Integrated Behavioral Health Education for Counselors in an Osteopathic Medical School: Lessons Learned and Future Directions
Abstract
Mental health services are being integrated into healthcare facilities at a rate quicker than what can be filled. This gap in services creates openings for counselors. Integrated Behavioral Health is a complex approach to healthcare that differs substantially from specialty mental health and is often not taught in most counselor education programs despite the inclusion of IBH in the recent CACREP standards. In this article we inform counselor educators on how one counselor education program that is located within an osteopathic medical school trains their masters-level counselors in training on how to work in IBH settings. The interdisciplinary approach involves numerous interprofessional education experiences in which students learn from, with, and about each other and their varying professions. We discuss highlights of the interprofessional experiences, topics to be included in and the importance of incorporating IBH training into counselor education, and future directions for IBH and the field of counseling.
Keywords:
- Keyword: Keywords: integrated behavioral health
- Keyword: counselor education
- Keyword: interprofessional education
- Keyword: interdisciplinary cross disciplinary collaboration
- Keyword: osteopathic medicine.
How to Cite:
Corbin, L., Schmoyer, N., McCormick, S. & Peters, M., (2025) “Integrated Behavioral Health Education for Counselors in an Osteopathic Medical School: Lessons Learned and Future Directions”, Teaching and Supervision in Counseling 7(2). doi: https://doi.org/10.7290/tsc07vt2o
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