Maintaining Appropriate Professional Boundaries: Exploring Ethical Obligations of Mental Health Professionals
9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET
Live Interactive Online Webinar
$60.00
Kathryn Krase, PhD, JD, MSW
Mental health professionals are charged with the legal and ethical responsibility to maintain professional boundaries, but the obligation isn’t always so easy to discern. This webinar brings real-world context to ethical concerns often experienced by professionals in practice in maintaining appropriate professional boundaries. This webinar will provide a framework to contemplate ethical dilemmas and make informed decisions that insulate professionals from legal liability while protecting clients from harm.<br> <br> *This webinar does not qualify for NBCC clock hours in ethics for Licensed Professional Counselors.<br>
To earn CE credit, social workers must log in at the scheduled time, attend the entire course, and complete an online course evaluation. Certificates of completion will be emailed within 10 business days of course completion.
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3.0 Ethics
Objectives
At the conclusion of this webinar, participants will be able to:
Describe the ethical and legal responsibility of mental health professionals to maintain appropriate professional boundaries with their clients
Define dual relationships
Apply a framework to avoid dual relationships whenever possible
Apply a framework to minimize potential harm to clients and the professional whenever dual relationships are not avoidable
Describe how to demonstrate that a client has not been exploited or coerced, intentionally or unintentionally
Audience
Social Workers and Allied Health Professionals