Telemental Health and Distance Counseling

A Counselor's Guide to Decisions, Resources, and Practice

Heather Robertson
Springer Publishing
210 pages
ISBN: 978-0826179944
December 2020

This timely text provides foundational knowledge and skills pertaining to ethical and evidence-based practice for mental health providers engaging in or considering using distance modalities to treat clients. Targeting day-to-day application, the book explains the core functions of Telemental Health counseling (TMH), its benefits and risks, and its use across a broad spectrum of mental health modalities and settings. Using the framework of the ACA divisions, ASCA, and CACREP core areas, the text provides instructions to develop skills that readers can apply directly to their own counseling interactions.