Therapy in the Post-Lockdown Limbo
The states are starting to open up some parts of the working world. Does that mean a return of in-person therapy sessions? If so, what might they look like?
The states are starting to open up some parts of the working world. Does that mean a return of in-person therapy sessions? If so, what might they look like?
Good teletherapy practice calls for backup plans even in the best of times. During COVID, the need for contingencies and patience is increased.
We’ve gotten some good observational data from various group practice owners about what is helping clinicians retain clients during COVID and what is not.
Doing therapy over video can tax muscles if you’re using poor body mechanics. Also, the changes which reduce fatigue can deliver better clinical services.
Our concerns about Zoom and health privacy have deepened recently, which prompts the question of alternatives for group therapy. We provide a few options.
Like every mental health care provider at this moment, you’re faced with navigating the transition to providing client care via telemental health. As a group practice leader, you’re navigating this change not just for yourself, but for your whole team.
How can you manage this transition in a way that ensures the provision of clinically-effective standards-based care? What components do you need to have in place to facilitate this transition in a way that not only meets and responds to current needs, but also positions your practice to be strengthened by it in a way that will serve it in the long-term and position you to capture the opportunities that having a telemental health component of your practice can provide?
Zoom’s boom has made privacy issues become apparent. Those issues doesn’t leave us feeling confident that Zoom is something we can recommend for healthcare.
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Therapists across the country are unsure if our practices are “essential services” — especially since we’re all doing telehealth now, anyways. Are they?