Course curriculum

  1. Telehealth with RECAMFT - Part 1: HIPAA & Technology

  2. Telehealth with RECAMFT - Part 2: Telehealth Across State Lines

  3. Telehealth with RECAMFT - Part 3: California State Law for Initiating Telehealth

  4. Telehealth with RECAMFT - Part 4: California State Law for Every Telehealth Session

  5. Telehealth with RECAMFT - Part 5: Documentation, Best Practices, Tech HIPAA Issues

  6. Post-Test

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  • $55.00
  • 3 hours of video content

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Course Description

In many ways, providing therapy through Zoom or other online options is similar to working with a client in person – except when the technology glitches out, or the client is in crisis. Are you prepared for these situations? This course offers specific guidance on the legal requirements and practical considerations for providing therapy by telehealth in California, including informed consent, assessing appropriateness for telehealth, telehealth across state lines, HIPAA and confidentiality, and documentation. You’ll learn about important safety plans that should be prepared for each client, along with suggestions for implementing a simple technology failure protocol. The focus is on best practices for two-way video therapy conducted on Zoom or other platforms, though all telehealth modalities are discussed.

Educational Goals

This course covers the California laws for delivery of telehealth by LMFTs, LPCCs, LCSWs, and LEPs (and their respective interns and associates), along with ethical requirements established by professional associations including CAMFT, ACA, etc., and a focus on client safety and unique considerations for clinical care via telehealth.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Assess a prospective client for suitability for therapy via telehealth.

  • Identify 3 requirements for documenting telehealth sessions with clients.

  • Name 3 components of a client telehealth safety plan.

  • Explain when telehealth is permitted across state lines.

  • Describe 2 ways that telehealth may increase equity in mental health and support social justice.

  • Apply an ethical decision-making model to common scenarios that uniquely arise in the provision of telehealth.

CEs

This course meets the qualifications for 3.0 hrs of continuing education (CE) credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Participants completing all requirements will receive 3 law & ethics telehealth CEs for this course, to satisfy the BBS-mandated telehealth training for all licensees and applicants that went into effect on July 1, 2023. The BBS states that participants can also count the course toward the required 36 hours of continuing education needed to renew their license, as long as the course was completed after their last renewal. The entirety of this 3-CE course is law and ethics content, which means that it also qualifies as 3.0 CEs of law and ethics training. Please consult the BBS website for more information or to confirm requirements for your own license.

Redwood Empire Chapter CAMFT (Provider #57173) is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs. Redwood Empire Chapter CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

About the Instructor

Lisa Wenninger (she/her) is a CCE Board Certified TeleMental Health Provider (BC-TMH) and received the 2022 CCE Board Certified-TeleMental Health Provider training award by the NBCC Foundation. She is a doctoral candidate in Counselor Education & Supervision at Antioch University, with a research focus on antiracist skills in counseling, and coursework and experience in teaching teletherapy skills to counseling students. Lisa was herself trained in telehealth starting in early 2019 in her Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at The Family Institute at Northwestern University. As an online-by-design program with a synchronous delivery format, Northwestern has leveraged Zoom and other online technologies to train new clinicians since 2014. Lisa has an MBA from Columbia and extensive experience in technology from a 20-year career in software development before becoming a therapist. Lisa is a California LPCC and a National Certified Counselor. Her orientation is psychodynamic and attachment focused. Lisa's clinical website is https://theworkiswithin.com

Purchase Terms

Refund policy: Because you are given instant access to this on-demand training, the purchase is final and refunds are not allowed.

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