Telemental Health with AI: Ethical & Legal Considerations CE Webinar for therapists, counselors, psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists
 
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Telemental Health with AI: Ethical & Legal Considerations - 6 hours

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When & Where:

  • Date: Friday, November 13, 2026
  • Time: 10:30am - 5:30pm Eastern Time
  • CE Hours Included: 6 (please see below for details)
  • Location: Live Interactive Webinar ("Synchronous") on Zoom
  • Investment: $140 before Friday, October 30th at 5:00pm Eastern Time, $160 after
  • Presented by: Nicole Thaxton, PhD, LPC, CPCS (see bio below)
  • Workshop Recording: A recording of this workshop is available to review for 60 days after the presentation. However, participants must attend live to receive the "Synchronous" CE Certificate.
  • Instruction Level: Intermediate
  • Target Audience: Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists

Learning Objectives:

After completing this workshop in its entirety, you will be able to:

  • Explain the importance of training in "Telemental Health" and providing ethical, effective telemental health services.
  • Describe how Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a new frontier of technology-assisted clinical practice and how to utilize it ethically in areas such as treatment planning, clinical documentation, and other appropriate mental health applications. The potential impact of the lack of data on diversity and inclusion will be discussed.
  • Describe what should be included in a Telemental Health Informed Consent, including recent interstate practice considerations such as PSYPACT and the Counseling and Social Work Compacts.
  • Describe the circumstances regarding practicing across state lines, including legal, ethical, and licensure considerations.
  • Identify the technology used in Telemental Health, including audio and video recordings of client sessions, and understand how this technology should be stored, transferred, and destroyed.
  • Explain ethical guidelines for Telemental Health, including confidentiality, boundaries, technology use, and professional responsibilities.
  • Demonstrate ways to respond to and manage emergencies, including conducting a thorough Assessment for Fit for Telemental Health clients to reduce liability, with special attention to diverse populations (the Assessment for Fit form is included in this training).
  • Apply ethical, legal, and clinical decision-making to a diverse array of Telemental Health cases.

Workshop Description:

The use of "technology-assisted media" in the delivery of mental health services (or Telemental Health) has generated a lot of confusion and controversy. First of all, many therapists are confused about what even constitutes Telemental Health, which is much more far-reaching than many people realize. Basically, if a device requires electricity and you're using it to administer any level of mental health care, you're practicing Telemental Health. This includes phones (voice and texts), computers & tablets (email, billing, or storage of files), fax machines, the Internet (cloud storage of records, billing transactions, video-conferencing, the use of artificial intelligence, or even recommending apps and websites to clients). There is also a multitude of ethical issues and requirements related to each of these options, and every therapist's ethics code now states we need training in Telemental Health. This is why many licensing boards have passed laws requiring therapists to complete training in Telemental Health.

Workshop Agenda:

I. Foundations of Telemental Health (60 minutes)

  • Defining terms
  • Importance and current requirements
  • Clinician responsibilities
  • Best practices for providing telehealth services

III. Telemental Health Informed Consent & Interstate Practice (60 minutes)

  • PSYPACT implications
  • Practicing across state lines
  • Documentation requirements

IV. Ethics in Telemental Health (45 minutes)

  • Ethical guidelines review
  • Boundaries and confidentiality
  • Technology-related risks

V. Technology & Data Management (45 minutes)

  • Recording sessions
  • Phones/Texting
  • Storage, transfer, destruction
  • HIPAA compliance
  • Social media ethics

VI. Artificial Intelligence in Mental Health Practice (60 minutes)

  • Ethical use of AI tools
  • Clinical documentation support
  • Risks and limitations

VII. Emergency Management & Fit for Telemental Health (45 minutes)

  • Assessments for fit
  • Crisis response planning
  • Liability reduction strategies
  • Review of Ethical-Decision Making Models

VIII. Case Discussion & Clinical Application (45 minutes)

  • Telemental Health case scenarios, including cultural awareness and diversity with populations related to TeleMental Health
  • Ethical and legal decision-making
  • Best practices

Presented by: Nicole Thaxton, PhD, LPC, CPCS

Nicole Thaxton, PhD, LPC, CPCS, has one goal in life – to help people live life well. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Professional Counselor Supervisor, and the Founder of Atlanta Wellness Collective, a group mental health practice located in Acworth, Marietta, and Roswell, GA. She is a writer, speaker, trainer, documentation nerd, and frequent continuing education presenter on clinical supervision. Her doctoral research was on the topic of conflicts in clinical supervision. She has spent the past decade in the mental health field. Dr. Nicole is married to a fellow counselor, RJ Thaxton, and has three daughters. For more information, visit atlwell.com and nicolethaxton.com.

Workshop Schedule (Eastern Time):

  • 10:00am - 10:30am | Sign-In and Welcome
  • 10:30am - 12:00pm | Session
  • 12:00pm - 12:10pm | Break
  • 12:10pm - 1:40pm | Session
  • 1:40pm - 2:20pm | Lunch Break
  • 2:20pm - 3:50pm | Session
  • 3:50pm - 4:00pm | Break
  • 4:00pm - 5:30pm | Session
  • 5:30pm | Continuing Education Certificates Available

6 Ethics CE Hours Included - Details by License Type Below:

  • PSYCHOLOGISTS: The Knowledge Tree, A Summit Professional Education Company is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Knowledge Tree, A Summit Professional Education Company maintains responsibility for this program and its content. For more detailed information on the current CE ruling in Georgia, or if you are licensed in another state or country, please click here.
  • COUNSELORS: The Knowledge Tree, A Summit Professional Education Company has been approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) as an Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP), ACEP No. 7153. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Knowledge Tree, A Summit Professional Education Company is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Please click here for more detailed information.
  • SOCIAL WORKERS: The Knowledge Tree, a Summit Professional Education Company, provider #2470, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 1/14/2026-1/14/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 6 ethics continuing education credits. Please click here for more detailed information.
  • MARRIAGE & FAMILY THERAPISTS: TKT has applied for approval for this workshop through the Georgia Association for Marriage & Family Therapy (GAMFT). If you are licensed in another state or country, please click here for more detailed information.

Registration: To register for individual workshops, we recommend purchasing the course directly on the workshop's page on our website. If you would like to register for multiple workshops at once and receive our multi-workshop discount (detailed below), you may either complete the Multi-Workshop Registration Form (available HERE) and email it to our Customer Service Team at theknowledgetree@summit.zendesk.com or call them at 404-913-2005 to register over the phone. Workshops worth fewer than 3 CE hours are not eligible for the multi-workshop discount and are therefore not listed on the registration form. Workshop registration for live webinars is open until the time the workshop begins, unless otherwise specified.

Multi-Workshop Discount: There is a 10% discount when registering for two workshops, a 15% discount when registering for three or four workshops, and a 20% discount when registering for five or more workshops. To receive this discount, you must use the Multi-Workshop Registration Form (available HERE). The discount only applies to courses purchased in the same transaction; the discount cannot be applied to courses purchased directly on our website, and cannot be applied retroactively to courses previously purchased. As stated above, courses worth fewer than 3 CE hours are NOT eligible for the multi-workshop discount and are therefore not listed on the registration form.

Refund/Cancellation Policy: If you can no longer attend a workshop you have registered for, you can either receive a credit for another workshop or receive a refund if you are within the refund policy period. Refunds will be given for cancellations received at least five days prior to the workshop. More information about refund/cancellation can be found here.

Attendance Policy: 100% attendance and completion of a course evaluation is required at any CE program in order to receive credit for that CE program. No partial credit is given. Certificates of completion will be available in each attendee’s account once the broadcast has ended and the course evaluation completed.

ADA Requests: We will make every effort to accommodate any reasonable ADA request. Please call or email us at least two weeks prior to the event. Payment and registration are required to fulfill an ADA request.

No Conflict Policy: Neither The Knowledge Tree nor its speakers have received any commercial support for this program or its contents and will not receive any commercial support prior to or during this program. 

System Requirements: Live Interactive Webinars are facilitated via Zoom. System requirements for the Zoom platform are linked at our FAQ page.

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