Complex Ethics Cases in Therapy: Risk Management Implications and Interventions

As our world becomes more complicated so do ethical dilemmas, especially in the field of mental health. Risk management, professional conflicts, and boundary issues now involve digital data and online communication. As a result, clinicians want to move beyond introductory ethics concepts and explore difficult cases that involve contemporary scenarios and their outcomes.

In this two-hour continuing education web conference, Dr. Frederic Reamer will provide attendees with an in-depth examination of compelling ethics cases in therapy involving conflicting professional duties, risk management, and interventions. Attendees will learn practical steps clinicians can take to manage ethical issues skillfully while being aware of relevant ethical standards, including statutes, regulations, and case law.

Attendees will also learn strategies designed to protect individuals in therapy as well as practitioners. Key topics will include boundary issues, dual relationships, conflicts of interest, confidentiality, privileged communication, informed consent, clients’ rights, documentation, use of technology in clinical work, termination of services, and impaired professionals. In addition, Dr. Reamer will discuss ethics cases relating to supervision and consultation.

This intermediate instructional level web conference is designed to help clinicians:

1. Identify key ethics risk areas and their interventions.
2. Apply risk management strategies for electronic communication and web-based therapy.
3. Describe termination guidelines that serve to protect clients and minimize risk.
4. Create a social media policy that protects the clinician and individuals in therapy.
5. Explain the ethical challenges of web-based therapy, including self-guided interventions.

If you have any questions or concerns about this web conference, or would like more information, please contact us here.

Event Reviews from Members

Best ethics course I've taken. - Carole Stokes-Brewer, PhD, LISW-S

Continuing Education (CE) Information

Two CE contact hours will be provided by GoodTherapy.org for attending this web conference in its entirety. 

GoodTherapy.org is an Approved Education Provider by NAADAC, The Association for Addiction Professionals (provider #135463). Of the eight counselor skill groups ascribed to by NAADAC, this course is classified within legal, ethical, and professional development. 

GoodTherapy.org is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEPTM) and may offer NBCC-approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements.

GoodTherapy.org is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. GoodTherapy.org maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

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To receive CE credit hours for an archived event, you will need to complete a survey as well as a 12 or 15-question exam, verifying that you listened to or watched the event in its entirety. Archived CE events generally are considered "homestudy" by licensing boards.

Registration Information

Premium and Pro Membership with GoodTherapy includes access to this web conference at no additional cost, as well as other member benefits such as a profile listing in GoodTherapy's Therapist Directory. Not yet a member? Sign up for a Premium or Pro Membership, here.

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Mental health professionals who are not members can access the homestudy recording for $15.50. Sign up here to purchase this CE course and earn a CE certificate.

If the event is canceled by GoodTherapy, registrants who purchased the event will be notified and the charge for the event will be refunded

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