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Community Standards: Guidelines for Communicating Online on Connect
Connect is an important forum for the sharing and exploration of ideas, thoughts, and feelings amongst NZAP members, particularly as they relate to the profession and practice of psychotherapy. We welcome all members to join and contribute. We hope this forum will be an opportunity for the honest, thoughtful, reflective, respectful, vibrant, and robust exploration and sharing of ideas, thoughts, and feelings. Given the complexity of psychotherapy as a practice and as a profession, and the complexity of the world within which we live, we know that we will often be exploring topics that are multi-layered and have deep meaning for many of us. With this in mind, we ask that members ensure that they communicate in a manner which is respectful of the thoughts and feelings of others, as we attempt together to create a forum for creative dialogue. We ask that you always aim to respectfully explore both the similarities and differences you encounter in your communications on connect. In keeping with this aim, we also ask that you keep to the following online community standards which we hope will assist us in this task of thinking, feeling, and communicating together.
Our online community standards on Connect:
1. Treat others online as you would treat them in person. Do not say anything online (either in terms of content or manner of expression) that you would not be prepared to say face-to-face.
2. Always aim to be respectful. Seek to convey thoughtfulness in relation to differing points of view, and to respectfully and honestly disagree when your opinion differs, even when you offer a robust alternative perspective.
3. Respect the privacy and personal information of others.
4. Do not make personal attacks on others, either to fellow Connect community members, or others.
5. Avoid swearing or expressing your opinions in capital letters.
6. Where possible, if you are wanting to encourage others to explore your point of view more fully, feel free to provide reliable sources that others can follow up, which support your opinion.
Thank you for being part of the community of Connect. We hope these guidelines will help us to keep open thoughtful, receptive, honest, and robust dialogue amongst us all.
If you consider these guidelines have not been followed regarding a post on connect, please see the process outlined here.