Telebehavioral Health Institute to Serve Behavioral Health Partners with the Cummings Graduate Institute for Behavioral Health Studies

15 January 2018, San Diego, CA. Telebehavioral Health Institute (TBHI) is pleased to announce its strategic partnership with the Cummings Graduate Institute for Behavioral Health Studies (CGI) to focus on online graduate and professional education in integrated behavioral health care. By combining to fill the educational gaps for innovative and entrepreneurial healthcare professionals with professional training from TBHI, CGI is bringing the best of all worlds to address critical needs of behavioral health providers. By encouraging their students to obtain professional training through TBHI, CGI is doing its part to support integrated care and to advance the the science, knowledge and adoption of integrated care policy and practice for all health care across distance.

Dr. Cara English, CEO at CGI said, "For families living in remote and rural communities, for those whose health status prevents leaving the home for care, and for those who do not have reliable transportation, accessing high quality health care, particularly including mental and behavioral health care, is a real challenge. Behavioral Health Providers have an opportunity to expand patient-and family-centered care by leading telebehavioral health integration efforts to overcome health equity challenges, including the tyranny of distance. We recognize TBHI as the world's leader in risk management training for telebehavioral health and have partnered because we want all our students to be aware of and compliant with legal, ethical and clinical requirements when shifting their work environment from an in-person setting to a virtual office."

Dr. Marlene Maheu, the founder of TBHI and a pioneer in the field of telebehavioral health, said, "We are honored to be partnering with an Institute as distinguished and successful as the Cummings Institute." Dr. Maheu added, "Dr. Nick Cummings has been the leading visionary and set the bar for psychology during the last 60 years. We are delighted to be involved with his remarkable Institute as it moves toward supporting the use of telehealth."

CGI will be making TBHI professional training available to its faculty and students at 20% discount.

The Telebehavioral Health Institute, Inc. (TBHI) specializes in telemental and telebehavioral health professional training (CE training), startup consultation, and staffing. TBHI is approved by CTiBS for competency-based, professional training, and offers CE Hours by several national associations for counselors, social workers, psychologists, addiction specialists and others. All professional training is available 100% online, allowing professionals of a variety of disciplines to learn 24/7 while remaining in the comfort of their home or office. With trainees in more than 65 countries, TBHI offers webinars, individual courses and full Certificate programs for professionals who want to reach clients/patients who otherwise cannot or will not travel. Focused on legal/ethical/clinical and technical issues, TBHI offers consultation for planning, launching and thriving with telepsychiatry, telepsychology, distance counseling, online therapy, telespeech therapy, tele-occupational therapy and behavioral telehealth and mhealth. Staffing services and job opportunities are available as well. TBHI also consults with start-up technology companies seeking to develop new verticals in the behavioral health space. Contact: http://telehealth.org/contact.

The Cummings Graduate Institute for Behavioral Health Studies is one of a handful of universities worldwide that grant the distinguished Doctor of Behavioral Health (DBH) degree, and is the only university that exclusively focuses on the growing field of integrated healthcare. The Doctor of Behavioral Health program is an innovative, applied clinical doctorate that focuses exclusively on integrated health care. The DBH Program prepares students to deliver patient-centered care, work in interdisciplinary teams, employ evidence-based practice and quality improvement approaches. In addition to the DBH program, CGI is proud to host an annual Integrated Care Conference bringing together a diverse group of peers, experts, thought leaders, educators, providers, and innovators to explore, discuss, and be inspired by the growing field of integrated care. The 5 C's of Integrated Healthcare: Care, Collaboration, Cost, Community, & Culture (link to https://cummingsinstitute.com/conference/) will take place March 8-10, 2018 in Phoenix, AZ. The conference will explore 5 topics in the field of integrated care: Care, Collaboration, Cost, Community, & Culture. Presentations, workshops, and panel discussions on each of these topics will be offered throughout the conference by professionals currently making an impact in the integrated care and behavioral health arenas. Registration for the conference is open through February 2018.

The Telebehavioral Health Institute, Inc. (TBHI) specializes in telemental and telebehavioral health professional training (CE training), startup consultation, and staffing. TBHI is approved by CTiBS for competency-based, professional training, and offers CE Hours by several national associations for counselors, social workers, psychologists, addiction specialists and others. All professional training is available 100% online, allowing professionals of a variety of disciplines to learn 24/7 while remaining in the comfort of their home or office. With trainees in more than 65 countries, TBHI offers webinars, individual courses and full Certificate programs for professionals who want to reach clients/patients who otherwise cannot or will not travel. Focused on legal/ethical/clinical and technical issues, TBHI offers consultation for planning, launching and thriving with telepsychiatry, telepsychology, distance counseling, online therapy, telespeech therapy, tele-occupational therapy and behavioral telehealth and mhealth. Staffing services and job opportunities are available as well. TBHI also consults with start-up technology companies seeking to develop new verticals in the behavioral health space. Contact: http://telehealth.org/contact.

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