AI at the Screen: Ethical Use of AI Tools in Teletherapy

AI at the Screen
Ethical AI integration for the counseling room

2 NBCC hours | Home study, on demand | $39

Artificial intelligence is already in your sessions. It is in the platform that transcribes your notes, the scheduling tool that nudges your clients, the chatbot a client mentions using at two in the morning when no one else was awake. The question is no longer whether AI enters the counseling relationship. It is how you respond when it does, and whether you can defend that response.

This course gives you a way to think clearly about that. Not a list of tools to fear or adopt, but a framework for the decisions that stay yours: what you consent your clients to, what you document, and where your professional judgment holds the line. You will leave able to name what is happening in your own practice and act on it with intention.

What you will work through

The course moves across three areas. First, the AI that already shapes teletherapy, the tools you did not necessarily choose but are working inside of anyway. Second, the difference between tools you adopt on purpose and tools your clients bring into the room on their own. Third, the consent and documentation decisions that remain your responsibility no matter what technology is involved, and the relational care principles that should guide them.

Learning objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Identify the forms of artificial intelligence already operating in teletherapy and telehealth settings, including tools adopted by the counselor and tools introduced by clients.

Apply a relational care lens to decisions about AI use, consent, and documentation in clinical practice.

Describe the counselor's ethical responsibility for consent and documentation when AI tools are present in the counseling relationship.

Format and completion

The course runs about two hours of video and podcast instruction with required readings, available on demand so you complete it on your own schedule. A short post-test confirms completion, and your certificate is issued once you finish the course.

Who it is for

Licensed professional counselors, counselor educators, supervisors, and counselors in training who want to meet AI in their practice with ethical footing rather than guesswork. The content is built for graduate-level counseling professionals.

Your presenter

Dr. Michael Jones is a tenured Professor of Counseling, a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor, and a Board Certified Telemental Health Provider. His work centers on the ethical integration of artificial intelligence in counseling, telemental health, and culturally responsive practice. He speaks nationally on AI ethics in the counseling profession and is the co-editor of Mental Health and the Black Man: A Mixtape Experience of Hardship and Harmony (Cognella, 2026).