{"id":3821,"date":"2014-12-01T08:43:27","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T13:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ccpa.scottbuckingham.ca\/blog\/?p=3821"},"modified":"2014-12-01T08:43:27","modified_gmt":"2014-12-01T13:43:27","slug":"a-hope-full-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ccpa-accp.ca\/fr\/a-hope-full-app\/","title":{"rendered":"A Hope-Full App"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the line-up of therapeutic apps the \u201cVirtual Hope Box\u201d, designed by the National Center for Telehealth and Technology stands out as a stellar example of what is possible.<\/p>\n<p>According to the \u201cAbout Us\u201d section of the app, \u201cthe National Center for Telehealth and Technology designs, builds, tests and evaluates available and emerging technologies to deploy in support psychological health and traumatic brain injury recovery in the military community.\u201d But you don\u2019t have to be in the military to use it.\u00a0\u00a0 You can download it for free to a smartphone or tablet.<\/p>\n<p>The National Center says, \u201cthe purpose of the VHB is to help patients decrease their experience of distress by encouraging and facilitating healthy coping and emotion regulation skills\u201d. It is not designed to be used as a self-help device. Working with your client you can personalize the content on the Virtual Hope box app to suit their specific needs.\u00a0\u00a0 Anything that they find personally supportive or soothing or reminds them of positive moments in their lives. In short, whatever contributes to a sense of hope.<\/p>\n<p>There are several sections of this app:<\/p>\n<p>Remind Me \u2013 an area where you can place pictures, videos, music and recordings.<\/p>\n<p>Distract Me \u2013 has games with varying levels of difficulty<\/p>\n<p>Inspire Me \u2013 comes with pre-set quotes and the option to add your own<\/p>\n<p>Relax Me \u2013 has a number of relaxation exercises that can also be personalized<\/p>\n<p>Coping Tools \u2013 you can create coping cards and use an activity planner to plan positive activities (list of ideas provided) with the cool additional feature that you can text or email invitees right from the app.<\/p>\n<p>In the top right hand corner of the app there is a phone symbol. If you click on it you can add a list of \u201csupport contacts\u201d, people you may want to call in an emergency.<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t have to figure out how to use it with clients on your own! On the National Center\u2019s website you will find a clinician\u2019s guide and a user\u2019s guide.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/t2health.dcoe.mil\/apps\/virtual-hope-box\">http:\/\/t2health.dcoe.mil\/apps\/virtual-hope-box<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t wait to use it with some of my clients.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dawn M. Schell, MA, CCC, CCDP is an affiliate with Worldwide Therapy Online Inc. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.therapyonline.ca\">http:\/\/www.therapyonline.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the line-up of therapeutic apps the \u201cVirtual Hope Box\u201d, designed by the National Center for Telehealth and Technology stands out as a stellar example of what is possible. 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