Abstract
The American healthcare system is beginning to adopt an integrated behavioral health model as a way to meet the ever-changing and holistic needs of patients by creating opportunities for collaboration among medical and behavioral health professionals. Professional counselors play a vital role in integrative behavioral health through their meaningful participation on interdisciplinary healthcare teams. Professional counselors are key to any interdisciplinary team because they embrace a biopsychosocial wellness perspective and have undergone clinical and academic training. However, many counseling programs do not specifically educate or train counselors in how to work in integrated care settings. As such, counselor educators must adapt to this evolving system of healthcare by providing students with didactic and experiential learning opportunities to promote competence and readiness to practice in this new wave of healthcare.
Recommended Citation
Schmoyer, Nicholas; Corbin, Lisa; and Robins, Lauren
(2023)
"Integrated Behavioral Health Training in Counselor Education: A Call to Action,"
The Journal of Integrated Primary Care: Vol. 1:
Iss.
1, Article 1.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.pcom.edu/jipc/vol1/iss1/1
