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Ethics of Using Technology in Behavioral Health

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1 CE hour available for behavioral health clinicians upon completion.

Ethics of Using Technology in Behavioral Health

Technology offers clinicians unprecedented access and convenience—but it also brings serious ethical responsibilities. Are you fully prepared to navigate the risks, boundaries, and decisions that come with providing behavioral health care online?

In this essential 1-hour CE course, you’ll gain the tools and insights needed to uphold ethical standards while providing virtual care. You'll be better equipped to make sound clinical decisions, protect client privacy, and maintain professional integrity in a digital world.

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Raymond Barrett, LMHC, LPC, is a national leader in telemental health training and founder of the Telehealth Certification Institute. With over a decade of experience educating more than 40,000 professionals worldwide, Ray brings the rare combination of real-world telehealth expertise and policy-shaping influence—ensuring you receive practical guidance backed by professional ethics and national standards.

Ray teaches this course with a clear, candid, and clinician-centered approach. He draws on industry guidelines, legal standards, and common practice challenges to provide clarity around ethical dilemmas and offer realistic, actionable strategies that behavioral health professionals can immediately apply.

This course covers core concepts including how to assess your own competence with technology, essential elements of informed consent, boundaries in virtual care, managing dual relationships, securing communication, and documenting properly. You’ll also explore common dilemmas—like clients in non-private environments or glitchy sessions—and how to respond within legal and ethical boundaries.

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Raymond Barrett, LMHC, LPC, is CEO and founder of the Telehealth Certification Institute, where he has developed more than 50 courses and trained thousands of clinicians and over 1,900 organizations in telehealth best practices. A licensed professional counselor and master trainer, Ray draws on his clinical, supervisory, and consulting experience to emphasize ethical, research-informed telehealth delivery. He continues to maintain a small private practice while ensuring TCI courses remain current, practical, and person-centered to support clinicians, clients, and the broader healthcare community.

Key Takeaways:

  • Clarity in Ethical Practice: Understand what it means to practice ethically and competently when using technology in behavioral health.

  • Confidence in Informed Consent: Know exactly what to include in your telehealth consent to protect both you and your client.

  • Preparedness for Ethical Dilemmas: Learn how to identify and respond to challenging situations in virtual care settings.

Why this course?

  • Timely and Relevant: As telehealth becomes more embedded in practice, understanding ethical use is no longer optional—this course is your ethical safety net.

  • Led by an Industry Expert: Ray Barrett helped shape national guidelines for telemental health and brings unmatched experience to this training.

  • Offered by a Trusted Leader: Telehealth Certification Institute has empowered tens of thousands of clinicians with practical, high-quality training that meets the realities of today’s behavioral health field.

Learning Objectives:

  • Explain how to ensure you are practicing within your ethical guidelines and boundaries of competence when providing telemental health.

  • List at least five topics that ought to be in an informed consent related to telemental health

  • Describe three possible ethical dilemmas that can occur when providing telemental health

This course offers a straightforward path to greater ethical confidence in your virtual practice. If you want to stay grounded, credible, and compliant in an evolving digital landscape, this training is a practical and timely next step.

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This course is Module 3 of the THTC Program and is a non-interactive self-study course. Instruction consists of 1 hour of video instruction and a post-test.

Enroll in the 1 CE Online Self-Study for $40

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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 June 11, 2021.

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