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Engaging BIPOC Communities Effectively Using Telehealth

Enroll in the Online Self-Study course and complete it at your own pace.
1.5 CE hours, and an extended 2.5 CE option are available upon completion.

Racial trauma and cultural stress are real—and when left unacknowledged in behavioral health care, they can create barriers that telehealth only amplifies. That’s why clinicians working with BIPOC clients must be equipped with tools that go beyond the screen to build trust, foster connection, and respond with cultural humility, insight, and efficacy.

This course offers more than theory—it’s a hands-on, culturally grounded guide for showing up with presence and purpose in telehealth spaces.

Enroll in the 1.5 CE Online Self-Study for $45

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Enroll in the 2.5 CE Online Self-Study for $75

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Dr. Ritchie J. Rubio, a clinical psychologist, expressive arts therapist, and global mental health consultant, brings more than two decades of experience across three countries to this course. His work with immigrant and multicultural families, combined with his leadership in trauma-informed systems and culturally-adapted interventions, makes him a sought-after educator and consultant in behavioral telehealth.

Dr. Rubio’s teaching approach blends storytelling, somatic practices, expressive arts, and evidence-based frameworks to help learners develop culturally-grounded, trauma-informed care via telehealth. The course is experiential, reflective, and grounded in both scholarly research and community wisdom.

Topics include racial and ethnic socialization, the HEART Framework, culturally-adapted CBT, storytelling techniques such as cuento and dichos, somatic interventions for racial trauma, the use of mobile apps for accessible care, and practical strategies to co-create healing-centered virtual spaces. You’ll also explore models like Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome, Narrative Exposure Therapy, and the Three R’s for trauma care.

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Instructor

Dr. Ritchie Rubio, PhD, is a clinical child psychologist, play and expressive arts therapist, researcher, and telehealth consultant with experience across the Philippines, U.S., and New Zealand. He serves as Director of Practice Improvement and Analytics for the San Francisco Department of Public Health’s Children, Youth, and Families System of Care, where he advances trauma-informed and diversity-responsive practices. An adjunct associate professor at the University of San Francisco and the Wright Institute, Dr. Rubio teaches courses on trauma, child and adolescent counseling, neuroscience, and clinical assessment. His clinical work centers on immigrant and multicultural children, youth, and families, drawing on integrative approaches including psychodynamic, family systems, CBT, and expressive arts therapies.

Key Takeaways:

  • Adapt trauma-focused care: Apply culturally-informed modifications to interventions for BIPOC clients.

  • Strengthen client access and engagement: Use digital tools and methods to reduce disparities and increase connection.

  • Create a strategic plan: Build a telehealth action plan that centers racial equity and trauma responsiveness.

Why this course?

  • Clinically relevant and culturally grounded: Offers real tools and interventions rooted in both evidence and lived experience.

  • Led by a globally respected expert: Dr. Rubio brings deep insight from diverse systems and community settings.

  • From a trusted CE provider: Telehealth Certification Institute equips professionals with forward-thinking, practice-ready training.

Learning Objectives:

  • Illustrate at least two ways of culturally-adapting trauma-focused interventions when working with BIPOC clients.

  • Identify and describe at least two strategies to increase BIPOC clients’ access and engagement to behavioral telehealth.

  • Construct and organize a tentative plan with at least two action steps on how to use telehealth tools to help address racial trauma and other cultural needs that are unique to BIPOC clients.

With culturally adapted care more essential than ever, this course offers a meaningful opportunity to expand your impact as a telehealth provider. Join us in advancing equity through informed, responsive, and compassionate clinical practice.

Enroll today and empower your practice to help bridge gaps in care for BIPOC communities in a virtual setting.

This is a non-interactive, self-study course. It consists of hours of video instruction, a post-test and an evaluation.

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Availability: From the time of registration, you have six months to access the coursework.

Who Should Attend: This course is intended for clinicians who provide behavioral health services.

Teaching Methods: This is a non-interactive, self-study course. Teaching methods for this course include recorded lectures, videos, a post-test, and a course evaluation.

How to attend: Directions for completing a course can be found by clicking here.

This program was recorded on September 24, 2021.

The extended content program was recorded on February 25, 2022.

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