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"Counselor educators and instructors need impactful and concise strategies to successfully integrate telemental health (TMH) concepts into an already demanding counseling curriculum. As TMH counseling continues to expand in a post-pandemic era, counselor educators and instructors are charged with the responsibility of training the next generation of professional counselors in ethical and effective TMH counseling. Utilizing the CACREP general curriculum and specialization standards as a framework, Integrating Telemental Health Practice into Counselor Education Training provides counselor educators, doctoral students, and instructors with creative ideas, as well as concrete strategies, to infuse content on TMH into their existing courses and curriculum. Readers will benefit from suggested TMH content for each CACREP standard, as well as TMH teaching tips and sample lessons from contributing authors. Lessons include variations for in-person and online instruction. This book provides the counselor educator or doctoral student with a foundational knowledge of TMH, who needs ideas and activities to seamlessly infuse TMH concepts into their counseling courses and curricula"-- Provided by publisher.
List of contents
Understanding Telemental Health (TMH) Practice
Teaching Telemental Health (TMH) Practice
Professional Counseling Orientation & Practice
Social and Cultural Identities and Experiences
Lifespan Development
Career Development
Counseling Practice and Relationships
Group Counseling and Group Work
Assessment and Diagnostic Processes
Research and Program Evaluation
Addictions Counseling
Career Counseling
Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling
College and Student Affairs Counseling
Marriage, Couple, and Family Counseling
School Counseling
Professional Practice/Fieldwork
Counselor Education and Supervision
The Future of Telemental Health (TMH) Counseling & Training
About the author
Dr. Heather C. Robertson (she/her) is a Professor and the Chair of Counselor Education at St. John’s University. She is a Licensed Professional
Counselor (LPC, CT), Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC, NY), Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC), Certified Rehabilitation Counselor
(CRC), Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC, NY), Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS), Global Career Development Facilitator (GCDF), and Board Certified Telemental Health Provider (BC-TMH). She earned a PhD in Counselor Education & Supervision
from Virginia Tech, and an MS. in Counseling & Guidance from Texas A & M University at Corpus Christi. Research and advocacy efforts include College and Career Transition, Substance Abuse, Military and Veterans, Telemental Health, and reducing the stigma of Mental Illness and Addiction. She has been researching, publishing, and practicing in telemental health since 2016, having received national, regional, and local grants in her research. She is the author of Telemental Health and Distance Counseling: A Counselor’s Guide to Decisions, Resources, and Practice (2021).
