Telemental Health: What Every Student Needs to Know - Rosanne Nunnery

\n \nFeaturing contributed chapters written by experts in the field, Telemental Health: What Every Student Needs to Know equips future counselors with the tools, skillsets, and knowledge required to effectively serve clients across different modalities.\n \n \n \nOpening chapters address the history of telemental health, opportunities and challenges associated with practice, ethical decision-making, and technical and practical considerations with emphasis on creating a telemental health space that is professional and confidential. Readers learn about the importance of integrating assessment within the telemental health setting. They are provided with strategies for initial screenings for appropriate fit for telemental health, biopsychosocial assessments, and crisis and suicide assessments with a focus on how to navigate these digitally.\n \n \n \nAdditional chapters explore clinical skills, relationship-building, documentation, billing, and recordkeeping. Readers learn about working with specialized populations, including young children, adolescent and older adult populations, couples, families, groups, LGBTQ+ populations, individuals in recovery, and individuals with intellectual disabilities and chronic pain. The closing chapter discusses the importance of self-care for telemental health practitioners.\n \n \n \nDesigned to support the modern counselor, Telemental Health is ideal for graduate-level students in counseling and related fields, as well as any helping professional who is new to providing telemental health services.\n