Complicated Relationships: Case Studies in Boundaries

CE Hours 3 3 Ethics

About this live event

Mental health professionals are more than their professional role. We have personal lives. When those personal lives intertwine with our professional lives, things get complicated. This training explores dual/multiple relationships by examining case examples from the common to the unlikely, but still real. Special attention will be paid to considerations for communities where dual/multiple relationships in the provision of mental health care might not be avoidable, including rural areas, religious groups, LGBTQ+ communities, and veterans of military service. This course is designed to meet the NYS requirement of mental health professionals to receive 3 hours of training on maintaining appropriate professional boundaries. This course is NOT New York state specific, and can satisfy ethics, boundaries and general CE requirements for any state.

Learning Objectives

Describe the ethical and legal responsibility of mental health professionals to maintain appropriate professional boundaries with their clients.
Summarize dual/multiple relationships.
Apply a framework to avoid dual/multiple relationships whenever possible, and minimize potential harm to clients and the professional whenever dual/multiple relationships are not avoidable.

Learning Levels

All Levels

Target Audience

This live interactive webinar is intended for behavioral health professionals, including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, MFT's and Addiction Professionals.

Agenda

11:00-11:05am - Introductions

11:05-11:30am - The Basics of Boundaries
11:30-12:15pm - Overlapping Connections

12:15-12:30pm - Break

12:30-1:00pm - Communities in Common
1:00-1:30pm - Trials and Tribulations of Technology
1:30-2:05pm - Protecting Yourself from Ethical & Legal Liability

2:05-2:15pm - Conclusions/Questions

Live event Instructor(s)

Kathryn Krase, JD, MSW

Kathryn Krase is a social worker, lawyer, researcher, educator, and expert on professional ethics. She has significant experience as a family law practitioner, social work supervisor, along with more than 20 years of experience in faculty and administrative roles in undergraduate, masters, and doctoral level social work programs in and around New York City. Dr. Krase is the Principal Consultant for Krase Consulting, in Brooklyn, New York, where she focuses on educating mental and physical health professionals on their general legal and ethical obligations.

Disclosure

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