CMHCs will attempt to provide an accessible counseling environment to individuals with disabilities.
a. To the extent possible, counseling environments should be accessible to all clients, including those with disabilities.
b. Counseling environments should allow for private and confidential conversations.
Counseling Process
Treatment Plans
CMHCs may use treatment plans to direct their work with clients.
a. CMHCs and their clients work jointly to devise integrated, individual treatment plans that offer reasonable promise of success and are consistent with the abilities; ethnic, social, cultural, and values backgrounds; and circumstances of the clients.
b. CMHCs inform the client of specific limitations, potential risks, and/or potential benefits relevant to the client’s anticipated use of online counseling services.