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Note: This is a pre-recorded video course which is approved for 1.25 CE credit for Registered Nurses (RN) (expires 6/30/2025), Social Workers (Clinical CE expires 8/31/2024), and Nursing Home and Assisted Living Administrators (NAB approval: 20240618-1.25-A95200-DL expires 6/18/2024). A certificate will be issued after the successful completion of the course.

Course Description

Telehealth: Psychotherapy Online

This on-demand seminar teaches the basics of psychotherapy through telehealth. It covers the differences and benefits of psychotherapy through telehealth at this time and addresses situations where in person psychotherapy might be more effective. HIPAA compliance, record-keeping and therapeutic enhancements through online psychotherapy are also covered.

Learning Objectives:

After completing this course, healthcare workers will be able to:

  1. Develop an understanding of how COVID-19 changed the delivery of psychotherapy services
  2. Understand the differences between online and in-person psychotherapy
  3. Learn what an online psychotherapy platform can and cannot do for the therapist and the client
  4. Identify adjustments to therapist and client communications online
  5. Understand effectiveness of online psychotherapy
  6. Understand licensing requirements for telehealth psychotherapy
  7. Identify privacy practices for compliance for online psychotherapy
  8. Understand Electronic Health Record (EHR) Documentation

About the Presenter:

Paula Barber, LCSW
Paula Barber has had a private therapy practice since 2020; her therapy includes assisting elders and family members with person-centered wellness and care decisions. She served as an adjunct instructor at the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations (May 2017-June 2018) for a grant-funded course for community health workers. She was also a lecturer and online instructor at the Rutgers School of Social Work for a required graduate-level course (2016). Prior to that experience, Ms. Barber was a research project manager there for a study of recent discharges from a state psychiatric hospital (Jan. 2013-July 2015). 

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$19.99

Purchase this on-demand course today and earn 1.25 CE upon successful completion.

Note: CE credit approved for NAB, RN, CCM and Social Workers.