Clinical and Ethical Perspectives in Telemental Health

9:00am to 10:30am

LIVE WEBINAR

Presenter: Eleni Toumarides, MA, LCSW

NASW-NYS Members: $15

NASW Other Chapter Member: $22.50

Non-Members: $30

This workshop is approved for 1.5 continuing education credit hours for licensed social workers, licensed mental health counselors, and licensed marriage and family therapists

Workshop Description

As the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic have set in, social workers have had to make major changes in the way that they practice. Clients and communities are struggling with how to stay healthy, how to care for the most vulnerable, and how to cope with the stress and anxiety that have emerged from the pandemic. Many social workers have switched from in-person practice to practicing online with clients. This webinar will assist social workers to expand their practice through telemental health, enabling them to continue to provide quality services, while maintaining the communication and rapport of face-to-face sessions. Participants will recognize and respond to ethical issues arising from these new realities: providing services for clients who lack easy access to technology, competence required for providing services online, maintaining appropriate boundaries with clients, triaging when service capacity is overwhelmed, changes in HIPAA regulations, and implications for confidentiality and risk management.] 

Learning Objectives

After the completion of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Identify different types of telehealth options available to utilize with various types of clients.
• Effectively navigate challenges of telehealth care.
• Identify which clients may not be appropriate for telehealth care.
• Build rapport with clients and create boundaries when utilizing telehealth care

This workshop is approved for 1.5 continuing education credit hours.

NASW-NYS 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 social workers (Provider ID #0014), licensed mental health counselors (Provider ID #MHC-0053), and licensed marriage and family therapists. (Provider ID #MFT-0037)

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Presenter:

Eleni Toumarides MA, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker with a Master of Social Work degree from WSSW, and a Master of Arts degree in Forensic Psychology from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. She has over 10 years of experience in mental health settings, including Bleuler Psychotherapy Center, and Manhattan Psychiatric Center, as well as administrative roles, such as Senior Program Director of CAMBA Park Slope Women’s Shelter. She additionally has served as a Field Advisor. Field Instructor and Adjunct Professor at WSSW. She currently runs a group private practice in Manhattan, where she and her staff use telemental health in their work with individuals, couples, and families. She has over 10 years of experience in telemental health, and is a Certified Telemental Health Provider..