Telehealth is a mode of service delivery that has been used in clinical settings for over 60 years and empirically studied for just over 20 years. Telehealth is not an intervention itself, but rather a mode of delivering services.” (Bashshur, Shannon, Bashshur, & Yellowlees,2016). “Implementation and use of telehealth as a mode of service delivery has been increasing in recent years. “Between 2016 and 2019, the use of telehealth doubled from 14 to 28 percent. This trend continued between 2019 and 2020, due in large part to the COVID-19 pandemic. Telehealth visits for mental health increased by 556 percent between March 11 and April 22, 2020.” (Fernbach & Papapetros, 2022).

In January 2021, 41 percent of U.S. adults reported symptoms of anxiety and/or depressive disorders—a 30 percent increase from pre-pandemic levels. Given the long history of a shortage of mental health therapists, psychiatrists, and nurses in the healthcare field, there…