{"id":12785,"date":"2020-04-09T23:59:40","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T03:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/?p=12785"},"modified":"2020-10-16T14:37:32","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T18:37:32","slug":"daily-audio-update-karen-cohen-on-the-psychology-practice-fact-sheet-and-telehealth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/daily-audio-update-karen-cohen-on-the-psychology-practice-fact-sheet-and-telehealth\/","title":{"rendered":"Audio Update: Karen Cohen on the Psychology Practice Fact Sheet and Telehealth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/790151401&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nQuick chat with CPA CEO Dr. Karen Cohen about the fact sheet Psychological Practice and the Coronavirus, as well as the future of psychological tele-health services.<\/p>\n<div id=\"accordions-12772\" class=\"accordions-12772 accordions\" data-accordions={&quot;lazyLoad&quot;:true,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;12772&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;collapsible&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;heightStyle&quot;:&quot;content&quot;,&quot;animateStyle&quot;:&quot;swing&quot;,&quot;animateDelay&quot;:1000,&quot;navigation&quot;:true,&quot;active&quot;:999,&quot;expandedOther&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}>\r\n                <div id=\"accordions-lazy-12772\" class=\"accordions-lazy\" accordionsId=\"12772\">\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"items\"  style=\"display:none\" >\r\n    \r\n            <div post_id=\"12772\" itemcount=\"0\"  header_id=\"header-1580324481504\" id=\"header-1580324481504\" style=\"\" class=\"accordions-head head1580324481504 border-none\" toggle-text=\"\" main-text=\"Dr. Karen Cohen on the Psychology Practice Fact Sheet &amp; Tele-Health\">\r\n                                    <span id=\"accordion-icons-1580324481504\" class=\"accordion-icons\">\r\n                        <span class=\"accordion-icon-active accordion-plus\"><i class=\"fa fas fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/span>\r\n                        <span class=\"accordion-icon-inactive accordion-minus\"><i class=\"fa fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i><\/span>\r\n                    <\/span>\r\n                    <span id=\"header-text-1580324481504\" class=\"accordions-head-title\">Dr. Karen Cohen on the Psychology Practice Fact Sheet &amp; Tele-Health<\/span>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"accordion-content content1580324481504 \">\r\n                <h2>Dr. Karen Cohen on the Psychology Practice Fact Sheet & Tele-Health<\/h2>\n<p><strong>On the fact sheet you wrote, Psychological Practice and the Coronavirus, you mention growing evidence that psychological services can be delivered effectively through tele-health. What is that evidence?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I would encourage folks who want to learn more about the delivery of psychological services through electronic media to read some of the work that\u2019s being done now by psychologist members \u2013 Dr. Heather Hadjistavropoulous, Dr. Stephane Bouchard, Dr. Peter Cornish. There really is mounting evidence that internet-delivered CBT is effective in the treatment of depression and anxiety.<\/p>\n<p>I think there are things you need to know if you\u2019re going to adapt your service to deliver it virtually. We have some excellent materials on the COVID page of our website and resources for folks who want to inform themselves, and some of the things they need to know when delivering services in that way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Assuming you\u2019re a practitioner who has a private and secure platform to do tele-psychology, what are a few of the things they need to know?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Obviously, you need to talk to your clients about their comfort using that technology, you need to be sure that whatever mechanism you choose is safe and secure. You need to know you\u2019re always talking to your client, you need to use passwords to confirm their identity when that\u2019s necessary.<\/p>\n<p>BMS, who\u2019s the broker of our professional liability insurance program, and our preferred legal provider Gowlings, have a series of fact sheets, also on our COVID website, that talk about things you need to be aware of when you deliver tele-psychology. You want to be aware whether your client\u2019s insurance is going to pay for a session delivered by tele-psychology. Or you can have your client find that out before you begin, don\u2019t assume it will necessarily be the case.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s always a good idea to put on a receipt the type of service that was delivered and in what format. Inform yourself on the things that impact the delivery of psychological service differently when you\u2019re delivering it virtually.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I saw a few health insurers come out and say they\u2019ll be covering tele-psychology in what appears to be a blanket way. Sun Life I think was one. If you saw your health insurance provider come out and say that, can you assume that you\u2019re covered and you\u2019re good to go with virtual therapy sessions?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not necessarily. I think the issue is that although the insurer may decide that given COVID or for any other reason they\u2019re going to cover tele-psychology, it\u2019s important to understand that everyone\u2019s plan isn\u2019t necessarily the same. If two people had different policies, which they would if they had two different employers, they would still need to confirm that that particular policy will cover it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019ve said there are skills and competencies unique to tele-psychology. What are some of those?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s probably best for our membership to consult those who are more expert than I. Dr. Christine Korol, for example, has some resources on her website that would be very useful. In broad strokes, it\u2019s about your comfort with technology, that you go seek out training from folks who have made a practice of delivering psychological services virtually so you know what those are and are aware of any differences that method of service delivery can present.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll want to know how to prepare your clients for working in this way, make sure they\u2019re comfortable with it and you understand their comfort with it. The important thing to keep in mind is that all other professional standards still apply. Everything you would need to do in terms of competencies and skills and informed consent and continuity of care when you\u2019re delivering care face to face would still apply when you\u2019re delivering care virtually.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I\u2019ve been talking to Dr. Korol, and she suggested getting a white noise machine to put outside your home office so as not to be interrupted and ensure privacy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Those are things that would apply in any setting, of course. In a busy clinic you might need a white noise machine outside any room to ensure privacy as well. So some of the things are very transferrable, and some are more particular to that kind of service delivery.<\/p>\n<p>I think it\u2019s worth underscoring that there are some populations for whom telepsychology might work even better. If you\u2019re in a rural or remote location, or up north in a province where there aren\u2019t a lot of psychologists in that area, being able to talk to one virtually could be wonderful. If you have any kind of mobility issues, or you\u2019re a senior, it may be easier for you to talk to someone from your own home rather than travelling a physical distance to meet them.<\/p>\n<p>One of the things we\u2019ve been talking about as health professional organizations, and we\u2019ve been meeting regularly and sharing resources around COVID, is \u201cwill COVID change the way we deliver health care?\u201d Psychology is one of those professions that lends itself a little more easily to tele-health than other professions. You know dentists, for example, would have a lot of trouble doing their work virtually.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe we\u2019re ramping up a little quicker now with COVID, and those practitioners who maybe weren\u2019t using tele-psychology much are now doing more so now. But are these changes that are going to be permanent in the fabric of health care and tele-health care?<\/p>\n<p><strong>It may be a learning curve right now in terms of delivering and receiving these services, but in the future it might become a whole new business model \u2013 do you think that\u2019s likely?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I think so! I think once people become familiar, and see how these services can be best delivered within the context of their scope of practice, I do think we\u2019ll see it more and more. I know that as an association we\u2019ve been working very hard with a practice management platform to bring an offering to our members. Hopefully we\u2019re just on the verge of being able to announce that. It\u2019s one that really has the psychologist-practitioner at the centre, and features a whole suite of services to help you manage your practice.<\/p>\n<p>I think that one of the things individual practitioners run up against is that when you\u2019re a salaried practitioner at a hospital or a school you have an institution to rely on who does some of that diligence around providing a secure and private platform. But when you\u2019re in private practice and you don\u2019t have that institutional resource, there\u2019s more pressure on you to make the best choice. That it\u2019s a practice management offering that meets your needs, that\u2019s secure, that\u2019s private.<\/p>\n<p>So, as an association we hope to be able to do some of that diligence for our members and we hope to be able to announce this offering very shortly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alright, now I want to talk about remote dentistry.<\/strong><\/p>\n            <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n            <\/div>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/790151401&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>Quick chat with CPA CEO Dr. Karen Cohen about the fact sheet Psychological Practice and the Coronavirus, as well as the future of psychological tele-health services.<\/p>\n<div id=\"accordions-12772\" class=\"accordions-12772 accordions\" data-accordions={&quot;lazyLoad&quot;:true,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;12772&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;collapsible&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;heightStyle&quot;:&quot;content&quot;,&quot;animateStyle&quot;:&quot;swing&quot;,&quot;animateDelay&quot;:1000,&quot;navigation&quot;:true,&quot;active&quot;:999,&quot;expandedOther&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}>\r\n                <div id=\"accordions-lazy-12772\" class=\"accordions-lazy\" accordionsId=\"12772\">\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"items\"  style=\"display:none\" >\r\n    \r\n            <div post_id=\"12772\" itemcount=\"0\"  header_id=\"header-1580324481504\" id=\"header-1580324481504\" style=\"\" class=\"accordions-head head1580324481504 border-none\" toggle-text=\"\" main-text=\"Dr. Karen Cohen on the Psychology Practice Fact Sheet &amp; Tele-Health\">\r\n                                    <span id=\"accordion-icons-1580324481504\" class=\"accordion-icons\">\r\n                        <span class=\"accordion-icon-active accordion-plus\"><i class=\"fa fas fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/span>\r\n                        <span class=\"accordion-icon-inactive accordion-minus\"><i class=\"fa fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i><\/span>\r\n                    <\/span>\r\n                    <span id=\"header-text-1580324481504\" class=\"accordions-head-title\">Dr. Karen Cohen on the Psychology Practice Fact Sheet &amp; Tele-Health<\/span>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"accordion-content content1580324481504 \">\r\n                <h2>Dr. Karen Cohen on the Psychology Practice Fact Sheet & Tele-Health<\/h2>\n<p><strong>On the fact sheet you wrote, Psychological Practice and the Coronavirus, you mention growing evidence that psychological services can be delivered effectively through tele-health. What is that evidence?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I would encourage folks who want to learn more about the delivery of psychological services through electronic media to read some of the work that\u2019s being done now by psychologist members \u2013 Dr. Heather Hadjistavropoulous, Dr. Stephane Bouchard, Dr. Peter Cornish. There really is mounting evidence that internet-delivered CBT is effective in the treatment of depression and anxiety.<\/p>\n<p>I think there are things you need to know if you\u2019re going to adapt your service to deliver it virtually. We have some excellent materials on the COVID page of our website and resources for folks who want to inform themselves, and some of the things they need to know when delivering services in that way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Assuming you\u2019re a practitioner who has a private and secure platform to do tele-psychology, what are a few of the things they need to know?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Obviously, you need to talk to your clients about their comfort using that technology, you need to be sure that whatever mechanism you choose is safe and secure. You need to know you\u2019re always talking to your client, you need to use passwords to confirm their identity when that\u2019s necessary.<\/p>\n<p>BMS, who\u2019s the broker of our professional liability insurance program, and our preferred legal provider Gowlings, have a series of fact sheets, also on our COVID website, that talk about things you need to be aware of when you deliver tele-psychology. You want to be aware whether your client\u2019s insurance is going to pay for a session delivered by tele-psychology. Or you can have your client find that out before you begin, don\u2019t assume it will necessarily be the case.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s always a good idea to put on a receipt the type of service that was delivered and in what format. Inform yourself on the things that impact the delivery of psychological service differently when you\u2019re delivering it virtually.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I saw a few health insurers come out and say they\u2019ll be covering tele-psychology in what appears to be a blanket way. Sun Life I think was one. If you saw your health insurance provider come out and say that, can you assume that you\u2019re covered and you\u2019re good to go with virtual therapy sessions?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not necessarily. I think the issue is that although the insurer may decide that given COVID or for any other reason they\u2019re going to cover tele-psychology, it\u2019s important to understand that everyone\u2019s plan isn\u2019t necessarily the same. If two people had different policies, which they would if they had two different employers, they would still need to confirm that that particular policy will cover it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019ve said there are skills and competencies unique to tele-psychology. What are some of those?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s probably best for our membership to consult those who are more expert than I. Dr. Christine Korol, for example, has some resources on her website that would be very useful. In broad strokes, it\u2019s about your comfort with technology, that you go seek out training from folks who have made a practice of delivering psychological services virtually so you know what those are and are aware of any differences that method of service delivery can present.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll want to know how to prepare your clients for working in this way, make sure they\u2019re comfortable with it and you understand their comfort with it. The important thing to keep in mind is that all other professional standards still apply. Everything you would need to do in terms of competencies and skills and informed consent and continuity of care when you\u2019re delivering care face to face would still apply when you\u2019re delivering care virtually.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I\u2019ve been talking to Dr. Korol, and she suggested getting a white noise machine to put outside your home office so as not to be interrupted and ensure privacy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Those are things that would apply in any setting, of course. In a busy clinic you might need a white noise machine outside any room to ensure privacy as well. So some of the things are very transferrable, and some are more particular to that kind of service delivery.<\/p>\n<p>I think it\u2019s worth underscoring that there are some populations for whom telepsychology might work even better. If you\u2019re in a rural or remote location, or up north in a province where there aren\u2019t a lot of psychologists in that area, being able to talk to one virtually could be wonderful. If you have any kind of mobility issues, or you\u2019re a senior, it may be easier for you to talk to someone from your own home rather than travelling a physical distance to meet them.<\/p>\n<p>One of the things we\u2019ve been talking about as health professional organizations, and we\u2019ve been meeting regularly and sharing resources around COVID, is \u201cwill COVID change the way we deliver health care?\u201d Psychology is one of those professions that lends itself a little more easily to tele-health than other professions. You know dentists, for example, would have a lot of trouble doing their work virtually.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe we\u2019re ramping up a little quicker now with COVID, and those practitioners who maybe weren\u2019t using tele-psychology much are now doing more so now. But are these changes that are going to be permanent in the fabric of health care and tele-health care?<\/p>\n<p><strong>It may be a learning curve right now in terms of delivering and receiving these services, but in the future it might become a whole new business model \u2013 do you think that\u2019s likely?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I think so! I think once people become familiar, and see how these services can be best delivered within the context of their scope of practice, I do think we\u2019ll see it more and more. I know that as an association we\u2019ve been working very hard with a practice management platform to bring an offering to our members. Hopefully we\u2019re just on the verge of being able to announce that. It\u2019s one that really has the psychologist-practitioner at the centre, and features a whole suite of services to help you manage your practice.<\/p>\n<p>I think that one of the things individual practitioners run up against is that when you\u2019re a salaried practitioner at a hospital or a school you have an institution to rely on who does some of that diligence around providing a secure and private platform. But when you\u2019re in private practice and you don\u2019t have that institutional resource, there\u2019s more pressure on you to make the best choice. That it\u2019s a practice management offering that meets your needs, that\u2019s secure, that\u2019s private.<\/p>\n<p>So, as an association we hope to be able to do some of that diligence for our members and we hope to be able to announce this offering very shortly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alright, now I want to talk about remote dentistry.<\/strong><\/p>\n            <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n            <\/div>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[132],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archivedailyaudiofr"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-26 21:46:10","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12785"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16658,"href":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12785\/revisions\/16658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}