Overview of TeleChaplaincy

Description

In moments of crisis, illness, or deep uncertainty, access to spiritual care can be the lifeline that patients, families, and even care teams desperately need. Telechaplaincy bridges the gap—bringing presence, compassion, and guidance into spaces where physical distance once created silence.

Telechaplaincy is no longer optional—it’s essential. This course provides a practical and thoughtful overview of how spiritual care providers and behavioral health professionals can adapt their chaplaincy services to today’s telehealth world with skill, confidence, and compassion.

Raymond Barrett, LMHC, founder and CEO of the Telehealth Certification Institute, brings his unique blend of experience in chaplaincy, counseling, and telehealth leadership to this training. Ray has been shaping telehealth standards for over a decade, from developing national credentials to writing best practices for the American Telemedicine Association. His perspective grounds this course in both lived practice and professional expertise.

With Ray’s guidance, you will explore both the promise and challenges of telechaplaincy in a way that is accessible, applicable, and immediately relevant to your professional practice. The course is designed to help you not just understand telechaplaincy—but to feel equipped to integrate it effectively into your care.

You’ll examine the benefits, drawbacks, and research surrounding telechaplaincy; the evolving role and goals of chaplains in a digital world; and the ethical, legal, and technological considerations every provider must know. Practical strategies for preparing patients, ensuring privacy, and navigating emergency protocols will also be explored.

Key Takeaways:

• Clarity on Telechaplaincy’s Value: Understand why telechaplaincy is an essential care option and how it expands patient-centered services.

• Practical Skills: Gain strategies to manage ethical, legal, and technological challenges while preparing individuals for remote spiritual care.

• Confidence in Delivery: Learn how to provide effective, compassionate chaplaincy despite the barriers of distance.

Why This Course?

• Professionally Essential: Telechaplaincy is no longer a “future skill”—it’s a present need in hospitals, hospices, and community care. This course ensures you’re prepared.

• Trusted Expertise: Taught by Ray Barrett, a leader who has shaped national telehealth standards and trained over 40,000 providers worldwide.

• Mission-Driven Learning: Offered by the Telehealth Certification Institute, where excellence, compassion, and practical growth are central to every course.

Learning Objectives:

• List three reasons why telechaplaincy health is an important option for individuals.

• List two possible benefits of telechaplaincy.

• List three possible drawbacks of telechaplaincy.

• List three ethical standards that are specifically related to telechaplaincy.

• Describe how to prepare an individual for telechaplaincy services.

The heart of chaplaincy is presence—and presence is no longer bound by walls. This training equips you to meet people where they are, with the tools to overcome barriers of distance and technology while keeping your care deeply personal and ethically sound.

Enroll today in Overview of TeleChaplaincy and step confidently into the future of spiritual care.

Format and Access

This is a non-interactive self-study course. Instruction consists of 1.5 hours of video instruction and a post-test.

Course Details

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: 

Course access and completion instructions.

Instructor and Disclosures

Instructor

About Raymond Barrett, CEO, LMHC

Raymond Barrett is the founder and CEO of the Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC (TCI). A licensed mental health counselor (LMHC), Ray is an innovator and leader in the field of telemental health. He’s an expert telehealth trainer, a respected speaker, and a trusted consultant.

Ray’s inspiration for TCI came from his clients that started asking him to conduct their therapy sessions over the phone. Ray had discovered a knowledge gap in mental health training. He wanted to fill that void with comprehensive and practical training in telemental health - so Ray created that training for himself and fellow clinicians. 

Since 2014, TCI has delivered comprehensive telehealth training and consultation to a global network of more than 40,000 healthcare organizations and professionals. TCI now offers over 180 specialized courses, a vast array of telehealth resources, and ongoing free continuing education opportunities for telehealth providers. Among the most sought-after courses offered by TCI is the Telemental Health Training Certificate (THTC Certificate) program. 

Ray played a significant role in developing the initial curriculum for the Board Certified Telemental Health credential (BC-TMH) for the Center for Credentialing and Education (CCE). He reviewed every training module. He helped draft content, including questions for exams. He even wrote and developed the initial draft of one of the training modules: Telemental Health Settings and Coordination of Care.

The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) - the most respected organization for telehealth - recently overhauled its guidelines. Ray was on the writing committee that developed Best Practices in Synchronous Videoconferencing-Based Telemental Health in March 2022.

In 2019, Ray participated in a task force for developing a clinical rating process for mobile apps designed to help treat depression.  The recommendations were presented to ATA.

The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) is an independent, nonprofit organization that provides accreditation services worldwide at the request of health and human service providers. As part of the International Standards Advisory Committee (ISAC), Ray helped establish CARF’s standards for virtual services.

Ray also is a frequent speaker and consultant for professional organizations. He has presented for over 20 organizations since 2015.

Disclosure Statement:  

The instructor(s) for this course receive compensation for their services. There are no reported conflicts of interest to disclose.

CE Hours

Credit Hours:  

This course offers 1.5 credit hours

This course qualifies for 90 minutes of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Professionals should retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.

Accommodations and Policies

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