Career Paths in Telemental Health
This visionary volume spotlights innovative mental health careers in today’s technology-driven climate while inspiring readers to create their own opportunities. Unique and engaging perspectives from professionals across disciplines and job titles describ
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Paths in Telemental Health
Career Paths in Telemental Health
Marlene M. Maheu • Kenneth P. Drude Shawna D. Wright Editors
Career Paths in Telemental Health
Editors Marlene M. Maheu San Diego, CA, USA
Kenneth P. Drude Kenneth P. Drude, Ph.D. LLC. Dayton, OH, USA
Shawna D. Wright Wright Psychological Services, LLC Chanute, KS, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-23735-0 ISBN 978-3-319-23736-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-23736-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016946372 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Foreword by L’Abate
Can a profession devoted to helping people make positive behavior changes, in turn, modify its own clinical practices? If the stages of change model can be applied to a profession, and the mental health profession in particular, the change is now taking place as witnessed in this new volume. Contributors to this volume who have meditated, processed, and thought about incorporating Internet technology in their work demonstrate here how they eventually had no choice but to embrace the Internet as the next medium of psychological help and healing in this century. The diverse paths these varied professionals took toward their use of technology highlight the many individual ways technology may be used to benefit people needing services. In the 1970s under the influence of the late attorney, Dan McDougald, I started to use programmed writing as a way to change and improve behavior, especially with inmates. When I gave then a workshop about distance writing at a GPA annual meeting, only three colleagues attended and two left after my introductory remarks. At the time, the idea that you could change behavior through distance writing was anathema to all those trained in the primacy of personal presence. In fact, many of my GPA colleagues bega
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