriously. But how? In this episode, ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Jordan Pickell, Alison McCleary

Topics covered

• social media
• therapists
• mental health
• best practices
• harmful content

Keywords

• social media
• therapists
• harm
• best practices
• mental health

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