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As clinicians we come face to face with ethical “gray areas” daily and often skate around potential issues that could put our businesses, clinical work, or clients in jeopardy.
And of these “gray areas,” boundary issues and dual relationship challenges are a leading cause of lawsuits and licensing board complaints filed against behavioural health practitioners.
In this training you’ll receive a truly expert analysis of a range of boundary issues that behavioural health practitioners encounter. From the ethics of intimate relationships with clients and former clients; the healthy parameters of practitioners’ self-disclosure; boundary challenges when working and living in small and rural communities to the use of nontraditional interventions and so much more!
So watch ethics expert and former chair of the task force that wrote the NASW Code of Ethics, Frederic Reamer, PhD, as he provides guidance to behavioural health practitioners who grapple with these challenging situations and their aftermath. Dr. Reamer will cover a myriad of ethical dilemmas that behavioural health practitioners face in their careers and provides practical ethics-informed advice and actionable solutions. You’ll also learn:
Purchase today and avoid ethical entanglements that risk your professional liability!
Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships
All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners. For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.
PESI Australia, in collaboration with PESI in the USA, offers quality online continuing professional development events from the leaders in the field at a standard recognized by professional associations including psychology, social work, occupational therapy, alcohol and drug professionals, counselling and psychotherapy. On completion of the training, a Professional Development Certificate is issued after the individual has answered and submitted a quiz and course evaluation. This program is worth 6.5 hours CPD for points calculation by your association.
| File type | File name | Number of pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual - Boundaries and Dual Relationships in Clinical Practice (6.8 MB) | 38 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Boundaries and Dual Relationships in Clinical Practice - French (6.8 MB) | 38 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Boundaries and Dual Relationships in Clinical Practice - Italian (6.8 MB) | 38 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Boundaries and Dual Relationships in Clinical Practice - German (6.8 MB) | 38 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Boundaries and Dual Relationships in Clinical Practice - German (6.8 MB) | 38 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Boundaries and Dual Relationships in Clinical Practice - Spanish (6.8 MB) | 38 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Boundaries and Dual Relationships in Clinical Practice - Spanish (6.8 MB) | 38 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Frederic G. Reamer, PhD, has been on the faculty of the School of Social Work, Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island since 1983. Dr. Reamer received his PhD from the University of Chicago and has served as a social worker in correctional and mental health settings. He chaired the national task force that wrote the National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics and served on the task force that added technology standards to the code. Dr. Reamer lectures both nationally and internationally on the subjects of professional ethics, professional malpractice and liability, and documentation. In addition to ethics, his research and teaching have addressed a wide range of human service issues, including mental health, health care, criminal justice, and public welfare. Dr. Reamer has conducted extensive research on professional ethics and has been involved in several national research projects sponsored by The Hastings Center, Carnegie Corporation, Haas Foundation, and Center for Bioethics of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Reamer has been a witness and formal ethics consultant in more than 160 litigation and licensing board cases throughout the United States. He is the author of many books and other publications on ethical standards in behavioral health, risk management, and documentation.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Frederic Reamer receives royalties as a published author. Frederic Reamer receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Frederic Reamer serves as an advisory board member of Ocean State Stories, Pell Center, Salve Regina University and an advisory editor for the Encyclopedia of Social Work Online. He is a member of NASW Code of Ethics Revision Task Force, National Association of Social Workers, and the Association of Paroling Authorities International.
The nature of boundary issues and dual relationships in the behavioral health professions: Code of Ethics
Boundary issues in the digital age
Patterns of boundary issues and dual relationships
Ethical standards: Boundaries and Dual Relationships
Risk Management Strategies: Protecting Clients and Practitioners
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