PMHNPs: Champions of Behavioral Health Integration for Holistic Patient Care

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners (PMHNPs) view behavioral health integration (BHI) as a model of optimism and hope. As a PMHNP, and Director of Nurse Practitioner Services at Iris Telehealth, I see these clinicians playing a vital role in shaping the future of BHI and improving the lives of countless individuals.

PMHNPs are at the forefront of a transformative movement in healthcare

The BHI model emphasizes the interconnectedness of behavioral and physical health, recognizing that treating one without addressing the other can lead to suboptimal outcomes. PMHNPs, with their unique blend of psychiatric and nursing expertise, are uniquely positioned to lead this charge.

 

 

From a PMHNP perspective, BHI is not just a trend; it’s a necessity. PMHNPs see firsthand the impact of behavioral health conditions on physical health, and vice versa.

 

 


For example, a patient with chronic pain might also struggle with depression or anxiety, which can exacerbate their physical symptoms and hinder recovery.

“Treating a behavioral health condition doesn’t always have a clear or obvious path for medication and treatment. However, by leveraging a virtual behavioral health solution, PCPs can ensure their patients are getting the help they need, and healthcare organizations can ensure financially sustainable delivery of behavioral health services.”
Dr. Thomas Milam, Chief Medical Officer, Iris Telehealth

Hear more from our Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Thomas Milam, on the keys to an integrated behavioral health model here.

By integrating behavioral health and primary care settings, PMHNPs can address both aspects of the patient’s well-being — leading to improved outcomes and overall quality of life.

PMHNPs facilitate collaboration, advocacy, and education

PMHNPs can address a wide range of needs across both health systems and community organizations, making them a key player in an integrated behavioral health model.

Here are a few of the functions PMHNPs can help address at an organization: 

  • Assessment and Diagnosis: PMHNPs conduct comprehensive assessments to identify and diagnose mental health conditions, often co-occurring with physical ailments.
  • Treatment Planning and Implementation: They develop personalized treatment plans that address both mental and physical health needs, utilizing various therapeutic modalities such as medication management, psychotherapy, and lifestyle interventions.
  • Collaboration: PMHNPs work collaboratively with primary care providers, specialists, and other members of the healthcare team to ensure coordinated and comprehensive care.
  • Advocacy: They advocate for patients’ mental health needs within the healthcare system, working to reduce stigma and improve access to care.
  • Education: PMHNPs educate patients, families, and communities about mental health and the importance of BHI in achieving optimal health outcomes.

Iris PMHNPs partner with healthcare systems to provide behavioral health integration for holistic healthcare. Because of their help, more people get the holistic care they need.

Collaboration between PMHNPs and on-site providers creates a powerful care strategy  

PMHNP collaboration with other on-site providers leads to significant improvements behavioral health outcomes. With their diverse educational backgrounds and wide variety of trainings, they’re experts in delivering effective behavioral health care.

In a care team setting, PMHNPs become a trusted person other providers can lean on for expertise and guidance.

Here are a few ways PMHNPs partner with various provider types:  

  • Physicians: PMHNPs work closely with physicians to ensure a holistic approach to patient care. We share information about mental health conditions that may be impacting physical health and vice versa. This allows for coordinated treatment plans that address both aspects effectively.
  • Therapists: Therapists provide psychotherapy, while PMHNPs can offer medication management. This combined approach tackles BHI from multiple angles. PMHNPs can consult with therapists to understand a patient’s progress and adjust medication as needed. Therapists, in turn, can tailor their interventions based on the medications a patient is taking.
  • Case Managers: Case managers address the social determinants of mental health, such as housing, employment, and social support. PMHNPs collaborate with them to identify social stressors that may be worsening a patient’s condition. Case managers can then connect patients with resources to address these issues, promoting better BHI.

PMHNP collaboration with other on-site providers is a powerful strategy for achieving better BHI. By working together, we can provide more comprehensive, coordinated, and patient-centered care, leading to improved overall mental health outcomes.

Where Iris Telehealth fits in

If you’d like to learn more about the role PMHNPs can help move your organization towards an integrated behavioral health model, please contact us today.

You can also read this blog to hear more about how PMHNPs can serve as a strategic benefit for your organization.

Desiree Bridges Shares How Iris Telehealth Reduces Clinician Burnout and Prioritizes Patient Care

Iris clinicians facilitate top-quality behavioral health care – averaging 2.3M patient encounters every year. We are proud of the work our providers do every day to fill care gaps and support healthcare organizations across the country by providing their communities with timely access to exceptional care.

Every month, we sit down with one of our providers to spotlight on the amazing work they’re doing every day and the impact they’re making on the communities they serve. This month, we’re sitting down to talk with Desiree Bridges, LCSW!

Q. How did you find Iris and decide you wanted to be an Iris provider?

A. I found Iris after another company I was given a job opportunity at delayed the hiring process. That experience helped me redefine my job search. I wanted to seek opportunities that invested in the community as well as the clinician. And I was looking for work life balance.

My kids have a lot of extracurricular activities, and I wanted to make sure I would be available for them and the community I serve. When I looked into Iris, I felt it aligned with everything I was looking for.

Q. How does telehealth compare to in-person care?

A. I’m an advocate for efficiency, so I believe that telehealth has an advantage over in-person care. Telehealth provides convenience and cuts down on travel time for the provider and the patient.

The patient can receive care from a private and comfortable location of their choice. It also provides accessibility to patients with limited access to healthcare – whether that’s due to their geographic location or a disability.

Telehealth opens the door to providing specialized care for various population types.

Q. As a healthcare professional, how do you manage work-life balance?

A. I am a believer in doing what you say. I encourage my patients to engage or invest in self-care, and I do the same. I make an intentional effort towards self-care by incorporating time in each day to do things I enjoy and spend quality time with my loved ones.

Q. What is the most rewarding part of your job?

A. The most rewarding part of my job is getting to spend more time connecting with patients and that they leave our session feeling empowered to make the changes they want to see in their lives.

With telehealth, we get to connect with those that otherwise may not have an opportunity to get the support they need.

Q. Why do you think telehealth is important to the future of mental health care?  

A. Telehealth is an important tool to improve access to care for underserved communities and fill care gaps by offering specialized clinician’s patients otherwise wouldn’t be able to access.

Q. What advice would you give someone new to telehealth?

A. Telehealth is just as rewarding as in person as long as you’re open-minded, creative, and flexible. Telehealth can be just as an important part of our work, as in person is, and the only challenge is overcoming the limitations that we place upon ourselves.

Q. What do you love about working with Iris?

A. I was looking for work life-balance and I have achieved that goal in my current position. The support and attention given to providers and to patient care is phenomenal.

The company culture is geared towards success for both the provider and the patient. It also reduces burnout and gives the clinician an opportunity to have a voice.

There are opportunities for us to collaborate and get support from leadership. And I think that’s very valuable in a work setting.

At Iris, we believe our providers should be respected, valued, and applauded for the work they do, and we couldn’t be more proud to say, “thank you” to our very own Desiree Bridges. If you’d like to learn more about working for Iris Telehealth, contact us today.

Dr. Tracy Mullare Discusses the Impact of Social Media on Children’s Mental Health

In June 2024, Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy called for warning labels on social media platforms, highlighting their potential mental health effects on children and adolescents.

In his essay written for The New York Times, Dr. Murthy wrote, “Children who spend more than three hours a day on social media face double the risk of anxiety and depression symptoms.” He also noted that, in the summer of 2023, the average daily use was 4.8 hours.

Dr. Murthy shared research from Boston Children’s Digital Wellness Lab revealing nearly half of all adolescents find social media makes them feel worse about their bodies.

As Medical Director of Outpatient Services at Iris Telehealth and a child psychiatrist, I’m passionate about helping children and families get the behavioral health support they need and find a healthy balance when it comes to their social media use.

In this piece, I’ll share the pros and cons of social media for teens, my treatment insights, and how telehealth can help support this population.

50% of adolescents check their phones at least every 15 minutes

The 2022 Pulse Survey by Boston Children’s Digital Wellness Lab highlights that 79.4% of adolescents report social media makes them feel socially connected and emotionally supported (69%) by their peers.

While social media provides a space for connection and creativity, it also poses risks for the mental health of children and adolescents.

This same survey found that:   

  • Nearly 50% of adolescents surveyed check their phones at least every 15 minutes
  • 57.1% of adolescents feel fatigued and 47% report headaches following their daily social media use
  • 52% of young adults said screen time interfered with family time a little or a lot

Adolescents may encounter content they’re not ready for online, experience bullying, or struggle with transitioning from the continuous stimuli of social media to tasks like homework. Additionally, social media can keep them from activities they could be exploring – whether that be sports or an outside interest.

If you’re working with an adolescent who is finding difficulty striking the right balance or relationship with social media, there are strategies you can leverage to help support a healthly and sustainable relationship with these platforms.

Online interactions should be treated with the same value as in-person conversations

It’s important to educate both parents and children on social media. Often, parents have many questions because it is a new territory for everyone.

If you’re a provider or organization working with families, here are a few strategies and considerations we recommend sharing with families:

  • Discuss social media etiquette: Ask parents to discuss social media etiquette and explain that online interactions should be treated with the same value as in-person conversations.
  • Set proactive boundaries: Recommend they learn what platforms their child is using and how often they’re using them. Setting time limits and monitoring usage can help set boundaries. For example, it might be beneficial to unplug over night or during dinner time.
  • Keep the conversation going: Encourage them to keep an open dialogue with their child about social media activities. They might ask them what role social media is playing in their lives. They can also ask what their kids are doing offline to ensure a healthy balance.

For parents, there’s a lot to be aware of and education is essential. There are a lot of things online that kids need to be protected from and it’s important to encourage parents to stay-in-the-know about their children’s social media use.

Screening for social media exposures can provide helpful insights into the patient’s wellbeing

When screening children and adolescents, I always include questions about social media exposure. For example, do they have their phone in their room at night? Social media can disrupt sleep and some children may get notifications while trying to rest.

 

 

 

According to The Pulse Survey, 63.3% said that screen media use interfered with sleep either a little or a lot.

 

 

 

When I screen for trauma, I also include questions about exposures while on social media. These exposures may include being bullied or using bullying behavior, or exposures to violent or mature content that a child is not developmentally equipped to process.

Additionally, I screen for amount of time on social media and the role it plays in social development. I have worked with children and teens who have had great behavioral difficulty with parental attempts to limit excessive social media use.

I have encountered cases where the threat of losing social media access and accompanying social outlets has led to suicidal ideation and inpatient admissions.

Social media is impactful to a child or young adult, and they may feel losing it as a great loss. I frequently revisit the topic of social media with parents as what’s available online to our children evolves daily. I encourage parents to be proactive and set limits on social media behaviors early.

Telehealth offers support and helps establish rapport in a safe environment

At Iris Telehealth, our providers focus on building rapport with patients and meeting in a virtual environment is familiar and can be beneficial to young patients.

Maria Lopez-Rosario-post-headshot“I usually try to see the patient alone, but if the parent is around, they might say, ‘Okay, I’m going to write this in the chat because I don’t want anybody to hear it.’ And they’ll write something like, ‘I have a girlfriend.’
It’s more private and chat doesn’t make it personal. I’m still getting all the information in whatever way they like to give it to me. Being virtual gives you a lot more options than being in person.”
Dr. Maria Lopez-Rosario, Iris Telehealth Provider

 

Telehealth can model a positive example of online interactions and highlight the importance of being consistent with how we behave on and off social media.

It can also create a safe space for patients.

As lives grow busier, telehealth can more easily fit into a young person’s schedule and make getting care more convenient.

Where Iris Telehealth fits in

Social media’s impact on mental health is an important topic for families and organizations all over the country. Whether families are seeking resources for pediatric behavioral health or information on social media and teens, finding the right resources for comprehensive support can make all the difference.

If you’d like to learn more about the work we do with this population, please contact us today!    

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Four Ways Health Systems are Thinking About Behavioral Health Care in 2024

For health systems, meeting patient’s behavioral health needs in a scalable and financially sustainable way requires quality behavioral health programming, specialized providers, and strategic partners who will support their programs and ensure they’re achieving their clinical and organizational goals.

In this blog, we will share four ways health systems are leveraging virtual behavioral health to optimize their programs and set themselves up for long-term success.

1. Health systems are leveraging virtual behavioral health care to improve care in their inpatient psych units

The American Hospital Association (AHA) notes health systems leveraging behavioral health integration can see more patients using their outpatient care services and less patients in their ED for behavioral disorders.

 

 

 

AHA also reported that leveraging an integrated behavioral health model for delivering inpatient psychiatric services can support a 70% return on investment.

 

 



Leveraging virtual behavioral health providers also creates continuity of care for the patient, enabling relationship building and not requiring patients to re-tell their stories. Having a virtual provider on the team also gives on-site providers a specialist they can lean on for guidance.  

“To have an established Iris Telehealth provider was incredibly important because it created reliability on the unit. We knew exactly what we were working with when we had the physician. She was very reliable, and it created continuity of care.”
Laura Taylor, Program Director of Psychiatry at Carillion Clinic, Iris Telehealth Partner

 

The integration of virtual care in the inpatient psychiatric unit alleviates behavioral health provider staffing shortages that impact patient experiences and outcomes in this care setting and enables clinicians to practice at the top of their licenses to improve total cost of care and provider satisfaction.

Reflecting on the important role virtual care has played in their inpatient unit, Chief of the Department of Psychiatry at Basset Health Network, Dr. James Anderson said, “Telehealth is an important arrow in our quiver to be able to expand virtual health to include providing services on the inpatient end. “

Read more about Carillion Clinic and Basset Health Network’s approach to utilizing virtual care in their inpatient psych units here.

 

2. Health systems are facilitating whole person care by leveraging virtual behavioral health services

Research from the National Library of Medicine shows that 74.9% of psychiatric patients in the inpatient unit had at least one medical comorbidity, including 57.5% of people between the ages of 18 and 24, making whole-person care a crucial component of a scalable and financially sustainable behavioral health program.

 

 

 

Additionally, according to the American Psychological Association (APA), treatment of behavioral health conditions in the primary care setting offsets costs by 20-40%.

 

 

 

They also report fewer hospitalizations that result in reduced costs for patients with comorbidities and improvement in treatment adherence.

For health systems, behavioral health programming, like Bridge Care Services, helps ensure patients who need care first get care first, while being efficiently directed to an appropriate care plan. Bridge Care Services helps solve ambulatory care at scale and delivers long-term clinical and financial outcomes.

This approach ensures patients who need escalation from primary care receive timely access to quality treatment – whether that’s through therapy, medication management, or both.  

 
“The care navigation and therapeutic support from [Bridge Care Services] alleviates the burden on the health system’s resources using a cost-effective process that closes referrals to specialists sooner and returns patients to community providers when available.”
Dr. Thomas Milam, Chief Medical Officer, Iris Telehealth

 

By providing more timely access to care, health systems are better positioned to achieve measurement-based outcomes and optimize reimbursement. Additionally, by providing whole-person care, their patients feel supported and experience better outcomes.

 

3. Health systems are improving quality measures by leveraging behavioral health partners

In the U.S., 15 million people report an unmet need for behavioral health treatment. At the same time, most health systems across the country are not equipped to meet the significant behavioral health demands of their communities.

For example, Elliot Health System, was experiencing high demand for behavioral health care. For Elliot, one out of every five calls to their triage nurses were for behavioral health, with an average of call being 27 to 30 minutes.

That level of demand was unsustainable, and they needed efficient patient care and to protect their staff from burnout. By leveraging virtual behavioral health services, they were able to improve their outcomes and meet their quality goals.

 
“We were able to convert triage calls into actual full intakes from a licensed social worker that provided the patient with a full evaluation and were billable. We were able to cover the cost of investing in provider hiring by converting those triage calls to a full intake.
There’s a brief triage (assessing presence of a crisis), then the patients have an intake and transfer within one to two business days. That visit is billable. It’s a benefit for everyone and helped make this new program sustainable.”
Dr. Holly Mintz, Chief Medical Officer, Elliot Health System, Iris Telehealth Partner

Today, 80% of virtual care at Elliot Health System is for their behavioral health services. Additionally, they were able to decrease their intake wait time from 60 to 1-3 business days.

Download this free resource to learn more about how Elliot is leveraging virtual care.

 

4. Health systems are building scalable and financially sustainable behavioral health programs through virtual care

According to a report from Evernorth Behavioral Health, treating behavioral health conditions in outpatient settings is directly tied to a reduction in medical and pharmacy costs.

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Health systems report savings up to $2,565 per person over the 15 months following a diagnosis and up to $3,321 per person over the 27 months following a diagnosis.

 

 

 

At Texas Health Resources (THR), Chief Operating Officer, Kathi Cox, sees success in behavioral health being well-integrated into patient care.

 
“Traditionally, you have a lot of primary care physicians or specialists dealing with their patient’s medical health over here and mental health issues over there – it’s very disjointed.
Now that we’ve created a much more integrated approach, there’s an opportunity for those things to work together. If we are collaborating across the organization for these patients, I think that’s a big success area.”
Kathi Cox, Chief Operating Officer, Ambulatory and Virtual Channel Texas Health Resources, Iris Telehealth Partner

Iris Telehealth’s Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer, Dan Ferris, sees integrated behavioral health as a tool to drive competitive differentiation for health systems, saying, “Providing quality behavioral health is a strategic advantage and can be financially sustainable. If an organization can offer integrated behavioral health at scale, they can attract more patients, reduce leakage, and improve the total cost of care.”

 

About Iris Telehealth

At Iris, we’re proud to partner with organizations like the ones mentioned in this piece every day. Through their hard work, dedication, and partnership, we can extend access to care to people all over the country – regardless of age, diagnoses, or acuity.

If you’d like to learn more about how you can help your health system scale and optimize your behavioral health program, don’t hesitate to contact us today!

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How Teletherapy Fits into an Effective Behavioral Health Program 

Social workers are an invaluable part of any organization, delivering high-quality, value-based care to patients and providing indispensable support to the care team. When it comes to a holistic, long-term approach to care, having access to quality therapy or counseling services is essential.  

Therapy services are also required for any healthcare organization seeking to become a CCBHC.   

If your healthcare organization is considering incorporating counseling services into your behavioral health program — or expanding your existing programs — licensed clinical social workers (LCSWs) can be a good place to start. 

This piece will break down the benefits an LCSW can bring to your organization, the different treatments and modalities they can provide, and why teletherapy might be the best way forward for your team. 

LCSWs specialize in micro and macro social work

LCSWs are highly trained providers who can provide a wide variety of services, depending on their specialization. The two biggest categories for these specializations are micro and macro social work.  

In general, macro social is looking at the larger population and making a difference there, whereas micro social work is working with individuals or family units. In most cases, your organization will likely be looking at LCSWs who specialize work with individuals or families. 

Because LCSWs deliver counseling and therapy services rather than psychiatric or medical services, they cannot prescribe medications. However, they can diagnose patients and should be familiar with the DSM-5. 

Common treatment modalities that LCSWs specialize in include: 

  1. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT): Commonly referred to as “talk therapy,” CBT hones in on how thoughts and feelings influence behaviors — and how those behaviors can lead to psychological problems. LCSWs can utilize CBT methods to help patients identify and work through these thoughts and behaviors. 
  1. Crisis intervention model: The crisis intervention model is commonly used for individuals experiencing crisis and trauma and consists of seven stages: Conducting a psychosocial assessment, rapidly establishing a rapport, identifying the crisis cause, enabling the patient to express their emotions, establishing safe alternatives for coping, creating an action plan, and following up with the patient. 
  1. Solution-focused therapy: This treatment modality involves an LCSW working closely with a patient to identify a problem and create a solution plan based on that patient’s individual strengths. This short-term practice model helps individuals cope effectively with the challenges they’re facing. 
  1. Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT): DBT is a modified approach to CBT. The primary goals of DBT are to enable people to develop healthy ways to cope with stress, regulate their emotions, and improve their social relationships. While DBT was initially created to treat patients with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), it has proved effective for those experiencing eating disorders or substance use disorders. 

Additional treatment modalities that LCSWs can utilize to benefit your healthcare organization’s behavioral health program include motivational interviewing, mind body bridging, brainspotting, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), and acceptance and commitment therapy. 

LCSWs are a cost-effective solution for less acute diagnoses 

An LCSWs ability to effectively diagnose patients makes them an excellent first line of treatment or screening for health systems, outpatient clinics, and community health centers.  

Having LCSWs available for initial patient interactions is often more efficient for most healthcare organizations. Additionally, it’s more cost-effective to have an LCSW on hand to manage less acute diagnoses that don’t need medication management. Then, for more acute diagnoses, an LCSW would be able to refer the patient to a psychiatrist or PMHNP on your care team. 

In most outpatient settings, LCSWs can function as part of a larger integrated care system where they need to provide access to counseling services and psychotherapy along with medication management and psychiatric care.  

Having LCSWs be the first line of defense in your treatment plan can be beneficial to pointing patients in the right direction and identifying the best path forward for their care plan. 

From a behavioral health standpoint, it’s hard to overstate the value an LCSW or counseling provider will bring to your organization. But it’s important to find the right provider for your organization, your patient populations, and your goals. Opening yourself up to teletherapy providers can help you through that process. 

In the emergency department (ED) setting, LCSWs are critical to patient satisfaction and a hospital or health system’s reputation in the community. Whether they’re helping someone access food vouchers, connecting a patient to ancillary services, or talking with a patient’s family members, LCSWs are thinking about the patient’s holistic needs.  

LCSWs often serve as a communication link between nurses, physicians, and other support staff. They often help prepare patients for transitions, imaging, labs, and admission.  

LCSWs can also help with patient and family communication through their hands-on approach to care – including helping families understand a patient’s illness and engaging with the family to help them feel supported after they leave the ED.

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“Telehealth has expanded my ability to provide care to people I usually wouldn’t have been able to reach as an in-person provider. I’m a huge advocate for telehealth because I feel like the relationships can be just as deep and meaningful. In a therapeutic setting, the relationship is huge. It’s a huge part of the change cycle and folks’ ability to grow and build health in their life.”
Elaina Najera, LCSW, Iris Telehealth Provider

 

In the ED, LCSWs take ownership of the psychosocial dimensions of a person, and in psychiatry, that’s critical.  

These psychosocial dimensions include relationships, living situations, access to housing, finances, and food. These components are essential to the wellness and decision-making that goes into treatment formulation for the patient in the ED. 

LCSWs can help expand pre-existing counseling services  

As part of an effective integrated care model, a combination of medication management and psychotherapy is necessary. That means your organization will likely need to build up a program that includes therapists or counselors on staff — or potentially expand the counseling services you already have. 

There are studies showing that utilizing CBT or other therapy modalities can effectively treat less acute diagnoses without medication. And, if you have a good LCSW, you can utilize their services in addition to medication to assist the overall success of your treatment plans for a given patient. 

Why teletherapy services may be the best fit for your healthcare organization 

There’s no denying that, for an LCSW, the rapport they can create with a patient is key to a patient’s success. But it’s a common misconception that it’s more difficult to build that connection over video.  

A well-trained LCSW can build just as strong a therapeutic relationship virtually as in person. Almost every in-person modality an LCSW can specialize in can be translated effectively in a virtual setting – including brainspotting and EMDR. 

That means if your organization is cutting yourself off from engaging in teletherapy, you’re limiting the quality of your program — and your ability to expand it. 

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“I try to find different ways to connect with my patients. For many kids, it’s just being there, listening. But, for the younger ones or those who don’t want to be in therapy, I try to find games for us to play, or I ask them what they like to do and what they like about it.”
Nicole Bradbury, LCSW, Iris Telehealth Provider 

Additionally, embracing teletherapy in your organization means patients can take the session wherever they’re most comfortable. With that freedom, some patients can be more willing to open up.  

The flexibility to choose their locations can also decrease no-show rates or open up access for people experiencing conditions that may make it difficult for them to feel motivated to leave their homes.

However, you may still have patients who prefer seeing their provider in person. So, when possible, we would recommend offering both in-person therapy or counseling services and teletherapy services. 

How your organization can set your LCSWs (and your treatment team as a whole) up for success

When bringing LCSWs in or expanding your teletherapy services, it’s important to ensure those providers feel valued. There can be a tendency to undervalue LCSW when compared to psychiatrists. It’s important to make sure they feel like they’re part of the team. 

Then, for your own organization, you should work to identify the particular specializations or modalities you need when staffing LCSWs. And remember, if you are open to teletherapy services, partnering with a vendor like Iris Telehealth can help you identify carefully vetted, high-quality providers for your organization.  

If you’re interested in learning more about Iris Telehealth’s LCSWs, contact us today, and we’ll get the conversation started!