Legal and Ethical Considerations in Clinical Practice: Updates and Current Issues (May 21, 2022)

Legal and Ethical Considerations in Clinical Practice: Updates and Current Issues is organized by Professional Psych Seminars (PPS) and will be held on May 21, 2022.

Credits: 6

Course Description:
This workshop addresses therapist responsibility to ensure patient welfare in all aspects of practice. Participants will learn to deal with ethical dilemmas related to
• introduction to ethics and law, four elements holding therapists accountable for their professional work,
• the “four bins” method of considering patient dilemmas,
• cultural humility and competence with clients,
• technology, COVID, working across state lines,
• therapist counter-transference, burnout and self-care. Literature updates, along with relevant Codes of Ethics and current expert opinion will be included in all areas of discussion. This program provides an overview of current research findings and knowledge that inform the practice of ethical and legal practice and includes two hours of suicide issues.

This class meets the law and ethics course requirement for California psychologists, LMFTs, LCSWs, LEPs and LPCCs.

Also it meets the requirements for New York psychologists for the required course in professional ethics and may meet it for mental health professionals in other states.

Objectives:
• List the four different elements holding therapists accountable for their work as professionals
• Describe the “four bins” method of assessing patient dilemmas
• Describe how to increase awareness of cultural humility as part of competent practice
• Describe the current standard of care in working online