How Do I Create a Therapeutic Alliance Using Telehealth?
Faculty: Marlene M. Maheu, PhD
Taught by world-class Telehealth.org faculty members, this interactive training program can help you develop your telebehavioral health competencies. so as to increase your telepresence and build stronger therapeutic alliances to carry you through some of the more difficult exchanges needed in behavioral health care.
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Description
Establishing a therapeutic in telehealth is unknown territory for many clinicians and their employers, regardless of how long they have been offering behavioral services in brick-and-mortar settings. Creating strong therapeutic alliances for delivering telebehavioral and telemental health service requires different competencies than in-person care — different knowledge, attitudes, and skills.
This fast-paced, 1-hour program will discuss a variety of factors that can help create strong therapeutic alliances. Sensitivity to a variety of telepresence factors is a pre-requite. Aware of how different states define the therapeutic relationship is key. Knowing how different states define telehealth is also key. (Knowing where to get such information is pivotal.) These topics as well as how to enhance your telepresence will be covered.
Designed to be highly interactive rather than a traditional lecture, this program will expose you to the facts and ask for your comments, your opinion, and your questions. It will explore the legal and ethical issues that can arise as professionals work toward building and strengthening therapeutic alliances through telehealth technologies. It will give you pointers about how to adjust your online clinical environment to be conducive for telebehavioral health; adjust your technology to facilitate the sense of presence; create an environment free from technological and other distractions; assess your clients’/patients’ communication styles and makes adjustments as needed for telebehavioral health. It will and reach into the future to outline innovative approaches to enhancing the therapeutic alliance through telemental and telebehavioral health.
Learning Objectives
- Outline the key findings of 3 research articles that illustrate evidence-based approaches to creating a therapeutic alliance for telemental and telebehavioral health.
- Describe the concept of the therapeutic frame and how it can be enhanced to strengthen a telehealth-based therapeutic alliance.
- Identify the key factors that can weaken a therapeutic alliance in videoconferencing.
When & How
| CME or CE: | Credit hour 1 |
| Duration: | Approximately 1 hour to complete. |
| Format: | Online Activity. Online readings, illustrative media, automatically graded post-test. All material for Telehealth.org training is provided at no extra cost, and is accessible through your computer or digital device. Available 24/7 as on-demand training (asynchronous). |
| When: | Available 24/7 to review anytime for 6 months from registration date. |
| Where: | 100% Online |
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Audience
This program is for beginning and intermediate-level “telepractitioners” and “telesupervisors” wishing to deliver telemental health services in these disciplines:
- Psychiatrists, Internists, Pediatricians, Gerontologists, Nurses, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners
- Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Therapists, Marriage & Family Therapists
- Speech Pathologists, Dietitians, Occupational Therapists, Behavioral Analysts, Substance Use Professionals
- CEOs, COOs, Administrators, Billing & Coding Staff
Faculty
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Dr. Marlene Maheu has been a pioneer in telemental health for almost three decades. With five textbooks, dozens of book chapters, and journal articles to her name and educated more than 66k clinicians from 109 countries, she is in a unique position to guide you or your organization in finding a maximally profitable niche in telehealth. She is the Founder and CEO of the Telebehavioral Health Institute (Telehealth.org), owned by Telehealth.org. She is the CEO of the Coalition for Technology in Behavioral Science (CTiBS), and the Founder of the Journal for Technology in Behavioral Science.
She has assisted in writing standards and guidelines for national associations and was the Chair of the CTiBS Competency Committee that published the first telebehavioral health competency framework. She has been interviewed by dozens of leading newspapers and magazines, keynoted, and taught hundreds of telehealth-related workshops internationally. Dr. Maheu is a master at getting to the point and answering your questions with straightforward, actionable, evidence-based suggestions that quickly move you to your goal. She will delight you with her clinical acumen and make you smile at how simple many solutions can be when explained by a professional with decades of passionate telehealth training experience. Bring your notepad — you’ll leave with pages of practical to-do’s! |
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Dr. Shawna Wright is the Associate Director of the University of Kansas Center for Telemedicine & Telehealth, is a licensed psychologist. She obtained her graduate training in clinical psychology at Texas Tech University. Dr. Wright worked for over a decade in community mental health and has expertise in treating rural and underserved populations. Dr. Wright works with KUMC’s Project ECHO as project facilitator and behavioral health content expert to assist Kansas health/mental health providers with increasing access to up-to-date research outcomes, best practices, and standards of care to reduce health disparities. Dr. Wright is a member of the Rural and Frontier Subcommittee of the Kansas Governor’s Behavioral Health Services Planning Council, the Kansas State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroup, and the Kansas Prescription Drug and Opioid Advisory Committee. She works with these groups to understand gaps in access to care and to identify ways telemedicine can be leveraged to increase health equity in Kansas. |
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Dr. Allison Crawford is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, and a psychiatrist and clinician-scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, where she is Associate Chief of Virtual Mental Health and Outreach and the Chief Medical Officer for the Canadian Suicide Prevention Service. Allison is cochair of ECHO Ontario, a virtual community of practice. Allison has a strong interest in Indigenous health and wellness, and coordinates psychiatric services for the Department of Health, Government of Nunavut. She is the Scientific Lead for Project CREATeS with the Arctic Council, Social Development Working Group, and the Inuit Circumpolar Council. Her research focuses on technology and mental health, and suicide prevention. |
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CME & CE Accreditations & Approvals
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NY MHC
NY MFT
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Addiction
The Association For Addiction Professionals (NAADAC)
The Association For Addiction Professionals (NAADAC)Telehealth.org is officially on file with NAADAC, The Association For Addiction Professionals (NAADAC) as an approved education provider. Telehealth.org has been approved as a NAADAC approved education provider. NAADAC provider #159459, Telehealth.org is responsible for all aspects of their programming.
Counseling
National Board For Certified Counselors (NBCC)
National Board For Certified Counselors (NBCC)Telehealth.org has been approved by National Board For Certified Counselors (NBCC) as an approved Continuing Education Provider. ACEP No. 6708. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Telehealth.org is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Counseler (NY MHC)
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Counseler (NY MHC)Telehealth.org is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0237.
Medicine
Physicians, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners & Physician’s Assistants
Physicians, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners & Physician’s AssistantsPurpose: NJAOPS is dedicated to reminding and enhancing physicians’ knowledge to manage the changing needs of the healthcare system. These evidence-based educational lectures are structured to augment physician expertise with current guidelines, materials, and recommendations, as well as up-to-date advances in medical treatment on specific topics. Accreditation: New Jersey Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to provide osteopathic continuing education for DO Physicians. NJAOPS designates these educational activities for category 1-A credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician’s participation in this activity.
Physician (AMA) accreditation statement: NJAOPS Is accredited by the Medical Society of New Jersey to provide Continuing Medical Education for physicians. NJAOPS designates live or online activity for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Health Professionals: participants may claim hours to receive a Certificate of Participation for an activity designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Method of Participation: for successful completion of activity and subsequent awarding of credits, individuals are required to participate in the entire activity and complete an attestation form, as well as an activity evaluation form. Send questions: contact@telehealth.org.
Marriage and Family Therapy
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Marriage & Family Therapist (NY MFT)
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Marriage & Family Therapist (NY MFT)Telehealth.org is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0104.
Other States. Many states do not require pre-approval of continuing education offerings for MFTs. Many states also accept courses that are offered by providers who have formally been approved by ACCME (physicians) APA (psychologists), ASWB (social workers) and NBCC (counselors), such as Telehealth.org. Please send the URL to this page to our licensing Board to ask if they will approve our course(s) to meet your requirements. Write to us if you need our help.
Psychology
American Psychological Association (APA)
American Psychological Association (APA)Telehealth.org is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor Continuing Education for psychologists. Telehealth.org maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Licensed Psychologists (NY PSY)
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Licensed Psychologists (NY PSY)Telehealth.org is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0193.
Social Work
Association Of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
Association Of Social Work Boards (ASWB)Telehealth.org, Provider #1328, is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) www.aswb.org, through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Telehealth.org maintains responsibility for the program. ASWB approval period: 11/18/2022 – 11/18/2025. Social workers should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval for continuing education credits. Please note that ASWB does not award CE hours for training related to marketing.
Canadian Social Workers
Canadian Social WorkersSocial workers registered in Canadian provinces may accept activities approved by ASWB for ongoing professional development. Please check with your college or Board and send them to this webpage along with the course description of the course(s) you are considering. Ask for a review to determine if our training is acceptable for your registration.
New York State Education Department’s State Board For Social Work (NY SWB)
New York State Education Department’s State Board For Social Work (NY SWB)Telehealth.org, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of Continuing Education for Licensed Social Workers #SW-0752.
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