Lynne A. Santiago, PhD, LMHC


Promoting Connection, Healing, Personal Growth





What is
Tele-Mental Health?



Tele-mental Health (aka E-Therapy) is technology assisted counseling using HIPAA compliant video conferencing, texting, direct messaging, real time chat, emailing, and phone calls.


A multitude of studies have concluded that e-therapy is effective in the treatment of anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, and trauma related disorders. Federal agencies, to include the Department of Health and Human Services and Veterans Healthcare Administration endorse the use of electronic technology for mental healthcare.


MY TRAINING & EXPERIENCE


Providing E-therapy services since 2014

20 Hours E-Therapy Certificate Training


SCHEDULE TELE-MENTAL HEALTH APPOINTMENT

What IT'S ABOUT



Effective, convenient therapy at your fingertips



Video-conferencing



50 or 90 minute sessions with individuals and couples





Weekly or bi-weekly therapy sessions conducted on video-conferencing platform that is secure and HIPAA compliant. Can accommodate couples who may be in two different locations. Clients like this option when seeking flexibility and convenience in scheduling options. Couples love this option because they can attendtheir therapy sessions even if in two different locations due to work schedules or travel.



Direct messaging and live chat



90 minutes of contact with me every week





Scheduled live-chat appointments, 20-40 minutes, where we type back and forth to each other, much like some social media messaging, or chats you have with support reps on websites. Direct messaging involves texts and emails. All these modes of communication happen on a secure, HIPAA compliant platform. You will also receive worksheets, handouts, journal reflection questions, and more.



Fees for Video Conferencing



** please inquiry about fee reduction if you are in financial need.





  • 55 MINUTES - $100
  • 90 MINUTES - $130

** All new client first sessions are scheduled for 90 minutes to include individual evaluation/assessments and Initial Couples Consultation



Fees for Direct Messaging & Live Chat Bundle



Billed weekly or monthly





  • $25 a week, billed monthly ($100)
  • $30 a week, billed weekly


Security and HIPAA Compliance.



I use the paid services of Bloom. Bloom secures all data they store, receive, and transmit using industry standard encryption. Protected health information (PHI) is only accessible to a small team of HIPAA-trained employees, and all access to PHI is logged and audited by their HIPAA Security Officer. Non-PHI data (e.g. usernames, organization details) is also secured with strict, need-to-know access controls, and all accesses are similarly logged. Protected health information (PHI) is never persisted on any device that accesses Bloom. As soon as you leave the Bloom website or close the Bloom application all temporarily stored PHI is immediately purged.


** for more information about Bloom go to https://www.bloomtext.com/support/bloom-security/



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