BC-TMH Renewal · 2 Clock Hours

Practicing Across State Lines

Law, ethics, and safety in telemental health for the Counseling Compact era.

The Compact opened the door to practicing across state lines. This course prepares you to walk through it well, with the legal, ethical, and safety footing that a privilege to practice does not automatically provide.

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  • 2 clock hours, approved for BC-TMH renewal
  • Fully online and self-paced
  • 180 days of access
  • Grounded in the 2014 ACA Code, 2023 NBCC Code, and MSJCC

Who it's for

Built for the counselors the Compact just set in motion.

For licensed counselors and telemental health providers practicing, or preparing to practice, across state lines. If the Compact is part of your future, this is the groundwork underneath it.

What you'll learn

The questions distance practice actually raises.

Where care happens

Where care legally happens when you and your client are in different states.

Informed consent

How to build a consent process that holds up across jurisdictions.

Crisis planning

What a real crisis plan looks like when help is far from your client.

Codes and competencies

How the 2014 ACA Code, 2023 NBCC Code, and MSJCC apply to distance practice.

You leave with tools you can put to work in your caseload the same week, not a compliance checklist you file and forget.

Your instructor

Taught by the person who wrote the curriculum.

Dr. Michael Jones, PhD, LPC-S, NCC, BC-TMH, is a counselor educator, tenured professor, and the author of the CCE-approved BC-TMH curriculum that has prepared more than 10,000 clinicians. He has taught telemental health ethics since long before the field caught up.

Continuing education

Two clock hours, approved for BC-TMH renewal.

The Counselor Education Collective has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6549. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Counselor Education Collective is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Questions

Frequently asked questions.

Practice across state lines with confidence.

Enroll in Practicing Across State Lines today.

Enroll for $39