Roy Huggins, LPC NCC

Roy Huggins, LPC NCC, is author of the Zur Institute’s core courses on security and privacy in mental health practice and a renowned expert on mental health practice technology, security and privacy for our clients, and the HIPAA Security Rule.

He has acted as a subject matter expert on HIPAA, security and clinical use of technology for licensure boards of multiple professions, and for both state and national mental health professional organizations. He has co-authored or authored 2 book chapters, and he routinely consults with mental health colleagues on ethical and practical issues surrounding tech in clinical practice. He served for 5 years on the board of the Oregon Mental Health Counselors Association and then the Oregon Counseling Association as the Technology Committee Chair.

Previous to becoming a professional counselor, he worked in Web development for over 7 years, and now uses his interdisciplinary knowledge to assist other health care professionals.

Huggins is most well-known for authoring numerous openly available articles on various aspects of technology in practice, including both securing our technology as well as using it in effective and ethical ways. His articles and educational materials can be found at www.personcenteredtech.com.