Telebehavioral health (TBH) is revolutionizing mental health care, extending therapeutic reach to diverse populations who might otherwise struggle to access essential support, including those in remote areas, military personnel stationed far from home, and individuals with limited mobility.

With research demonstrating its effectiveness in treating mental health conditions like depression, anxiety, PTSD, and substance abuse, TBH offers an innovative approach to therapy. It's particularly well-suited for couples and family therapy, as it allows therapists to observe interactions in clients' natural environment, providing a unique window into relational dynamics that may not be evident in a clinical setting. However, working within TBH can be fraught with limitations introduced by technology, varying locations of clients, and working with different developmental levels in a single session.

This engaging and informative course will help you understand the implementation and best practices for conducting therapy sessions with couples and families via telehealth.

Participants will delve into the remarkable benefits of incorporating multiple family members into telebehavioral health sessions and explore various strategies for effectively working with members of a relationship system at different stages of development, ensuring that each person feels heard, understood, and supported. They will learn how to confidently assess when telebehavioral health is the most appropriate modality for couples and families and learn creative techniques for creating a safe, supportive, and inclusive virtual space for couples and families in TBH settings. Through innovative methods and practical examples, participants will learn how to enhance engagement, foster strong therapeutic alliances, and address the unique challenges presented by telehealth.

Whether you are a seasoned therapist seeking to expand your practice or just beginning your journey into telebehavioral health, this course will equip you with the knowledge and confidence to embrace the digital age of therapy, support couples and families remotely, and make a lasting difference in their lives.

Enroll today and take the first step towards transforming your practice with telebehavioral health!

This course provides 1.5+ hours of video instruction, a post-test and an evaluation.

This course was recorded on September 13, 2022

Upon completion of this training, professionals will be able to do the following:

• List the benefits of multiple members in family sessions
• Explain when it is appropriate to conduct relational sessions via TBH
• Use creative techniques for facilitating sessions with couples and families.

Katherine Hertlein, PhD, LMFT

Dr. Hertlein earned her PhD at Virginia Tech and her master's degree from Purdue University Calumet. Across her academic career, she has published over 90 articles, 40 book chapters, and 12 books in the areas of couple therapy, infidelity, sex therapy, behavioral health, and the impact of technology on couple and and family relationships. Her contributions in sex therapy promote a paradigm shift in the treatment of sexual dysfunctions in couple relationships, are considered seminal texts, and used by couple and family therapy programs widely. Her contributions in the area of technology include the development of the core competencies for behavioral health which can be applied to all of the behavioral health disciplines, and the creation of the first comprehensive framework detailing the effect of technology on relationships which has been applied cross-culturally.

Credit Hours: CEs provided with this course include 1.5 continuing education hours of credit.

Counselors: Telehealth Certification Institute LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6693. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Mental Health Counselors #MHC-0048.

Marriage and Family Therapists: Many MFT licensing boards accept our courses or one of the approvals which we have from professional associations. You can check with your board to determine if this course would be accepted by your licensing board.

Social Workers: Telehealth Certification Institute LLC, #1609, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 05/02/2024 – 05/02/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 1.5 clinical continuing education credits.

Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Social Workers #SW-0435.

Addiction Professionals: This course has been approved by Telehealth Certification Institute LLC, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #193104, Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is responsible for all aspects of the programing.

Psychologists: Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Telehealth Certification Institute LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Psychologists #PSY-0128.

Art Therapists: Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Creative Arts Therapists #CAT-0093.

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

This is a non-interactive, self-study course.

To receive your certificate of completion you must complete the course in its entirety.

Online courses are completed by registering, logging in, navigating to your course using the menu (My Courses – the Course Title), completing all of the modules, completing and passing the post-test, and completing the course evaluation. Participants have 6 months from registration to access and complete online self-study courses.

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Psychologists and other professionals seeking CE credit through our approval with the American Psychological Association are asked, but not required, to complete the course evaluation before obtaining their certificate of completion, however passing a post-test for online self-study courses and live webinars, and submitting one's attendance for live on-site and live webinars is required.

You can receive your certificate of completion by logging onto this website, navigating to the course using the menu (My Courses – the Course Title), scroll to the bottom of your course, and click on your certificate to either download it or print it.

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Cancellation Policy

Refunds are offered within the first 30 days for courses which have not been completed.  There is a 10% service fee for refunds.

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This course is intended for clinicians who provide behavioral health services.

Teaching methods for this course include recorded lectures, videos, a post-test, and a course evaluation.
This program was recorded September 13, 2022

You have six months to access online courses from the time of purchase.