Connecting With Clients in Later Life: The Use of Telebehavioral Health to Address Older Adults’ Mental Health Needs

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 tech-nology, 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 barriers to accessing mental health services, how telebehavioral health services can address these barri-ers, and practical consideration for delivering telebehavioral health approaches for counselors who work with older clients.

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Author Benjamin J. Wiley Chemistry