11:00-11:05 – Introduction
11:05-11:30 – Basics of ethics and law
Difference between civil and criminal issues
11:30-12:00-
Ethics codes; case law; statutes
Reasonable therapist doctrine
12:00-12:30-Basics of termination and abandonment
Eight elements of termination check list
Why termination?
12:30-12:45 – Break
12:45-1:15 –
Basics of patient abandonment
Termination when it is therapist’s choice
1:15-1:45 –
Four elements of proper termination
Three elements of proper referral
1:45-2:05 –
What to do when client stops coming to sessions
Proper handling of patient “no show”
Handling patient’s who fail to make payment for services
2:05-2:15 – Q&A
Dr. Pamela Harmell, Ph. D. is a national lecturer specializing in legal and ethical issues in clinical practice. She is a Professor at the Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and Psychology and has written extensively in professional publications on ethical practice and has formally studied law. She is the Past President of the Board of Psychology. Dr. Harmell is the former Chair of the California State Ethics Committee and former Chair of the Los Angeles County Psychological Association Ethics Committee. She served on the Board of Directors of the California Psychological Association and is Past President of the Los Angeles County Psychological Association.
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