Mission Statement       Privacy Policy      Contact us        Discussion forums American and International Association of Online Psychotherapists supports educational initiatives and discussion forums online. Join a forum to learn more about online counseling and participate in the ongoing professional dialogue about ethics and clinical practice online. Need training for online practice? Read: Online Counseling. Consider: Available training.  Registerd members of OnlineClinics join the AAOP forum for FREE. New!  Social Work Forum. Informative chat for colleagues and students. To join AAOP forum: 1. contact: AAOPdiscussion-owner@yahoogroups.com. 2.  Become a Registered Member with OnlineClinics for FREE. 3. Show proof of being a professional or student in the field. Clinicians and students are welcome to join AAOP and the discussion forum. Please review our group discussion principles below: AAOP principles for group conduct: The owners of the AAOP discussion forum reserve the right to warn and, if needed, remove a member who fails to respect the following principles of professional dialogue: 1. Members recognize that every person has an individual perspective.  Members respect the right of others to both hold as well as express opinions freely. 2. Members understand that open, respectful and professional dialogue is the mission of AAOP discussion forum. Members avoid posting hurtful, false or inappropriate messages. If need be, members will move to resolve any unresolved disagreements off list. 3. Members are careful to provide only accurate details and data. 4. Members register their real name and respect the privacy of others.  Members avoid using the professional group forum or listed members' e-mail to promote commercial or other activities which are not directly related to the group focus on issues in online counseling. We hope that membership will be an informative and beneficial experience for you. We appreciate your interest in what we do to promote the online counseling field and hope you will join us.