The Society of Digital Psychiatry, in collaboration with JMIR Mental Health—an open-access, peer-reviewed journal published by JMIR Publications—invites you to a webinar titled “Enhancing Therapy Engagement Through Digital Tools for Clinicians and Clients.”
Join Dr. Brian Bunnell and Dr. John Torous for an engaging discussion on how thoughtfully designed digital platforms can enhance adherence, improve outcomes, and strengthen the therapist–client connection. Using Adhere.ly—a free, HIPAA-compliant web-based platform—as an example, they will illustrate how digital innovations can meaningfully support therapy delivery and patient engagement in mental health care.
The webinar will be held on January 29, 2026, at 11 AM EST. To register, please use this link:
Guests:
Brian Bunnell, PhD
Dr. Bunnell's interdisciplinary research integrates implementation science and biomedical informatics approaches in developing and evaluating health technology solutions to improve the assessment and treatment of mental health disorders (eg, anxiety, depression, post traumatic distress disorder (PTSD), and sleep) across the lifespan. His major lines of programmatic research aim to: (1) use advanced analytical approaches to enhance the measurement and prediction of these disorders and associated functional impairment (2) examine the quality, safety, outcomes, and user experiences associated with telemedicine in routine clinical practice, and (3) utilize iterative, user-centered design approaches to develop and evaluate innovative digital health tools to improve healthcare quality and access.
Read Dr Bunnell’s related work here and here.
Moderator:
John Torous, MD, MBI; Cofounder, Society of Digital Psychiatry
Dr Torous is the director of the Digital Psychiatry division in the Department of Psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, an affiliated teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, where he also serves as a staff psychiatrist and member of the academic faculty. He has a background in electrical engineering and computer sciences; he earned his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley, before pursuing medical school at the University of California, San Diego. Dr Torous completed his psychiatry residency, fellowship in clinical informatics, and master’s degree in biomedical informatics at Harvard. He actively investigates the potential of mobile mental health technologies for psychiatry and has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles and 5 book chapters on the subject. Dr Torous serves as the editor-in-chief of JMIR Mental Health.