Practice Counseling Across State Lines: How Do I Do It?, LPC SW, MFT Ethics

For 7 years I wrote, interpreted and enforced Georgia licensing board rules and law. This 2 NBCC Hour webinar provides information you are not likely to find anywhere else. It is the result of years of interaction with state counseling board officials on telemental health rules and law. Interact with therapists across the nation. Can you deliver telemental health across state lines? As a rule, practice across state lines without a license is illegal. I'll discuss exceptions, caveats and trends of states' streamlining interstate telemental health through various legal and regulatory means.

The primary purpose of this webinar is for participants to obtain the most current information on several states' approaches to interstate practice of psychotherapy. Participants can integrate this into their own prototypical model of providing ethical telehealth psychotherapy.

Course Objectives:

Participants will demonstrate ability to develop their own prototypical model of telemental mental health delivery.

Participants will demonstrate understanding of trends in demand for interstate electronic therapy.

Participants will gain understanding of jurisdictional and licensing issues of maintaining multiple state licenses.

About Your Presenter:

During his appointment to the Composite Board, Eric made formal judgements on over 200 licensing board complaints against Professional Counselors, Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists and processed over 7000 APC/LPC applications. Participants enjoy Eric's relaxed and lighthearted presentation of serious material and how this non-threatening approach promotes a consciousness of ethics across the profession. He specializes in dissociative disorders and addiction in his Atlanta private practice. Eric is founder and president of the non-profit state chapter Georgia Council on Problem Gambling.

Who Should Attend?

Anyone interested in or practicing psychotherapy in the state of Georgia including individuals licensed by the Composite Board and non-licensees who want to know whether they are engaging in unlicensed telemental health practice. Agency administrators and supervisors interested in learning more about how the state regulates the practice of their employees.

Eric Groh LPC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6921.

Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Eric Groh LPC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.

2 Core Hours for LPC. Related Hours for all others. These hours are accepted by the Georgia Composite Board to meet credentialing requirements.

**Be in the classroom early. If you are LATE, you may attend but a CE certificate cannot be issued.**

Eric Groh LPC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6921. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Eric Groh LPC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.