Counseling and Therapy in Video

Today I looked at the Counseling and Therapy in Video Database. This database is a collection of videos that cover social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and counseling. There are 353 videos currently included in the database. Users can look at actual counseling sessions, lectures, demonstrations, and more. The videos are collected from universities, renowned scholars, and other psychological associations. I did a search on the site for counseling sessions, specifically sessions dealing with marriage. 186 videos were returned to me. I like how they are displayed because you get the title and link to the video as well as sections of the transcript that have your keyword, in this case marriage, in them. This allows users to quickly see if the video has content they may be interested in. Once a user finds a video they want to watch they can also follow along with the dialogue by the transcript that is printed beside the video. There is a sign in option that works like a folder system. Users can also get a link to the video to share with other people or they can make clips of the video. This is allows them to cut parts of the video that may not be relevant to what they need. I think this could be really useful for students. I had to do a speech that included a video. If I could have clipped the video just leaving the parts i needed for my speech it would have been really handy. I think this database is pretty cool. I could see it maybe being a little small and not having exactly what a user might need, and some of the videos are very dated, but other than that it is good.