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Integrating the Art of Writing into Your Clinical Practice

Enroll in the Online Self-Study course and complete it at your own pace.
1 CE hour available for behavioral health clinicians upon completion.

In an age where words often feel fleeting, writing offers a way for therapeutic insights to live on—grounding, clarifying, and deepening the clinical process. This course shows how written expression, when intentionally integrated, can amplify therapeutic rapport, reflection, and transformation.

Discover how writing—often overlooked in clinical practice—can become a powerful tool for connection, clarity, and collaboration. Whether you’re guiding clients or supervisees, this course offers thoughtful, practical strategies to enhance your clinical effectiveness through writing.

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Michèle Mani, M.Ed., RP, CCC is a Registered Psychotherapist and Clinical Supervisor with over 18 years of experience, particularly in online and virtual counseling. As a published author and expert in asynchronous and synchronous therapy, Michèle brings a depth of insight into how clinicians can leverage writing as both a clinical intervention and a supervisory asset. Her work emphasizes the importance of presence, person-centered care, and narrative approaches to mental health.

In this course, Michèle brings her authentic and strengths-based approach to life, helping clinicians thoughtfully integrate writing into their therapeutic toolkit. Her teaching is grounded in experience, ethics, and a deep respect for clients’ voices.

Topics explored include therapeutic letter writing, reflective journaling, narrative-based writing prompts, creative tools for rapport building, asynchronous counseling strategies, trauma-informed writing considerations, and writing practices that enhance both clinical supervision and client engagement. Participants will also examine cultural and contextual sensitivities, how to establish professional boundaries in written communication, and how to personalize writing to align with each client’s needs and identity.

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Instructor

Michèle Mani, M.Ed., RP, CCC, is a Registered Psychotherapist and Clinical Supervisor with over 18 years experience in the field of Employee and Family Assistance Programs (EFAP).  Michèle’s key area of focus is in the delivery and supervision of asynchronous and synchronous online and virtual counseling. Employing a variety of clinical models, such as narrative, solution-focused, and CBT, her core approach draws upon counselors’ and clients’ essential strengths and capacities. Michèle co-authored the chapter: Supervising the delivery of online counseling services in an employee and family assistance program, (EFAP) setting in the book: Technology in Mental Health: Applications in practice, supervision and training (2nd ed., 2016).

Key Takeaways:

  • Creative writing tools that work: Learn specific techniques like therapeutic letters, journaling, and metaphor to deepen connection and strengthen client agency.

  • Practical writing strategies for clinicians: Understand how to ethically and effectively use writing across different counseling modalities, including in-person, telehealth, and asynchronous formats.

  • Stronger therapeutic relationships: Use writing to foster empathy, trust, and attunement—even when the visual cues of face-to-face sessions are absent.

Why This Course?

  • Clinically grounded and creative: You’ll learn from an instructor who has built her career around integrating evidence-based models with narrative and expressive writing practices.

  • Relevant for real-world practice: Whether you're writing notes, emails, or asynchronous messages, you’ll gain strategies you can immediately apply with both clients and supervisees.

  • Developed by experts who care: Offered by the Telehealth Certification Institute, this course reflects our commitment to excellence, kindness, and equipping clinicians with tools that truly make a difference.

Learning Objectives:

  • List five ways therapists and clinical supervisors can use writing to augment the clinical process.

  • Adapt a writing ‘toolkit’, as informed by the clinician’s clinical modality and/or model, and the client’s needs and preferences.

  • Explain the best practices and clinical considerations for using writing with clients.

  • Create rapport and connection through writing

Experience how the written word can become a vital instrument in your clinical toolbox—one that honors the client’s voice, expands therapeutic possibilities, and enhances your own reflective practice.

Enroll today to explore how writing can transform the way you engage, support, and grow with those you serve.

This 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 May 7, 2021.

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