Practical Ethics in Challenging Times: Ethical Decision-Making and Practice, Boundaries and Multiple Relationships, Telepsychology, and Clinical Supervision
- Topic Areas:
- Ethics
- Categories:
- Pre-Recorded Homestudy
- Speaker:
- Jeff Barnett, PsyD
- Course Levels:
- Intermediate
- Duration:
- 5 Hours 56 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- License:
- Never Expires.
Producer: New Hampshire Psychological Association
Description
This webinar focuses on key issues relevant to the ethical, legal, and clinically effective practice of psychology in the areas of risk management and ethical decision making, boundaries and multiple relationships, telepsychology and integrating various technologies into practice, and ethics, legal, and clinical issues relevant to clinical supervision. Standards to which psychologists are held are reviewed and guidance is provided for fulfilling our ethical obligations. A model for ethical decision-making is reviewed to effectively respond to ethical dilemmas. Risk management strategies are reviewed for optimizing client outcomes while reducing liability risk for psychologists. Relevant professional standards are reviewed and a model for promoting ethical practice is presented. The role of diversity and individual differences is addressed for each of the topics discussed. Common challenges and dilemmas in boundaries and multiple relationships, when integrating technology into practice and practicing telepsychology, and in clinical supervision are addressed and recommendations for ethical, legal, and effective practice are provided to best meet ongoing client needs are addressed.
Credits
Vermont
6 CE Credits
The Vermont Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists, and is also approved by the Vermont Board of Psychological Examiners to sponsor continuing education for psychologists licensed in Vermont. This course is intended to qualify for specialty mandated credit types as follows:
Ethics: 0
Cultural Competency: 0
Continuing education courses sponsored by the Vermont Psychological Association are pre-approved by the Vermont Office of Professional Regulation for continuing education credit for licensed independent clinical social workers in Vermont. This course is intended to qualify for the following specialty mandated credit types;
Ethics: 0
Cultural Competency: 0
Continuing education courses sponsored by the Vermont Psychological Association are pre-approved by the Vermont Board of Allied Mental Health for continuing education credit for licensed clinical mental health counselors and licensed marriage and family therapists in Vermont. This course is intended to qualify for the following specialty mandated credit types:
Ethics: 0
Cultural Competency: 0
Connecticut
6 CE Credits
The Vermont Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Connecticut accepts these credits for continuing education for psychologists in Connecticut pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-191c(b). This course is intended to qualify for specialty mandated credit types as follows:
Veterans' Mental Health: 0
The Vermont Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing educaiton for psychologists. Based on this approval, this course is pre-approved for credit for Connecticut licensed professional counselors under Conn. Agencies Regs § 20-195cc-3(a)(1). This course is intended to qualify for mandated credit types as follows:
Ethics: 0
Veterans' Mental Health: 0
New Hampshire
6 CE Credits
The Vermont Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor live continuing education for psychologists. The New Hampshire Board of Psychologists accepts credits earned from courses sponsored by APA-approved sponsors as indicated in Psyc § 402.01(d)(11). This course is intended to qualify for specialty mandated credit types as follows:
Ethics: 0
The Vermont Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education to psychologists. As a course sponosred by an organization with such approval, these credits are also accepted by the New Hampshire Board of Mental Health Practice for clinical social workers licensed in New Hampshire, as provided in Mhp 402.02(b)(1). This course is intended to qualify for the following specialty mandated credits:
Ethics: 0
Suicide Prevention: 0
The Vermont Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education to psychologists. As a course sponosred by an organization with such approval, these credits are also accepted by the New Hampshire Board of Mental Health Practice for clinical mental health counselors licensed in New Hampshire, as provided in Mhp 402.02(b)(1). This course is intended to qualify for the following specialty mandated credits:
Ethics: 0
Suicide Prevention: 0
The Vermont Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. As a course sponosred by an organization with such approval, these credits are also accepted by the New Hampshire Board of Mental Health Practice for marriage and family therapists; pastoral psychotherapists; and school social workers licensed in New Hampshire, as provided in Mhp 402.02(b)(1). The course is intended to qualify for the following specialty mandated credit types:
Ethics: 0
Suicide Prevention: 0
Other States Accepting Credits from APA-Approved Sponsors
6 CE Credits
The Vermont Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor live continuing education for psychologists. The Vermont Psychological Association maintains responsibility for its programs and their content. Psychologists and other professionals licensed in states whose respective licensing boards approve continuing education offered by APA-approved sponsors may earn continuing education credits for this course.
The New Hampshire Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The New Hampshire Psychological Association maintains responsibility for this course and its content.
Completion of this course earns 6 continuing education credits. Psychologists licensed in states which approve courses sponsored by APA-approved sponsors may earn homestudy continuing education credit for taking this course.
Handouts
| Practical Ethics slides (2.4 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
Speaker
Jeff Barnett, PsyD Related Seminars and Products
Jeffrey E. Barnett, Psy.D., ABPP is a licensed psychologist and is board certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology in Clinical Psychology and in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. Additionally, he is a Distinguished Practitioner in Psychology of the National Academies of Practice. He also is a Professor of Psychology at Loyola University Maryland. He is a nationally recognized expert in ethics and legal issues for mental health professionals and has served as chair of the ethics committees of the Maryland Psychological Association, the American Psychological Association, and the American Board of Professional Psychology. He also has served as the Vice Chair of the Maryland Psychology Licensing Board. Dr. Barnett has numerous publications to include 13 books and over 250 articles and book chapters and over 400 professional presentations that focus on ethics, legal, and professional practice issues for mental health professionals. Among many other awards, he is the recipient of the APA’s Outstanding Ethics Educator Award.
(Also, past president of Maryland Psychological Association, MPA Representative to APA Council for six years, and past president of APA Division 31.)
Course Objectives
Objective 1Differentiate aspirational ethics from defensive practice.
Objective 2
Describe the elements of effective risk management
Objective 3
List the boundaries relevant to the psychotherapy relationship
Objective 4
Explain how diversity factors impact the meaning of certain boundaries
Objective 5
Describe the decision-making process for entering multiple relationships with clients
Objective 6
Describe the relative benefits and limitations of treatment via telepsychology
Objective 7
Explain how diversity issues should be addressed clinical supervision
Objective 8
Explain the role of the supervision contract
Objective 9
List the qualities of effective clinical supervisors