In the world of psychotherapy there is no trust without confidentiality. On the internet there is no trust simply because there is no confidentiality.
All this personal sharing doesn't make sense to me.
Who in their right mind thinks it is OK to share your real name on any website with the entire population of the world..
Why do you need to know who I am?
If only the Internet had an ethical Framework like the BACP
Extract from the Ethical Framework of (BACP) The British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy.
We will protect the confidentiality and privacy of clients by:
a. actively protecting information about clients from unauthorised access or disclosure
b. informing clients about how the use of personal data and information that they share with us will be used and who is within the circle of confidentiality, particularly with access to personally identifiable information
c. requiring that all recipients of personally identifiable information have agreed to treat such information as confidential in accordance with any legal requirements and what has been agreed with the client at the time of disclosure
d. informing clients about any reasonably foreseeable limitations of privacy or confidentiality in advance of our work together, for example, communications to ensure or enhance the quality of work in supervision or training, to protect a client or others from serious harm including safeguarding commitments, and when legally required or authorised to disclose
e. taking care that all contractual requirements concerning the management and communication of client information are mutually compatible
f. ensuring that disclosure of personally identifiable information about clients is authorised by client consent or that there is a legally and ethically recognised justification
g. using thoroughly anonymised information about clients where this provides a practical alternative to sharing identifiable information