Integrative Behavioral Health
Enroll in the Online Self-Study course and complete it at your own pace.
1 CE hour available for behavioral health clinicians upon completion.
Behavioral health clinicians are increasingly expected to provide coordinated, integrated care across mental health, substance use, and medical disciplines—but few have been adequately trained to do this via telehealth. This course helps clinicians rise to that challenge with clarity, confidence, and clinical excellence.
As clients present with increasingly complex needs in a world still relying on virtual care, providers need solutions—not more questions—about how to ethically and effectively assess, treat, and document care for this population. This training delivers exactly that.
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Dr. Malcolm Horn, PhD, LCSW, LAC, SAP, MAC, brings over a decade of front-line experience in mental health and addiction services. Her leadership in continuing education, supervision, and program development, along with her deep expertise in co-occurring disorders and rural behavioral health, makes her uniquely qualified to guide clinicians through the intricacies of integrated telehealth care. As a seasoned educator and national leader, Dr. Horn presents grounded, field-tested strategies drawn directly from practice.
Dr. Horn's approach is grounded in collaboration, pragmatism, and clinical rigor. She brings a systems-informed lens and a realistic understanding of client and clinician challenges—especially when working in under-resourced settings or with high-risk populations. This course is as much about ethical competence as it is about clinical confidence.
Topics covered in this course include telehealth-specific considerations for assessment, risk management, and documentation; identifying which clients are or aren’t appropriate for telehealth; coordinating care across providers; confidentiality and compliance issues; and how to maintain clinical judgment in a virtual environment. Dr. Horn also explores how to navigate substance use and mental health conditions when client stability is uncertain, and how to uphold ethical and best-practice standards across multiple systems of care.
Instructor
Dr. Malcolm Horn, PhD, LCSW, LAC, SAP, MAC, started her career working with the elderly and adults with disabilities. She has over 10 years of progressive clinical experience working with the complex diagnoses that often accompany addictions and co-occurring disorders. Malcolm started working specifically with addictions in 2006 when she moved to Billings and started working at Rimrock. She coordinates the continuing education for licensed staff, ensuring they have opportunities to obtain appropriate continuing education units to improve their skills and ability to meet the needs of clients. Malcolm also supervises and coordinates the internship program, ensuring that all learning objectives are met. She provides educational lectures and workshops to patients and community members and also conducts adjunctive group, family, and individual therapy.
Malcolm received her Master’s in Social Work from Walla Walla College, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and is licensed by the state of Montana as an Addiction Counselor. She also holds accreditation from the NAADAC (National Association of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Counselors) as a master's-level addiction counselor.
Key Takeaways:
Integrated Assessment Skills: Learn how to accurately assess clients with co-occurring disorders via telehealth using appropriate screening tools and interview techniques.
Ethical Documentation Practices: Understand what and how to document to support clinical decisions and ensure compliance with telehealth regulations.
Client Safety & Clinical Boundaries: Gain clear strategies for evaluating client appropriateness for telehealth and maintaining professional boundaries and ethical safeguards.
Why This Course?
Directly applicable strategies: Learn real-world techniques from a clinician who has faced the same dilemmas you face—and found solutions that work.
Nationally respected educator: Dr. Horn’s leadership roles in NAADAC and clinical education reflect her reputation as a trusted expert in integrated behavioral health.
Aligned with your mission: Offered by the Telehealth Certification Institute, this course supports your commitment to excellence, ethical practice, and accessible care.
Learning Objectives:
Adapt assessment skills for substance-use disorder and mental health including screening tools and interview questions, discern which sub-groups within the SUD and mental health population may not be appropriate for.
Employ documentation strategies needed for tele sessions to ensure ethical standards and best practices are being met, illustrate necessary steps to ensuring client safety in tele sessions.
Describe potential ethical issues that may arise using telehealth services, understand what policies and procedures must be in place for teleservices.
The demands on behavioral health providers have never been greater—but neither has the opportunity to provide meaningful, integrated care. With Dr. Horn’s guidance and the support of the Telehealth Certification Institute, you’ll be prepared to meet that moment.
Add this essential training to your toolbox and take the next step in delivering high-quality virtual care.
This is a non-interactive, self-study course. Instruction consists of 1 hour of video instruction and a post-test.
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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 20, 2020.
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