Risk Assessment, Suicide Prevention, and Telehealth: Considerations and Practices

This Webinar is On-Demand and can be accessed upon registration at any time. On-Demand Webinar duration is 2 hours. You will earn 2 Telehealth CEUs upon completion of the on-demand webinar. 

Description: In a series of polls conducted among licensed mental health professionals in Florida, 64 % of clinicians who were involved in direct client care were providing telehelath only, and an additional 23 % were providing a combination of in-person and telehealth services.  This massive transition in which 87 % of clinicians were providing telehelath was undoubtedly ushered in by the COVID-19 pandemic and the need for clinicians to provide therapy while social distancing.  Given recent revisions to Florida law related to mandatory reporting of imminent risk of harm to self or others, clinicians who are relatively new to telehelath have been pondering important questions, such as:

• What if an emergency happens, and I’m not sure where my client is?
• How do I conduct risk assessments when I’m not even in the same building as the client?
• How can I give my high-risk clients a more “personal touch” that fosters therapeutic alliance when we’re sitting behind screens?

In this 2-hour webinar, we’ll explore these questions and collaborate on strategies, practices, and resources aimed at equipping attendees to provide care with high-risk clients via telehealth.

CE Broker Tracking #: 20-758715

This is an event sponsored by FMHCA. This course is approved by the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling, LMHC, LMFT, LCSW – FMHCA CE Broker #: 50-748

Learning Objectives:

1. Articulate an understanding of Florida law and mandated reporting.
2. Identify risk assessment tools that can be used via telehealth.
3. Expand your clinical toolkit for fostering a therapeutic relationship with high-risk clients in a telehealth environment. 

About the Presenter: 

Aaron Norton is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapy serving as Executive Director of the National Board of Forensic Evaluators, Adjunct Instructor at the University of South Florida, Southern Regional Director for the American Mental Health Counselors Association, and President of the Florida Mental Health Counselors Association. He has more than 15 years of clinical experience at Integrity Counseling, Inc., was awarded Mental Health Counselor of the Year by the American Mental Health Counselors Association and Counselor Educator of the Year by the Florida Mental Health Counselors Association in 2016, and has been published in Addiction Professional, American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, Journal of Individual Psychology, and The Advocate Magazine, the official magazine of the American Mental Health Counselors Association.