Thinking of starting an online counseling practice and have questions? Maybe you don’t know where to start? Well I work with therapists every day to answer their questions on how to get started and always felt – I should record these conversations! Today – I get to! Sue Bates, a therapist in Seattle with over 40 years experience is starting a new adventure. She wants to travel and begin doing online counseling and has lots of great questions! She agreed to record our conversation so that you can learn along with her. What platforms should you use? How do you get set up with your web cam? What are the state laws? Who is appropriate for online counseling? Who isn’t? What about liability insurance? We cover it all. It’s a one stop shop for how to get started. Enjoy! Suebates.com How to look up license reciprocity? Here is the link Sue mentioned: http://www.counselor-license.com/articles/counselor- license.html State by state guide from Epstein Becker and Green for online therapy regulations: http://psychology.ohio.gov/Portals/0/MISC%20PDFs/EPSTEIN-BECKER- GREEN- 50-STATE- TELEMENTAL-HEALTH- SURVEY.pdf

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Clay Cockrell from onlinecounselling.com explores the world of online psychotherapy and those that practice tele-medicine. By interviewing those who have taken their practice to a global virtual audience, we have created a rich resource for therapists, counselors, social workers, psychologists and psychiatrists. Thinking of taking your practice online? Learn from those that have gone before you as we explore the benefits and challenges of online counseling.

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So good to be back after quite a hiatus. As our field is rapidly changing due to the Covid 19 Pandemic and therapists all over the world are being forced to work from home, I thought it would be a great idea to put out a few new episodes. And I couldn’t think of a better guest that Raymond Barrett. He is the founder of Telehealth Certification Institute and has been training therapist on TeleMental health for years. He is incredibly knowledgeable about how the regulations are changing in the last few days and I’m thrilled he could join us and keep us up to date. And he has put together a huge Online Therapy Summit – a weekend of classes that will provide continuing education training. The link to his site and to the summit is below: https://telementalhealthtraining.com/ https://telementalhealthtraining.com/course-offerings/product/summit-2020-full-access

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An interview with Jeff Guenther, founder of Therapy Den. Jeff Guenther is a licensed professional counselor and the founder of Therapy Den – a unique directory of psychotherapists that aims to be inclusive of all needs and works to promote diversity. Who better to talk about directories, than the founder of one?! Jeff has a wealth of knowledge and his site is full of information – including a great list of questions to explore on your initial consult call. Site: www.therapyden.com Consult questions: https://www.therapyden.com/blog/a-beginners-guide-to-therapy-part-2-  what-to-ask-in-the-consult   Please subscribe and enjoy!

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This is a teaser for my new Podcast, Finding Therapy! Fans of The Online Counselling Podcast will find the same great content with Finding Therapy. Thank you to the tens of thousands who have enjoyed The Online Counselling Podcast, I am glad to be back! Please subscribe and enjoy!

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Today we get to talk with Dr. Carly McCord about how she helped develop the TeleHealth Counseling Clinic at Texas A & M. Seeing that there was a need in rural Texas for mental health care, but realizing that clients had huge obstacles in receiving it (digital divide, transportation, etc) and having many qualified doctoral students at the University – she worked to combine the need with her students and added in technology – developing a clinic that has provided online therapy to over 800 clients (that’s 8000 sessions!). We talk about tele-supervision and training tomorrow’s online therapists. www.telehealthcounseling.org

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Forrest Pulley – Co-Founder Nicholas Fuller – Chief Technical Officer I am so fortunate to get to talk to Forrest Pulley (co-founder) and Nicholas Fuller (Chief Technical Officer) of iTherapy. iTherapy is an incredibly robust service that serves the field of online therapy. They offier HIPAA compliant video, EHR services, payment gateway, scheduling, notes and other services that are typical in the field. But they set themselves apart with their customer services and some of their higher offerings like business coaching, marketing guidance, virtual assistance and tips on how to jump start your practice as an online therapist. They’ve done a great job of listening to online therapists about their needs and then creating programs and services to meet those needs. They have a passion for serving the field and I’m so happy to get to interview them. www.itherapy.com

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