Virtual Care, Real Responsibility: Ethics in Telehealth Practice (2HR) Presented by Ashley Esry, LCSW, LCAS

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Virtual Care, Real Responsibility: Ethics in Telehealth Practice (2HR)

$32.00

Categories: Clinical, Online Course Tags: evidence-based practices, general skill building, stripe, Stripe only

Description

Virtual Care, Real Responsibility: Ethics in Telehealth Practice for Therapists prepares mental health professionals to navigate the unique ethical challenges of providing care in a digital environment. This course explores essential principles such as confidentiality, boundaries, digital dual relationships, and crisis management in virtual therapy. Participants will learn strategies to address common dilemmas, ensure compliance with legal and ethical standards, and prioritize client safety. Through practical examples, therapists will develop an ethical framework tailored to telehealth, empowering them to provide effective and responsible care in the virtual space.

Course Objectives

The objectives of this course are to define the ethical principles specific to telehealth, discuss the unique challenges of virtual therapy, and implement strategies to maintain ethical standards.

Course Format

Recorded Live Webinar with downloadable presentation slides and/or handouts, evaluation, and a required quiz. The learner is required to pass with a 70% or higher to achieve the CE certificate of completion. The learner is able to reset the test until a satisfactory score is achieved. CE Training Workshops, LLC, provider #1770, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 8/2/2022 – 8/2/2025. CE Training Workshops, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7091. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CE Training Workshops, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. System Requirements: Firefox, Chrome, Brave, Safari, Edge on any modern operating system (Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android, iOS). A desktop browser is recommended. We do not provide support resources for issues encountered using a mobile device. For more information about our policies and board approval statements, please visit our FAQS page.

Meet Your Facilitator

Ashley is a natural leader, published researcher, and compassionate clinician with over five years’ experience in the social work field, specializing in mental health and substance use. MSW graduate and currently pursuing licensure for clinical social work and clinical addiction specialist. She graduated from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, obtaining a B.S. in Counseling and a minor in Expressive Arts Therapy. In her time there, she was involved in a research study on social fear and learning and published in the Journal of Education and Training Studies in April of 2014. After working in the substance abuse field at the inpatient, residential, and outpatient level, she focused her efforts on mental health and connecting people with quality services as a community liaison for two years. She currently works as a residential therapist at UNC Horizons, working with pregnant women and mothers in early substance use recovery.

Syllabus

Introduction
Define ethical principles specific to telehealth
- Discuss ethical considerations with virtual practice including client location and safety, confidentiality, HIPPAA, social media, documentation, etc.
- Discuss ethical dilemmas that are relevant when providing virtual care • Discuss the unique challenges of providing therapy virtually
- Discuss the differences between virtual and in-person therapy.
- Discuss managing boundaries handling crises remotely
Implement strategies to maintain ethical standards:
- Interventions for compliance with legal and ethical requirements
- Analyze real-world examples of ethical challenges in telehealth