189 The Professional Counselor | Volume 13, Issue 3 Conclusion The Counseling Compact creates new and exciting possibilities for counselors to have improved portability of licensure through practice privileges. The compact also addresses barriers to broader access and equity in TMH for various populations across the nation. However, before counselors enroll in the compact, there is a critical need to consider how to engage in TMH ethically when working with clients online in different states. The included guidelines and example workflow processes are important considerations for counselors preparing to apply for privileges within the Counseling Compact. These preparatory steps will help counselors to be prepared to apply for compact privileges when the portal becomes available. Conflict of Interest and Funding Disclosure The authors reported no conflict of interest or funding contributions for the development of this manuscript. References Abraham, A., Jithesh, A., Doraiswamy, S., Al-Khawaga, N., Mamtani, R., & Cheema, S. (2021). Telemental health use in the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review and evidence gap mapping. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, 748069. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.748069 Adashi, E. Y., Cohen, I. G., & McCormick, W. L. (2021). The Interstate Medical Licensure Compact: Attending to the underserved. JAMA, 325(16), 1607–1608. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2021.1085 Adrian, L. (2017). The Physical Therapy Compact: From development to implementation. International Journal of Telerehabilitation, 9(2), 59–62. https://doi.org/10.5195/ijt.2017.6237 American Association of State Counseling Boards. (2022). History of AASCB. https://wwwaascborg.wildapricot. org/History-of-AASCB American Counseling Association. (2014). ACA code of ethics. https://www.counseling.org/resources/aca-code-ofethics.pdf American Counseling Association. (2018). ACA takes action toward interstate licensure portability. https://www. counseling.org/news/aca-blogs/aca-government-affairs-blog/aca-government-affairs-blog/2018/12/19/acatakes-action-toward-interstate-licensure-portability American Counseling Association. (2021). Counseling compact. https://www.counseling.org/government-affairs/ counseling-compact American Mental Health Counselors Association. (2021). Counselor licensure interstate portability endorsement and reciprocity plan. Apgar, D. (2022). Social work licensure portability: A necessity in a post-COVID-19 world. Social Work, 67(4), 381–390. https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/swac031 Appleton, R., Williams, J., Vera San Juan, N., Needle, J. J., Schlief, M., Jordan, H., Sheridan Rains, L., Goulding, L., Badhan, M., Roxburgh, E., Barnett, P., Spyridonidis, S., Tomaskova, M., Mo, J., Harju-Seppänen, J., Haime, Z., Casetta, C., Papamichail, A., Lloyd-Evans, B., . . . Johnson, S. (2021). Implementation, adoption, and perceptions of telemental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: Systematic review. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(12), e31746. https://doi.org/10.2196/31746 Baumann, B. C., MacArthur, K. M., & Michalski, J. M. (2020). The importance of temporary telehealth parity laws to improve public health during COVID-19 and future pandemics. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 108(2), 362–363. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.05.039
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