BC-TMH case studies
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The Board Certified-TeleMental Health (BC-TMH) is a credential offered through the Center for Credentialing & Education (CCE), a credentialing body that also administers credentials such as ACS, BCC, GCDF, and HS-BCP. CCE describes the BC-TMH as a response to the rapid growth of telemental health: as people's lives become busier and they seek treatment methods beyond traditional office visits, the credential was created to support safe and effective practice for mental health professionals working across a variety of disciplines. The BC-TMH case studies are 5 cases and about 3,281 words.
1Continuing Therapy After a Client Relocates Across State Lines
Your client, a 34-year-old graphic designer, has attended weekly video sessions from an apartment in Richmond, Virginia, for eight months. You hold a Virginia LPC license and a Virginia-only malpractice policy; you have never been licensed in Maryland and have not practiced under any interstate privilege.
689 words, about 3 min2Suicidal Crisis During a Session With a Traveling Client
You are a licensed psychologist in Colorado seeing a 27-year-old man with PTSD and alcohol use disorder by video. He is on a two-week work assignment in a rural Wyoming town and is staying alone in a hotel.
668 words, about 3 min3Teletherapy With a Minor Whose Parents Disagree
You are a licensed mental health counselor in Virginia providing video therapy to a 14-year-old girl with a history of nonsuicidal self-injury and generalized anxiety. Her parents divorced two years ago and share joint legal custody.
658 words, about 3 min4Privacy and Recording Requests in Couple Teletherapy
You are a licensed marriage and family therapist conducting video couple therapy with a 42-year-old man and a 45-year-old woman. The man joins from his parked car in a shopping-center lot during his lunch break; the woman joins from a home office.
622 words, about 3 min5Controlled Substance Prescribing Across State Lines
You are a psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner licensed in Oregon with a DEA registration in Oregon. A 22-year-old patient has been stable on extended-release amphetamine for ADHD for two years.
644 words, about 3 min