Social media, whether it be Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or any others, is a wild, woolly beast.
It is up to us, the users, to determine how we manage these accounts.
I liken it to my front door in my house.
I want to still have a door, not have people be able to see myself naked and raw, before coming in to my house. I still want people to knock.
I’ve been playing with different privacy settings for a while. Whilst I may have privacy settings on my private accounts, I may have public accounts on Facebook – so that a client may find my services, I won’t just friend or follow everyone.
I endeavour to display such principles in my private life as I would expect to display in my everyday practice in my work.
Though the social media places are different – is it to be marketing at any cost? Should I bare my soul to snatch and grab clients like many are?
No, I don’t think so.
Real genuineness as a professional does not come from just one act, just one warts and all story. It comes from staying power, professional qualifications and ability to talk to the issues we all might be facing.
Since the time of September 11, 2001, our privacy and privacy rights have become further and further eroded. And with the advent of social media, we do it to ourselves. Yes, that’s right we are eroding our own privacy. Of course I am social media too – so I am not immune to this.
Who says we can’t savour a little privacy in amongst the disordered psychological space that is social media?
As a business owner, and private practitioner, I do have a number of social media accounts. Some are private social media accounts and others are public.
If I am the user, isn’t it best for it to be my choice how to use my social media?
Much to the dismay of many…. I liken my privacy to symbolise what I try to provide for my clients.
It’s symbolic of how a therapeutic space is to be.
Rather than bearing my soul on every topic known to man, or to just keep telling the same story that got me into helping others, I like to discuss those matters of importance to my practice, me and my profession at large.
And I also love to discuss matters that may be of interest to you and are current to what’s happening in society at large.
