Telehealth for Counselors: Zooming Into a New Era

Aaron Norton, LMHC, LMFT

In collaboration with Florida Mental Health Counselor's Association, we're proud to present this exciting ONLINE seminar: 

"Telehealth for Counselors: Zooming Into a New Era"

ONLINE June 5, 2020  2PM - 4PM

$5 for members includes 2 CEUs

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Only Members of MHCAPB are eligible for the $5 price using this code at registration:

9JAUA3SP

On a recent statewide poll of 137 counselors in Florida, 95% of counselors who were providing direct client services reported that they were providing telehealth sessions, whereas only months earlier only a small percentage of counselors offered telehealth.  The COVID-19 pandemic created a rapid shift among counselors, but many of us have little training or experience with telehealth and lots of questions, such as:

1. What platforms am I allowed to use for telehealth?
2. What are some of the unique clinical, ethical, and legal considerations for telehealth?
3. What should a telehealth consent form include?
4. How can I make telehalth sessions more personal, engaging, or interactive?
5. What happens if my client is in another state and wants to do a telehealth session?
6. How do I bill insurance for telehealth?

This 2-hour webinar seeks to answer these and similar questions about telehealth services.

Learning Objectives:

Participants will:

1. Summarize ethical considerations for telehealth as depicted in the AMHCA 2020 Code of Ethics.
2. List several telehealth platforms and describe the unique characteristics of each.
3. Locate updated laws and rules that pertain to telehealth.
4. Describe how to bill insurance for telehealth.

Aaron Norton, LMHC, LMFT

Aaron, current president of Florida Mental Health Counselor's Association is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with certifications in addictions, alcohol and drug counseling, rehabilitation counseling, clinical mental health counseling, forensic mental health evaluation, and forensic behavioral analysis. He is recognized by the American Mental Health Counselors Association as a Diplomate and Clinical Mental Health Specialist in Substance Abuse and Co-Occurring Disorders.  He serves as Executive Director of the National Board of Forensic Evaluators, a national not-for-profit board officially endorsed by the American Mental Health Counselors Association that provides training, certification, and professional advocacy for licensed mental health professionals specializing in forensic mental health evaluation. He is an Adjunct Instructor at the University of South Florida's College of Behavioral and Community Sciences as well as a doctoral candidate in the Counselor Education and Supervision program at USF. He serves as Southern Regional Director for the American Mental Health Counselors Association and President-Elect and Chair of Education, Training Standards, and Continuing Education for the Florida Mental Health Counselors Association. He also works in a private practice specializing in both therapy and forensic and clinical evaluation, as well as providing clinical supervision to mental health counselor and marriage and family therapist interns as a Qualified Supervisor. He has more than 15 years of experience in the counseling profession. He was awarded Mental Health Counselor of the Year by the American Mental Health Counselors Association and Counselor Educator of the Year by the Florida Mental Health Counselors Association in 2016 and has been published in Addiction Professional, American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services,  Journal of Individual Psychology, and The Advocate Magazine.  

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We are proud to once again partner with Florida Mental Health Counselor's Association with the support of Treatment Placement Specialists to bring you this seminar live and online.