MBIR International™

Digital & Online Practice Standards

Professional standards supporting safe, ethical, trauma-informed, and responsible online MBIR™ practice internationally.

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Professional Governance Framework

MBIR™ Professional Governance Framework

The MBIR™ Digital & Online Practice Standards form part of the wider MBIR™ professional governance framework supporting safe, ethical, trauma-informed, and responsible international practice.

These standards are intended to support:

  • practitioner professionalism
  • client wellbeing
  • trauma-informed delivery
  • ethical communication
  • responsible digital practice
  • professional accountability
Safe Digital Practice

Safe & Ethical Online Practice

MBIR™ recognises the growing importance of online professional practice, digital communication, and virtual learning environments within modern transformational and professional support work.

The Digital & Online Practice Standards framework establishes expectations for:

  • professional online conduct
  • client safety and confidentiality
  • ethical digital communication
  • informed consent
  • secure handling of information
  • responsible use of technology
  • trauma-informed online practice

These standards support safe and professional practice within online sessions, mentoring, training, communication, and digital learning environments.

Core Principles

Core Principles of Digital Practice

MBIR™ practitioners delivering services online are expected to maintain the same level of professionalism, ethical responsibility, and trauma-informed awareness as would be expected within in-person professional environments.

Confidentiality

Practitioners uphold confidentiality and protect client information within online and digital settings.

Informed Consent

Practitioners ensure clients are informed of the nature, boundaries, benefits, and limitations of online MBIR™ practice.

Respectful Communication

Practitioners maintain respectful, professional, boundaried communication that supports client safety.

Professional Boundaries

Practitioners maintain appropriate practitioner-client boundaries across online sessions, email, messaging, learning platforms, and social media.

Client Safety

Digital delivery supports calm, safe, and professional client experiences, including awareness of nervous-system overwhelm or dysregulation.

Secure Handling of Information

Practitioners are responsible for handling client information, records, and materials with appropriate digital safeguards.

Ethical Online Conduct

Practitioners represent their services, qualifications, and professional role accurately and ethically in online environments.

Privacy & Confidentiality

Confidentiality & Privacy

Practitioners are responsible for taking reasonable steps to protect client privacy and confidentiality within online and digital environments.

Secure Platforms

Practitioners use secure communication platforms where available and protect client information appropriately.

Session Confidentiality

Practitioners maintain confidentiality within online sessions and avoid inappropriate disclosure of client information.

Privacy Limitations

Practitioners demonstrate awareness of privacy limitations associated with technology, online platforms, and digital communication.

Legal & Data Responsibilities

Practitioners remain aware of local legal and data protection responsibilities applicable within their region or country.

Professional Online Conduct

Professional Communication Standards

MBIR™ practitioners maintain professional communication standards across all online and digital interactions.

Email & Messaging

  • respectful communication
  • professional conduct within email and messaging
  • appropriate practitioner-client boundaries

Social Media

  • responsible use of social media
  • ethical representation of services and qualifications
  • clear separation of personal and professional boundaries where appropriate

Public Online Presence

  • professionalism in public online environments
  • communication that supports safety and respect
  • protection of professional integrity
Professional Representation

Professional Digital Presence

MBIR™ practitioners maintain online environments, branding, communication, and public representation that support professionalism, safety, clarity, and ethical responsibility.

Websites & Branding

Professional websites, branding, and public materials reflect clarity, professionalism, and ethical representation.

Social & Public Content

Public-facing communication supports safety, professionalism, and responsible representation of MBIR™ services.

Learning Environments

Digital learning spaces, communities, and practitioner groups maintain respectful and professional standards.

Nervous-System-Safe Delivery

Online Environment & Client Safety

Practitioners create online environments that support safety, regulation, and professionalism.

Private Working Environment

Practitioners maintain privacy within the working environment, minimise distractions, and present with calm professionalism.

Stable Digital Setting

Practitioners demonstrate awareness of the importance of stable connection, reliable digital access, and professional online delivery conditions.

Grounding & Orientation

Practitioners support client grounding and orientation during online work when needed, especially where digital settings feel unfamiliar or overwhelming.

Awareness of Dysregulation

MBIR™ recognises that online environments can influence nervous-system regulation and client experience.

Trauma-Informed Digital Delivery

Trauma-Informed Digital Delivery

MBIR™ recognises that online environments can influence nervous-system regulation, attention, emotional processing, orientation, and client safety. Practitioners are expected to remain aware of how digital delivery may affect overwhelmed, dissociated, highly activated, fatigued, or trauma-impacted clients.

Regulation Awareness

Practitioners remain aware of signs of overwhelm, shutdown, dissociation, activation, or nervous-system dysregulation during online sessions.

Orientation & Grounding

Practitioners may support orientation, grounding, pacing, and present-state awareness within online environments where appropriate.

Reduced Cognitive Overload

Digital delivery should minimise unnecessary overwhelm, confusion, sensory overload, or excessive processing demands.

Safe Session Closure

Practitioners support regulated endings and post-session orientation following emotionally activating work where appropriate.

Responsible Technology Use

Responsible Use of Technology

Practitioners use technology responsibly, ethically, and professionally.

Data Protection

Practitioners remain aware of data protection responsibilities and appropriate storage of client information.

Platform Limitations

Practitioners demonstrate awareness of the limitations of online platforms and digital systems used for sessions, mentoring, training, and communication.

Ethical Digital Tools

Practitioners use AI or digital tools ethically where applicable, ensuring technology supports rather than compromises safety, ethics, or client wellbeing.

Professional Governance Framework

MBIR™ Digital & Online Practice Standards

Version 1.0 Reviewed Annually

The core professional standards framework for online delivery, confidentiality, digital communication, informed consent, client safety, and responsible use of technology.

This resource includes considerations relating to:

  • online delivery
  • confidentiality
  • digital communication
  • informed consent
  • client safety
  • responsible technology use
Standards Framework Digital Practice Professional Governance Reviewed Annually
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Part of the wider MBIR™ Professional Governance Framework supporting safe, ethical, trauma-informed, and responsible international practice.

Practitioner Implementation Resource

MBIR™ Digital Practice Checklist

A practical companion resource designed to support safe, ethical, trauma-informed, and responsible MBIR™ online practice.

This resource includes considerations relating to:

  • digital professionalism
  • nervous-system-aware delivery
  • confidentiality
  • informed consent
  • ethical communication
  • responsible use of technology
Practitioner Resource Digital Safety Trauma-Informed Online Practice
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Part of the wider MBIR™ Professional Governance Framework supporting safe, ethical, and trauma-informed international practice.

Trauma-Informed Digital Practice

MBIR™ Trauma-Informed Digital Safety Guidelines

A professional guidance resource supporting nervous-system-aware, trauma-informed, and regulation-conscious MBIR™ online practice.

This resource includes considerations relating to:

  • digital overwhelm
  • cognitive load
  • dissociation
  • nervous-system regulation
  • online pacing
  • emotional activation
  • grounding
  • safe session structure
Trauma-Informed Nervous-System Aware Digital Safety Professional Guidance
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Part of the MBIR™ Professional Governance Framework supporting trauma-informed, nervous-system-aware, and responsible international digital practice.

Ethical Technology & AI Guidance

MBIR™ Ethical AI & Technology Guidance

A professional guidance resource supporting safe, ethical, trauma-informed, and professionally responsible use of digital technology and artificial intelligence within MBIR™ practice, mentoring, education, and communication.

This resource includes considerations relating to:

  • AI note-taking
  • automated summaries
  • confidentiality
  • practitioner responsibility
  • human oversight
  • digital ethics
  • consent
  • professional communication
Ethical AI Professional Guidance Digital Responsibility Future-Focused
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Part of the MBIR™ Professional Governance Framework supporting ethical, trauma-informed, and professionally responsible digital practice.

Media & Recording Governance

MBIR™ Recording & Media Policy

A professional governance resource supporting safe, ethical, trauma-informed, and professionally responsible use of recordings, demonstrations, educational media, and digital content within MBIR™ practice, mentoring, training, and communication.

This resource includes considerations relating to:

  • recording permissions
  • informed consent
  • educational use
  • confidentiality
  • social media sharing
  • anonymisation
  • storage awareness
  • practitioner responsibility
Media Governance Recording Ethics Professional Standards Educational Use
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Part of the MBIR™ Professional Governance Framework supporting ethical, trauma-informed, and professionally responsible international practice.

Professional Communication Standards

MBIR™ Professional Communication Guidelines

A professional governance resource supporting ethical, trauma-informed, and professionally responsible communication within MBIR™ practice, mentoring, supervision, training, digital communication, and public representation.

This resource includes considerations relating to:

  • professional boundaries
  • email and messaging communication
  • social media conduct
  • practitioner groups
  • trauma-informed language
  • public representation
  • professional integrity
  • respectful communication
Communication Standards Professional Integrity Ethical Representation Trauma-Informed
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Part of the MBIR™ Professional Governance Framework supporting ethical, trauma-informed, and professionally responsible international practice.

Review & Evolution

These standards may evolve over time in response to:

  • emerging research
  • digital practice developments
  • professional feedback
  • legal changes
  • trauma-informed best practice
  • advances in online learning and communication environments

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