Announcements
Sue Ryder Online Bereavement Counsellor (temporary)
In response to the current pandemic we are seeking to recruit qualified counsellors who have additional training in providing online counselling to join our expanding team. We are looking for applicants interested in either full or part time temporary roles (initial 6...
ACTO Guidance on Security and Privacy for Therapists Providing Online Therapy During the COVID-19 Crisis
This current document supersedes all previous guidance on the same subject [pdf-embedder url="https://acto-org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/LATEST-ACTO-Guidance-on-Security-and-Privacy-April-2020-1.pdf" title="LATEST ACTO Guidance on Security and Privacy April...
Live Chat & Email Therapy course
Advertisement We have created an exciting ⭐ new course ⭐ for therapists looking to obtain the essential skills and knowledge they need, to deliver live chat 📱and email ✉ therapy. It's designed for those with no experience working online or have delivered...
Improve Your Computer & Internet Skills
Would you like to learn new computer skills .💻. or to get the most out of the internet? Then click 🖱no further! We have the course for you....This practical workshop 🔧 will help therapists to get the most out of their computers and the internet, focusing on practical...
ACTO Winter 2020 Newsletter
ACTO membership fee increase structure
ACTO membership fee increase structure In 2016 the Board of Directors learned that the membership fees had not risen since 2008, which went a long way to explain why the finances available for development and projects were extremely limited. At that time the...
Board of Directors’ Interim Statement of the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in websites and apps used in mental health
The Board of Directors has begun to consider the issue of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its role in mental health care, whether through apps for mental health or psychotherapy websites. This is a provisional statement pending a far larger piece of work including a...
If you missed the One Show get Our Show! The new ACTO, PPH and Orcha Partnership!
If you missed the One Show join Our Show webinar on Friday 20th April at 2.00pm UK time You can see Simon Leigh from Orcha in this clip from the One Show on 5th April 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ndDohF1B_w&feature=youtu.be To...
Obituary Jacqui Atkinson
This week news reached us that our member Jacqui Atkinson [Knott] has passed away. Despite some health issues her passing was unexpected. For many of you Jacqui’s name will be a familiar one. She was one of the people who helped spread online therapy in the UK. Jacqui...
new online platform DR JULIAN
DR JULIAN has just soft launched its new online platform www.dr-julian.com Here's what Dr Julian Nesbitt says about the new platform: "DR JULIAN is an innovative mental healthcare platform that aims to increase accessibility of mental healthcare in the UK. We connect...
A message about the old website
The information posted on the former ACTO website has been published by web master employed to build and maintain that website. We are sad to say that upon giving him an appropriate notice of termination of contract, this person tried to extract a large sum of money...