TeleMental Health Institute (TMHI)

TeleMental Health Institute (TMHI)

About the TeleMental Health Institute (TMHI) Group

Many clinicians understand the need to migrate at least a portion of their work online, but are at a loss for how to do it.

How might the seasoned clinician with a... more »
Many clinicians understand the need to migrate at least a portion of their work online, but are at a loss for how to do it.

How might the seasoned clinician with a reality-based sense of clinical practice embrace technological change and move forward?

This group offers a glimpse of new vistas for the cautious practitioner who dares imagine a new way of working. It reviews a new legal and ethical model for private practice in the technological age.

It inspire members with information about how some professionals are currently helping themselves as well as their clients online, offline, in private and in public settings.

It reviews the literature for the risks of getting involved as well as the benefits by providing an overview of legal and ethical issues related to online counseling. It reviews the history of federal legislation and funding and outline 3 promising avenues for online practice development.

Above all, it focuses on the welfare of the practicing professional as well as the patient. « less

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Crystal S.

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Online Group Therapy Beta

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  • Created: August 29, 2009
  • Type: Professional Group
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