Abstract
Telebehavioral health offers a unique opportunity to expand access to mental health services for older clients by addressing systemic barriers that often render mental health care inaccessible in later life. Although health interventions facilitated by technology, including telebehavioral health approaches, proliferated at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, little guidance exists for counselors seeking to provide such services to clients in later life. In this manuscript, we describe challenges accessing mental health services, how telebehavioral health services can address these barriers, and practical consideration for delivering telebehavioral health approaches for counselors who work with older clients.
Author ORCID Identifier
Jordan B. Westcott https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2556-5652
Matthew C. Fullen https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6534-6622
Recommended Citation
Westcott, Jordan B.; Castagna, Nicolette; Baker, Megan K.; Musci, Jaclyn; Gowen, Nick; Wiley, Benjamin; Comire, Benjamin; Patterson, Anne; and Fullen, Matthew C.
(2023)
"Connecting With Clients in Later Life: The Use of Telebehavioral Health to Address Older Adults’ Mental Health Needs,"
Adultspan Journal: Vol. 22:
Iss.
1, Article 1.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33470/2161-0029.1144
Available at:
https://mds.marshall.edu/adsp/vol22/iss1/1
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