Filled with best practices, case studies, and treatment adaptations for working virtually, this intensive online certification training provides the education you need to confidently and competently offer safe, effective teletherapy services to your clients — allowing you to work from a variety of settings, including your home or office.
PLUS... this comprehensive training will teach you step by step how you can use neuroscience to inform why, how and what techniques will stop the symptoms of anxiety — even the tough to treat panic attacks, worry, rumination, nausea, and pounding hearts.
Completely online and self-paced, you can view this comprehensive certification training whenever and wherever the time is right.
Once you complete this training you'll immediately qualify to become a Clinical Telemental Health Provider PLUS a Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional (CCATP).
Mastering Teletherapy & Anxiety Treatment in the Age of Social Distancing:
Your guide to documentation, ethics and insurance
A $1,319.99 Value
Yours FREE when you become a BetterHelp Clinician
BONUS! Your clinical telemental health provider certification (a $149.99 value) AND your anxiety certification (a $99.99 value) are included at no additional cost to you!
You'll also earn up to 31.25 CE Hours.
Click here for Credit details
Certification Made Simple
In just three easy steps, you can become a Clinical Telemental Health Provider (CTMH) AND a Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional (CCATP).
Step 1: Watch the online course
Step 2: Complete the CE tests and instantly print your certificates of completion.
Step 3: Submit the Certification Questionnaire included in this training, and your application is complete.*
Step 1: Watch the online course
Step 2: Complete the CE tests and instantly print your certificates of completion.
Step 3: Submit the Certification Questionnaire included in this training, and your application is complete.*
That’s it! No hidden fees. No catch. Just certification made EASY.
*Professional standards apply. Learn more at www.evergreencertifications.com/ccatp and at www.evergreencertifications.com/ctmh
Part 1 | Certified Clinical Telemental Health Provider Training
Presented by: Joni Gilbertson, MA, NCC, LCPC, LMHC, BC-TMH,CTMH
Presented by: Joni Gilbertson, MA, NCC, LCPC, LMHC, BC-TMH,CTMH
Your complete guide to distance therapy! Filled with best practices, case studies, and treatment adaptations for working virtually, this intensive training will provide you the education you need to confidently and competently offer safe, effective teletherapy services to your clients — allowing you to work from a variety of settings, including your home or office.
Teletherapy for Mental Health Professionals:
What You Need to Know Before You Get Started
What You Need to Know Before You Get Started
- The Types of Teletherapy
- Synchronous Format – Live Interaction via Video
- Asynchronous Format – Transfers of Information Electronically
- Evidence Supporting the Effectiveness of Teletherapy for Clients and Various Populations
- The Benefits and Risk for Teletherapy
- Recent Trends in Teletherapy
Legal & Ethical Issues
- Following a Code of Ethics
- Legal Implications of Practicing Across State Lines
- Privacy & Security
- HIPAA Compliance Concerns
- Documentation & Paperwork Issues
- Ensure Data Protection & Avoid Unintended Access/Disclosure
- The Client’s Perception of Privacy via Videoconferencing
- Boundary Issues More Likely to Arise in Teletherapy
- Multicultural Issues in Teletherapy
- Technology Competence of the Clinician and Client
How to Start Your Mental Health Telepractice
- Offering Your Teletherapy Services – Where to Begin?
- How to Introduce the Concept to Clients
- Who is a Good Fit for Teletherapy? Who is Not?
- Administrative Responsibilities
- Policies & Procedures Consideration – Protect Yourself and Your License
- Informed Consent – Unique Concerns & Best Practices
- Intake Process – Tips You Need to Know
- Emergency Plan for Teletherapy
- Client Interviewing & Assessment Techniques
- Videoconferencing vs. Telephone
- Best Practices for Professionalism
- Camera Placement, Background, Proximity & Dress Attire
- Handling Technical Issues
Important Business Aspects to Consider
- Marketing Concerns with Teletherapy Practice
- Billing & Reimbursement Strategies – Is This Covered Under My Client’s Insurance Policy?
- Payment Fee Structure Considerations
- Communication of Payment Structure to Client
- Professional Liability Insurance – Teletherapy Covered?
- Client Expectations & How They Differ Versus In-Person Therapy
- Financial, Accounting & Tax Concerns
- Giving and Getting Referrals – Issues for Telepractice
Choosing a Platform:
What Technology is Right for You and Your Clients?
What Technology is Right for You and Your Clients?
- An Overview of the Various Platforms Available
- Demonstrations of Key Features
- How to Assess What Features are Important for You
- Cost Comparisons
- What Legal Assurances Do I Need from A Platform Provider?
- Client Considerations When Choosing a Platform
- What Technology is My Client Using & Where From?
Demonstrations of Teletherapy in Practice
- A Guided Tour of How to Begin a Teletherapy Videoconferencing Session
- What Videoconferencing Looks Like in Practice
- Key Techniques to Enhance the Teletherapy In-Session Experience
- Presentation Skills & Tips
Additional Technology Considerations
- Text Message & Email Teletherapy – Security, Privacy & Expectations
- Cloud Storage – What are the legal issues?
- Virtual Reality – What You Need to Know
Treatment Adaptations to Consider for Teletherapy
- Disorders
- Discuss Key Adjustments Recommended for Practicing Teletherapy for Different Disorders
- Populations
- Evidence & Best Practices for Tailoring Teletherapy to a Variety of Clients
- Important Adaptations for Groups or Couples
- Modalities
- Which Modalities Most Easily Apply to Teletherapy & Which Could Use Adaptions
The Future of Teletherapy for Mental Health Professionals
- Possible Future New Rules & Regulations
- Up & Coming Technology Trends to Be Aware Of
- What Distance Therapy Might Look Like in 10 years
Mastering Teletherapy & Anxiety Treatment in the Age of Social Distancing:
Your guide to documentation, ethics and insurance
A $1,319.99 Value...
Yours FREE when you become a BetterHelp Clinician
Your guide to documentation, ethics and insurance
A $1,319.99 Value...
Yours FREE when you become a BetterHelp Clinician
BONUS! Your clinical telemental health provider certification (a $149.99 value) AND your anxiety certification (a $99.99 value) are included at no additional cost to you!
You'll also earn up to 31.25 CE Hours.
Click here for Credit details
Part 2 | Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional (CCATP) Training
Presented by: Catherine M. Pittman, Ph.D., HSPP
In Part 2, you’ll see how neuroscience can inform why, how and what techniques can help your clients stop the symptoms of anxiety — even the tough to treat panic attacks, worry, rumination, nausea, and pounding hearts.
More than just the neurobiological "whats and whys," you'll also learn the "hows" of actual treatment — so you’ll know exactly how to empower your clients with strategies to resist anxiety-igniting cognitions and find deep, lasting relief from panic, worry, trauma and obsessions.
Using Neuroscience in the Treatment of Anxiety
How does Neuroscience inform the clinical treatment of anxiety? In Module one, you will explore the neurological processes behind anxiety. You'll also learn...
- How you can help your anxious clients understand their own symptoms, feelings, interpretations, beliefs
- What to do when treatment strategies for anxiety produce anxiety
- How to work within the goal of changing the brain rather than the goal of reducing anxiety
- How neuroplasticity makes the brain more resistant to anxiety
- Simple explanations you can share with clients about how anxiety travels through their brain
Working with the Amygdala
You'll learn how the amygdala fuels anxiety and how amygdala management can improve your client's level of functioning without the use of medication.
- Why amygdala management is essential for all Anxiety Disorders, PTSD, OCD, Depression
- The amygdala's role in the stress/fear/anxiety response and formation of emotional memories
- How to train the brain to stop responding to negative anxiety “triggers”
- The Vagus nerve’s role in recovery from the activation of the sympathetic nervous system
- Interventions that reduce anxiety "fuel" produced in the amygdala
- Using exposure: safely activating the fear circuitry created in the amygdala to generate new connections
Managing the Cortex
The brain's cortex plays an "anxiety igniting" role in many anxiety disorders, including: GAD, SAD, OCD, PTSD and also depression, eating disorders and substance abuse. In Module 3, you'll learn tools and strategies for recognizing and managing anxiety driven by the cortex. You'll also learn...
- How the cortex constructs reality
- How to resist the effects of anticipation and the healthy (adaptive) use of worry
- “Survival of the busiest” principle — strengthen or weaken specific circuitry
- How to recognize and modify the impact of uncertainty
- Left hemisphere techniques: How to use cognitive defusion, coping thoughts, and fighting anticipation
- Right hemisphere techniques: How to use imagery and music
Medications in the Treatment of Anxiety
Even when you don't prescribe medications, it's important to understand how medication impacts your treatment plan. In this module, you'll learn how your partnership with prescribers can improve overall client education on how medication affects clients and their therapeutic goals.
- The myth of the chemical imbalance
- Tools for assessing medication use during the initial intake
- How SSRIs and SNRIs promote neuroplasticity
- The danger of sedating the brain with benzodiazepines
- An overview of buspirone, beta blockers and sedatives/hypnotics/z-drugs
- The effectiveness of CBT and meds
Exposure Strategies for Teaching the Amygdala
Using exposure can help teach the brain new, positive ways to respond. In this module, you'll learn to safely and effectively use exposure strategies to create new emotional learning.
- Tools for helping clients learn to reduce avoidance and push through anxiety
- How to prepare clients for exposure: psychoeducation, breathing training, cognitive restructuring
- In vivo vs. imaginal exposure approaches
- Interoceptive triggers and methods for exposure
- Use of Subjective Units of Distress/Discomfort Scale (SUDS)
- Concerns associated with safety signals, medications, distraction
- How to troubleshoot problems
Mindfulness in the Anxious Brain
Our clients with anxiety or depression may be so paralyzed with worry or rumination that they aren't aware of their experiences. When we introduce Mindfulness to the anxious brain, we provide an evidence-based avenue for changing the brain to be more resistant to anxiety and its symptoms.
- Defining basic emotional reactions: Attachment, Aversion, Indifference
- How to practice self-acceptance and erase the detrimental effect of judgment
- Using mindfulness to explore thoughts, sensations, and emotional reactions
- How to use the power of intention to focus thoughts in new directions
- Tools for coping with common reactions to aversion
Using Neuropsychologically Informed CBT Interventions
In this module, you'll work on increasing the effectiveness of CBT tools by using neurologically informed interventions. You'll learn exactly what to do to use this skills-based approach to help your clients practice new behaviors and strengthen new neural connections to ease their anxiety.
- Using CBT and neurological knowledge to strengthen client engagement
- Advantages of the strategic use of neuroscience in CBT
- Why focusing on logic and disputing has limits
- Using skills-based approaches in CBT to provide the brain experiences to learn
Treating Comorbid Depression
With some estimates showing that 60% of those with anxiety will also have symptoms of depression, you are likely treating individuals for both disorders. In this module, you'll explore the link between anxiety and depression and learn how you can more effectively improve both disorders through interventions that help make the brain more resistant to anxiety and depression.
- How the hippocampus impacts negative thinking
- Exercises to help clients focus on the positive
- Addressing worry, rumination, and common cognitive errors in depression
- Benefits of goal setting and behavioral activation
- Key role of social support and social interaction
Cognitive Restructuring Interventions
When clients have obsessive, ruminative and worry-based thinking, clinicians can easily get caught up in the process. In module 9, we’ll cover effective approaches for working with OCD and GAD that ensure we don’t co-obsess.
- How to challenge distorted thoughts and unrealistic beliefs and images
- How to identify and stop anxiety-igniting thoughts common in OCD and GAD
- Strategies for helping clients embrace uncertainty
- Making OCD or worry the adversary: Don’t be bullied!
- Why clients should schedule obsessions or worries to bring them under control
Using Reconsolidation Approaches
Breakthrough research shows we can modify and erase old memories through reactivation – which can reduce anxiety symptoms quickly. In this final module, you'll explore step-by-step how to safely use therapeutic memory reconsolidation to improve anxiety treatment.
- Explaining implicit emotional learning and identifying examples
- How to assist the client to experience the memory structure in the present moment
- How to promote your client’s experiential learning of emotional truth
- Steps for disconfirming the emotional memory with “mismatching” information that invalidates it
Mastering Teletherapy & Anxiety Treatment in the Age of Social Distancing:
Your guide to documentation, ethics and insurance
A $1,319.99 Value...
Yours FREE when you become a BetterHelp Clinician
Your guide to documentation, ethics and insurance
A $1,319.99 Value...
Yours FREE when you become a BetterHelp Clinician
BONUS! Your clinical telemental health provider certification (a $149.99 value) AND your anxiety certification (a $99.99 value) are included at no additional cost to you!
You'll also earn up to 31.25 CE Hours.
Click here for Credit details
The Next Steps in Advancing Your Practice
Sign up to become a BetterHelp Clinician. Once you become an approved BetterHelp clinician, you'll get everything you need to access the training — FREE! Click here for course objectives and outline.
Access this online course forever. Review materials at your own pace and convenience! Plus, use the PESI app to access the course content on-the-go, wherever and whenever you want on your mobile devices.
Instantly collaborate with other professionals on the course materials through interactive message boards. You'll be part of a community of hundreds of practitioners all focused on mastering telehealth and anxiety treatment, providing valuable opportunities to share insight and experiences and build your professional network.
Complete your online CE tests and earn up to 31.25 CE Hours! Click here for Credit details and credit details specific to your profession.
Mastering Teletherapy & Anxiety Treatment in the Age of Social Distancing:
Your guide to documentation, ethics and insurance
A $1,319.99 Value — Yours FREE when you become a BetterHelp Clinician
Your guide to documentation, ethics and insurance
A $1,319.99 Value — Yours FREE when you become a BetterHelp Clinician
BONUS! Your clinical telemental health provider certification (a $149.99 value) AND your anxiety certification (a $99.99 value) are included at no additional cost to you!
You'll also earn up to 31.25 CE Hours.
Click here for Credit details