Telemental Health & Supervision with AI: Ethical & Legal Considerations - 6 hours

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• CE Hours Included: 6 (please see below for details)
• Format: On-Demand Webinar (“Asynchronous”, Non-Interactive) ~ At your leisure this recorded video is to be viewed at your own pace. You may pause, rewind, and fast forward at any point during the videos. You are in complete control of how you view this workshop. It also comes with a PowerPoint and references. There is a quiz at the end to ensure viewing and required by all CE approval organizations.
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• Investment: $140 (provides lifetime access!)
• Presented by: Nicole Thaxton, PhD, LPC, CPCS (see bio below)
• Date of Recording: July 24, 2026
• Instruction Level: Introductory
• Target Audience: Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists
• This workshop is not yet available; by pre-registering, you will receive immediate access when it becomes available in August.

Learning Objectives:

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

• Discuss the importance of training Supervisees in "TeleMental Health" and providing effective telemental health supervision (Continuing Education is now a requirement of supervisors in several states, including by the Georgia Composite Board)
• Evaluate how Artificial Intelligence has become a new area frontier of technology-assisted media and how to utilize it in your supervision (e.g., teach supervisees to create treatment plans and progress notes utilizing AI and how to do so ethically)
• Demonstrate what you need to include in your Supervisory Informed Consent, including recent requirements PSYPACT has employed regarding practicing in other states, which will most likely affect the Counseling and Social Workers Compacts as well.
• Discuss the circumstances regarding whether a Supervisee may practice across state lines under your license or not.
• Assess what technology applies to Telemental Supervision, including audio and video recordings of client sessions and how this technology needs to be stored, transferred, and destroyed.
• Discuss ethical guidelines for Supervision, particularly how they relate to Telemental Health.
• Demonstrate ways to respond to and manage emergencies, including a thorough Assessment for Fit for telemental health clients and supervisees to reduce liability (Both "Assessments for Fit" forms are included in this training).
• Discuss telemental health supervision cases.
• Assess the difference between Supervision and Consultation.

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. 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 are 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. Taken one step further, we need to make sure that our supervisees are aware of these requirements and nuances, and we need to apply them in supervision as well.

Workshop Agenda:

• TeleMental Health in Supervision (60 minutes)
  • Defining terms
  • Importance and current requirements
  • Supervisor responsibilities
  • Training supervisees
• Supervisory Informed Consent & Interstate Practice (60 minutes)
  • PSYPACT implications
  • Practicing across state lines
  • Documentation requirements
• Ethics in Telehealth Supervision (45 minutes)
  • Ethical guidelines review
  • Boundaries and confidentiality
  • Technology-related risks
• Technology & Data Management (45 minutes)
  • Recording sessions
  • Phones/Texting
  • Storage, transfer, destruction
  • HIPAA compliance
  • Social Media ethics
• Artificial Intelligence in Supervision (60 minutes)
  • Ethical use of AI tools
  • Clinical documentation support
  • Risks and limitations
• Emergency Management & Fit for Telehealth (30 minutes)
  • Assessments for fit
  • Crisis response planning
  • Liability reduction strategies
• Supervision vs. Consultation (15 minutes)
  • Definition of consultation and differences with supervision
  • How to become certified in supervision
• Case Discussion + Supervision vs Consultation (45 minutes)
  • Telehealth case scenarios
  • Differentiating roles
  • 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.

6 "Asynchronous" 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.
  • This course offers 6 Core CE hours for GA LPCs. If you are licensed in another state or country, please click here.
• 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.
  • TKT has applied for approval for this workshop through the Georgia Society for Clinical Social Work (GSCSW). If you are licensed in another state or country, please click here for more detailed information.
• MARRIAGE & FAMILY THERAPISTS: Many states will accept APA and/or NBCC-approved continuing education hours for Marriage & Family Therapists, but please check your specific state’s rules & regulations. This workshop offers 6 related hours for Georgia Marriage and Family Therapists. For more Georgia-specific information regarding MFT approval, please go to our CE Information page by clicking here and scrolling down to the map of Georgia.

Attendance Policy: 100% attendance, completion of a course evaluation and passing a post-test with a score of 70% or higher (you will have 2 retake opportunities) is required at any asynchronous 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 these completion requirements have been met.

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