Watched the video presentation and really found it useful. I've been doing online therapy for year so this concept isn't new to me but some of the practical things he spoke of are really sticking out for me. Here are some:

- someone else in one of the rooms could be taping this without others knowing it
- someone else could be present in one of the rooms without others knowing it
- he offers ongoing mediation practice - very useful for a relative newbie like me
- shutting down the process as soon as it becomes apparent that there is some non-compliance
- keep questions short
- sessions are one hour, rather than the two that I tend to have in on-site
- have clear and realistic goals for the one hour

Frustration...

I'm not able to get a response to my question about how to access a webinar I missed. And, I'm frustrated that we are changing teams because time is so limited and getting each other's schedules and working that out is time consuming - having done it once outweighs any benefit to working with more team members. Not feeling like there is enough practice time either.

So, am I simply in a bad mood, or do I have a problem?

Overwhelm...

Today I did a practice with Adobe and my week 3 team mates. I've used Adobe as a participant many times, but this was my first as host. I found many of the mechanics of Adobe to be quite user friendly, but the places where got stuck - I was really stuck.

Note to self - when doing this with *real*  clients - I should do  a run through with each client first to ensure that we don't have problems in the mediation - however, I'm in private practice so how does this become billable time in a way that doesn't frighten them off ie having to pay a potentially high amount of $ for a practice lesson.

I also realized that there could be a real problem with other people being in the room without my knowledge or the knowledge - or approval - of the other party. This will be another aspect of confidentiality to include in the agreement, however, it may not be enforceable if I don't even know if there is or is not another person present.

Finding out more and more about the complications of cyber mediation - it's not nearly as easy as cyber therapy!