Tag: telehealth
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When Home Becomes Office
Read more: When Home Becomes OfficeYou’re three minutes into a session with Isabel (a composite case representing common telehealth experiences) when your cat jumps onto your desk, knocking over your coffee mug. Behind you, your teenage daughter’s TikTok music starts blaring from upstairs. Isabel laughs and says, “Your house feels so homey—nothing like those sterile office buildings.” Your stomach drops…
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How to Build a Therapeutic Alliance Through a Screen
Read more: How to Build a Therapeutic Alliance Through a ScreenThis is an excerpt from SWTP CEU’s 3-CE Telehealth in Social Work Practice course. The first time you meet a new client via video, you’ll notice something feels different. Not worse, not better—just different. You can’t read their full body language. You can’t gauge how they fill the physical space of your office. You don’t…
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Meeting the Moment: Ethics in a Digital Age
Read more: Meeting the Moment: Ethics in a Digital AgeTimes aren’t just changing—they’ve changed. Social work has shifted from paper files and office visits to encrypted portals, video calls, text messages, and AI-assisted documentation. A typical day might now include reviewing a midnight crisis text, running back-to-back telehealth sessions, and updating notes with predictive software. This isn’t just about convenience—it’s about fundamentally different ways…