Telehealth

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05/25/2021 Added

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Clinical psychology students at the University of Nebraska Lincoln provided telehealth services during the pandemic.

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[00:00:05.330]It's interesting because in the year or two
[00:00:07.100]leading up to the pandemic,
[00:00:10.270]we as a clinical psychology training program
[00:00:13.610]and in the psychological consultation center,
[00:00:16.000]had started to do some tele-health.
[00:00:18.690]And it allows us to serve people outside of Lincoln,
[00:00:23.430]tele mental health services and such
[00:00:25.100]and we were just kind of getting into it.
[00:00:26.810]And then the pandemic hits
[00:00:28.130]and suddenly everybody needs to do telehealth.
[00:00:31.422]I'm actually really grateful that I've had
[00:00:34.390]the training opportunity to do tele-health now
[00:00:36.580]because my clinical interests are with LGBT community,
[00:00:39.650]specifically with transgender communities.
[00:00:42.020]And I do know that for many transgender individuals
[00:00:45.560]and people who identify as gender diverse, it can be hard,
[00:00:48.930]especially in a rural area, to find a provider
[00:00:51.210]who is able to provide good care.
[00:00:58.670]In-person clinical work has a huge benefit
[00:01:00.680]of just reading body language, reading expressions
[00:01:04.010]and some of those nuances of communication
[00:01:06.200]and speech that are lost.
[00:01:07.560]I do think though, that telehealth
[00:01:09.710]has an interesting possibility to allow you
[00:01:12.360]to look into the person life as they are in that moment.
[00:01:17.250]So you get to see them in their home,
[00:01:19.710]more of like their natural environment almost.
[00:01:22.530]And I think it opens up really interesting possibilities.
[00:01:25.460]Like, you know, if you have a client and you're working
[00:01:28.040]with them, if they wanna show you something
[00:01:29.900]they can grab it and show it to you,
[00:01:31.290]and it's right there in their home.
[00:01:32.950]And I think also some clients tend to be more comfortable
[00:01:36.090]in like their home, in their natural environment
[00:01:38.290]where they feel most comfortable.
[00:01:39.540]And I think it adds a really interesting dynamic
[00:01:41.670]to the clinical experience.
[00:01:43.850]I think we've done a good job,
[00:01:45.560]kind of helping our therapists continue to move forward
[00:01:48.640]in their training to be psychotherapists.
[00:01:50.550]But I have talked to them about, I'm eager for the point
[00:01:53.980]at which they can see people in person as well,
[00:01:56.770]but we're gonna have a lot, the new generation
[00:01:59.050]of therapists, all of whom who've had this experience
[00:02:01.270]and will be able to use it,
[00:02:02.380]which I think will provide services
[00:02:04.020]for a lot of people who couldn't access it before.

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