Dr. David Powlison and Alasdair Groves discuss Alasdair's breakout session at the 2011 CCEF National Conference on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

This week Andrew Ray hosted a special edition of Help and Hope with Dr. Tim Lane, Alasdair Groves and Aaron Sironi to discuss sexual misconduct in counseling.

BONUS: Read this special blog post by Alasdair and Aaron offering some practical suggestions for avoiding the pitfalls mentioned in this podcast.

A couple of months ago, Robyn Huck wrote a piece for this blog about Skype counseling (see "Counseling in the Age of Technology"). I thought she did a great job of highlighting some of the liabilities and subtle challenges that Skype presents to fostering honest and intimate relationships. Her cautions are well taken.

As we continue to learn how to use Skype well, I thought I would share a few reflections about how the challenges have actually been a blessing in disguise as it pushes us to creative solutions. In fact, I have found the lessons of Skype counseling beginning to influence the counseling I do without a computer screen. Here are some thoughts on how we are learning to structure Skype counseling and what that is teaching me about counseling in general.