E-Therapy and Telehealth: Ethics, Application, and Clinical Practice
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1 Ethics CE Hour available for behavioral health clinicians
As our mental health care moves increasingly towards electronic forms of service delivery, practitioners are obligated to increase their skills and knowledge of various technologies to assist with accommodating this trend. Corresponding to this technological trend are the concomitant ethical issues that can arise in this new practice environment. During this presentation, participants will be enabled to describe the relevant ethical issues, practice considerations, and alternate forms of clinical practice in this Age of Connection. New practice possibilities as well as the limits to such service delivery will be identified.
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As our mental health care moves increasingly towards electronic forms of service delivery, practitioners are obligated to increase their skills and knowledge of various technologies to assist with accommodating this trend. Corresponding to this technological trend are the concomitant ethical issues that can arise in this new practice environment. During this presentation, participants will be enabled to describe the relevant ethical issues, practice considerations, and alternate forms of clinical practice in this Age of Connection. New practice possibilities as well as the limits to such service delivery will be identified.
Upon completion of this training professionals will be able to do the following:
- Identify ethical guidelines for e-therapy and related practices such as tele-medicine;
- Demonstrate knowledge of the utility and limits to practice employing technology;
- List alternative clinical practices and options in the Age of Connection
James R. Corbin, MSW, LCSW
Prof. Corbin received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from the Pennsylvania State University and his Masters Degree in Social Work from Temple University. He is a doctoral candidate from the Clinical Social Work Institute in Washington, DC. He is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Pennsylvania with a specialty in childhood mental illness and individual and family therapy with children, adolescents, adults, and their families. He has worked for over 25 years in the mental health field including eight years at Hoffman Homes for Youth in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and had most recently served as their Assistant Director of Clinical Services. He was appointed in the spring of 2002 as Adjunct Faculty Member and fall 2002 through spring 2008 as Visiting Instructor/Lecturer of Social Work at McDaniel College (formerly Western Maryland College) and served as their BSW Program Director. From 2008-2018, he has served as full-time clinical faculty and instructor in the graduate school of social work at Temple University and was former Assistant MSW Program Director and Clinical Director of the Military Family Center at Temple – a counseling center for military service members, veterans, and their families. He is happy to join Elizabethtown College in the fall of 2021 as the Social Work Program Director!
He has written and presented extensively on the subject of neuroscience and its impact on clinical practice and has been a featured presenter for the National Association of Social Workers at their Annual Conference. An article on the biopsychosocial implications of attachment was published in the Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal. He was a featured guest on the NPR program “Radio Smart Talk” as an expert on the subject of Reactive Attachment Disorder. Two articles on clinical supervision and ethics in practice appear in separate issues of The New Social Worker journal. He published an article on the ethical implications for disclosure of HIV status in The Journal of Clinical Ethics. He had received training in child-centered play therapy and had practiced as a child and family therapist for The Play Therapy Center and is a former associate with D.K. Watkins Psychology Associates in York, Pennsylvania. He had practiced privately in the outpatient setting at Pennsylvania Counseling Services. Additionally, he had served as clinical supervisor for their school-based program in the York City Schools. He has been in part-time practice at Northeastern Counseling Services in Mechanicsburg, PA since 2016.
Credit Hours: This course consists of 1 ethics credit hour.
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This course is intended for clinicians who provide behavioral health services.
Teaching methods for this course include recorded lectures, videos, a post-test, and a course evaluation. The course may include required reading.
This program was recorded on March 23, 2022
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James R. Corbin
MSW, LCSW
James R. Corbin, MSW, LCSW
Prof. Corbin received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from the Pennsylvania State University and his Masters Degree in Social Work from Temple University. He is a doctoral candidate from the Clinical Social Work Institute in Washington, DC. He is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Pennsylvania with a specialty in childhood mental illness and individual and family therapy with children, adolescents, adults, and their families. He has worked for over 25 years in the mental health field including eight years at Hoffman Homes for Youth in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and had most recently served as their Assistant Director of Clinical Services. He was appointed in the spring of 2002 as Adjunct Faculty Member and fall 2002 through spring 2008 as Visiting Instructor/Lecturer of Social Work at McDaniel College (formerly Western Maryland College) and served as their BSW Program Director. From 2008-2018, he has served as full-time clinical faculty and instructor in the graduate school of social work at Temple University and was former Assistant MSW Program Director and Clinical Director of the Military Family Center at Temple – a counseling center for military service members, veterans, and their families. He is happy to join Elizabethtown College in the fall of 2021 as the Social Work Program Director!
He has written and presented extensively on the subject of neuroscience and its impact on clinical practice and has been a featured presenter for the National Association of Social Workers at their Annual Conference. An article on the biopsychosocial implications of attachment was published in the Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal. He was a featured guest on the NPR program “Radio Smart Talk” as an expert on the subject of Reactive Attachment Disorder. Two articles on clinical supervision and ethics in practice appear in separate issues of The New Social Worker journal. He published an article on the ethical implications for disclosure of HIV status in The Journal of Clinical Ethics. He had received training in child-centered play therapy and had practiced as a child and family therapist for The Play Therapy Center and is a former associate with D.K. Watkins Psychology Associates in York, Pennsylvania. He had practiced privately in the outpatient setting at Pennsylvania Counseling Services. Additionally, he had served as clinical supervisor for their school-based program in the York City Schools. He has been in part-time practice at Northeastern Counseling Services in Mechanicsburg, PA since 2016. To learn more about Mr. Corbin, please see the following links:
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The course was so informative and I was glued to my screen for the entire duration. I received so much knowledge concerning ethics in telehealth and I am greatly encouraged to read about all the standards and policies that pertain to my practice. Thank you!.