Afterword--the 21st century has arrived.

Abstract

Professional psychology has transformed from an academic discipline to a learned profession. Technology will continue to transform all aspects of professional psychology as a health care discipline in the 21st century. Educated consumers will expect empirically supported practice guidelines. Current and future practitioners will require training in the use of new technologies. Telehealth will further challenge the constraints of state-bound licensing laws by requiring legislation to provide mobility to professional licensure. The central role of the federal government in facilitating these changes is reviewed.

Divided by miles, connected by purpose: Telepsychology technology in a graduate training program.

“…There is a need for programs to train students to think critically about the use and impact of distance technologies in practice. This includes consideration of issues that have arisen in the evolution and adoption of teleheath services (DeLeon, Crimmins, & Wolf, 2003; Denizard-Thompson, Feiereisel, Stevens, Miller, & Wofford, 2011; Gattoni & Tenzek, 2010; McGowan, 2008; Rees & Haythornthwaite, 2004). Integration of distance technologies in professional psychology training programs can facilitate the development of skills necessary to use the technology effectively in actual practice.…”

The Right View of Your Patient: A Computer-Assisted, Individualized Module for Psychotherapy Training.

“…This is a big step forward in proving deliberate practice in an economically feasible way and in individualizing the development of psychotherapeutic expertise. Although “the pendulum has taken a sobering turn” (Wolf, 2003, p. 6) as far as the use of computers for treating patients is concerned, we see the use of computers as described in this article as the beginning of a promising use for computers in psychotherapy training (DeLeon, Crimmins, & Wolf, 2003).…”

Technology in rural behavioral health care practice: Policy concerns and solution suggestions.

“…Technology is not limited to physical boundaries and state lines, but permission to practice in one location does not imply permission in another. In fact, most professional licenses to practice are controlled and defined by individual states, creating problems around the ability to be located in one state but provide services to consumers in another (DeLeon, Crimmins, & Wolf, 2003). Clinicians are rightfully concerned about violating the terms of licensure and risk-ing sanction.…”