Secure your practice in the digital era by enrolling in this comprehensive bundle that offers up to 11.5 total continuing education hours (10.5 Ethics plus 1 additional APA only . Behavioral health professionals, psychologists, and private practice owners seeking to mitigate administrative vulnerabilities will benefit most from this training. The curated curriculum covers high-risk clinical documentation, ethical AI integration, HIPAA compliance, and updated telehealth regulations.

Key Features:

• Unmatched Faculty Authority: Learn directly from national pioneers who helped architect national ethical and technology codes.
• Actionable Administrative Tools: Access direct, real-world strategies and adaptable templates—including informed consent scripts—that you can implement immediately.
• Real-World Case Analysis: Move beyond theory by dissecting actual regulatory cases, vendor terms, and unscripted case examples.

Invest in your professional development and expand your expertise and CE requirements with our Telehealth SafeStart Course Bundle. Protect your practice, enhance your skills, strengthen your knowledge, and become a more effective counselor.

Enrollment in this bundle is offered at a 30% discount off the full price for each course.

This bundle consists of 4 individual non-interactive self-study courses that comprehensively address topics of Ethics and teh use of AI in your clinical practice. These courses offer a total of 10.5 Ethics CEs, as well as 1 additional APA only CE. Each course includes a separate certificate of completion. Courses included in this bundle:

• Documentation Challenges in Behavioral Health (Complex Documentation Decisions), 6 Ethics CEs  (Learn More)
• Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence in Behavioral Health, 3 Ethics CEs  (Learn More)
• Behavioral Health Ethics and AI Clinical Documentation Tools, 1.5 Ethics CEs  (Learn More)
• Updates to the American Psychological Association (APA) Telehealth Guidelines, 1 APA only CE (Learn More)

Once each course has been completed, individual Certificates of Completion indicating CEs will be issued.

Courses included in this bundle were recorded between 1/31/25 and 11/21/25.

1. Documentation Challenges in Behavioral Health (Complex Documentation Decisions)

One error in your clinical documentation can open the door to litigation, licensing board complaints, or serious harm to your client’s safety and dignity. In today’s behavioral health landscape—where records are accessible to clients, courts, and insurers—every note you write can either shield or expose you. Precision, ethics, and risk management are no longer optional; they are the foundation of professional survival. This course equips you to meet these high-stakes challenges head-on by transforming documentation from a vulnerability into a powerful tool for client care and self-protection.

Whether you're navigating subpoenas, safeguarding privacy in digital platforms, or trying to avoid ambiguous wording that could be used against you, this course provides critical guidance and strategies for real-world documentation dilemmas.

Topics covered include documentation pitfalls and risk areas, ethical judgments vs. misconduct, amphiboly and ambiguous language, informed consent for telehealth, client access to records, AI in documentation, portal communication, subpoenas, insurance audits, malpractice risk, defamation concerns, and high-risk clinical situations. Dr. Reamer also reviews federal and state laws (including HIPAA, 42 CFR Part 2, and the 21st Century Cures Act), malpractice trends, and best practices for policies, procedures, and supervision notes.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the diverse purposes of documentation.
• Address documentation challenges related to client privacy, confidentiality, and privileged communication.
• Identify the implications of skilled documentation for risk management in behavioral health.
• Implement ethics-informed documentation strategies to protect clients and prevent lawsuits and licensing board complaints.

2. Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence in Behavioral Health

Artificial intelligence is transforming behavioral healthcare—offering new tools for clinical practice, yet raising urgent ethical questions practitioners cannot afford to ignore. As AI becomes more embedded in service delivery, the consequences of uninformed use range from compromised client safety to legal risk and professional censure.

Behavioral health professionals now face a rapidly shifting technological landscape where ethical blind spots can have high stakes. This course offers a timely, comprehensive, and practical guide for navigating the ethical complexities of AI with clarity and confidence.

Topics include the current and emerging uses of AI in behavioral health; ethical risks such as informed consent failures, algorithmic bias, privacy violations, and misdiagnosis; litigation and licensing threats; policy recommendations; and best practices for compliance with NASW, ASWB, CSWE, and CSWA technology standards. Real examples—from AI-generated therapy notes to chatbot-based support tools—illustrate how these issues play out in practice.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the ways in which artificial intelligence is being used in the behavioral health professions
• Identify ethical issues and challenges associated with the use of artificial intelligence in the behavioral health professions
• Develop ethics-informed policies and protocols to protect clients and practitioners

3. Behavioral Health Ethics and AI Clinical Documentation Tools

Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant idea—it’s in the therapy room, shaping the notes we write and the trust we build. With AI documentation tools now listening, transcribing, and summarizing clinical sessions, every clinician faces a defining question: How do we balance efficiency with ethics?
Client privacy, informed consent, and therapeutic integrity are at stake—and so is your professional liability.

This course cuts through the hype and uncertainty with clear, evidence-informed guidance for behavioral health professionals evaluating or already using AI-powered documentation tools. It helps clinicians navigate this new landscape where “time-saving” can quickly become “ethically risky.”

Participants will learn to interpret vendor language, identify red flags in “terms and conditions,” and understand how data retention and opt-out features impact client confidentiality. You’ll also explore the limits of de-identification, consent fatigue, algorithmic bias, and how these systems can unintentionally affect therapeutic rapport—especially for marginalized clients.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify key legal and ethical risks when using AI clinical documentation tools.
• Demonstrate how to conduct meaningful informed-consent conversations about AI note-taking.
• Evaluate AI vendor claims regarding HIPAA compliance, data handling, and client privacy.

4. Updates to the American Psychological Association (APA) Telehealth Guidelines

Stay ethically aligned and clinically competent in the digital age with the APA’s newly updated 2024 Guidelines for the Practice of Telepsychology. Navigating the rapidly evolving digital landscape requires psychologists to maintain strict ethical alignment and clinical competence under the American Psychological Association's updated standards. As telepsychology transitions from a temporary crisis-response framework to a permanent fixture of modern practice, mastering these shifting guidelines is critical to protecting client privacy and avoiding professional liability.

This online self-study course offers a comprehensive deep dive into the updated APA revisions, transforming a high-value live session into an accessible, on-demand educational experience. Clinicians can seamlessly review essential updates on data security, informed consent, and interjurisdictional compliance at their own pace to enhance remote service delivery.

The course addresses core telepsychology competencies, focusing heavily on modern data security protocols, such as vetting Business Associate Agreements (BAAs) for home offices and navigating the hidden ethical gaps of emerging AI note-takers. Clinicians explore strict data disposal methods—ranging from HIPAA-compliant shredding to physical hard drive destruction—alongside critical guidelines for interjurisdictional compacts like PSYPACT. Additionally, the training covers tele-assessment standards, including the use of in-room proctors, and advanced emergency planning strategies that involve tracking regional crisis resources to prevent counterproductive emergency interventions.

Learning Objectives:

• Apply updated APA telepsychology guidelines to ensure ethical, legal, and competent delivery of telepsychology services across diverse clinical scenarios.
• Evaluate informed consent processes and data security protocols to protect client confidentiality and privacy when conducting telepsychology.
• Analyze interjurisdictional, documentation, and emergency planning considerations to maintain compliance with evolving telehealth regulations and best practices.

Credit Hours: This bundle consists of a total of 10.5 ethics continuing education hours of credit.  One (1) additional CE is issued for APA (Psychologists) only. Each course offers an individual certificate of completion indicating CEs earned for that course.

Counselors: Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No, 6693.  Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.  Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. 

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Mental Health Counselors. #MHC-0048.

Marriage and Family Therapists: Many MFT licensing boards accept our courses or one of the approvals which we have from professional associations.  You can check with your board to determine if your licensing board would accept this course.

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0135, effective May 8, 2025.

Social Workers: Telehealth Certification Institute LLC, #1609, 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: 05/02/2024 – 05/02/2027. Social workers completing these courses receive 10.5 ethics continuing education credits.

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Social Workers #SW-0435.

Addiction Professionals: This course has been approved by Telehealth Certification Institute LLC, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #193104, Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is responsible for all aspects of the programming.

Psychologists: Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Telehealth Certification Institute LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Psychologists #PSY-0128.

*Psychologists completeing each course in the bundle receive a total of 11.5 CE hours*

Art Therapists: Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Creative Arts Therapists #CAT-0093.

Other Professionals: This course qualifies for 690 minutes of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations.  Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.

This bundle includes 4 non-interactive, self-study courses.

Online self-study courses are non-interactive and include recorded instruction, a post-test and evaluation.  Participants have 6 months from registration to complete coursework and claim the certificate of completion.