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It’s an age-old question – how much of myself do I bring to my work as a therapist?
With technology and related changes in how relationships work, it has become increasingly difficult to manage boundaries with clients.
Plus, as society becomes more divisive, you may find yourself reacting more strongly to your client’s values and beliefs.
From clients looking therapists up on social media, to the nuances involved in conducting telehealth from a home office, to the ways that social grouping along political lines has become rampant – it’s time to update how we practice.
This training will zero in on the most important aspects of “Self-of-Therapist” work, including practical guidance on boundaries, countertransference and self-disclosure. You will learn how to bring yourself fully into sessions in ways that ultimately move therapy forward.
So watch ethics and boundaries expert Kirsten Lind Seal, PhD, LMFT, who has helped thousands of clinicians avoid ethical pitfalls in their clinical practices. This training will cover:
Finish this training with examples and plans to ethically and legally be your authentic self in therapy all while serving your clients!
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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 - Navigating Boundaries, Countertransference, and Self-Disclosure (10.2 MB) | 142 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Navigating Boundaries, Countertransference, and Self-Disclosure - French (10.2 MB) | 142 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Navigating Boundaries, Countertransference, and Self-Disclosure - Italian (10.2 MB) | 142 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Kirsten Lind Seal, PhD, LMFT, holds an MA in counseling psychology and a PhD in couple and family therapy from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Lind Seal teaches ethics at two universities and regularly conducts trainings on ethics and cross-cultural issues at the local, regional and national level. She is currently adjunct associate professor at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota and core ethics faculty (adjunct) at Chaminade University of Honolulu. She has extensive training in teaching and learning: at Saint Mary’s she was a Teaching Fellow (2013-2014), and she completed the Preparing Future Faculty Certificate Program at the University of Minnesota in 2014.
Dr. Lind Seal’s research has been published in Psychology Today, Journal of Marital and Family Therapy and Family Process. She has published several case studies and an ethics focused “In Consultation” piece in the Psychotherapy Networker and has reviewed for The Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy (UK). She is currently conducting a scholarship of teaching and learning research project examining the impact of her cultural context ethical decision-making model on graduate students’ cultural growth and ethical decision-making at Chaminade University of Honolulu.
Dr. Lind Seal’s professional memberships are with the Minnesota Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and the New England Association for Family and Systemic Therapy, for which organizations she has created, presented and recorded numerous trainings and webinars on a variety of ethical issues. She has been participating in ongoing monthly anti-racism groups through NEAFAST for the last three years.
She has a completely virtual private practice where she works with individuals, couples and family, and offers ethics consultations to colleagues. She has been interviewed as a content expert by MPR, CNN.com, and the Minneapolis Star Tribune and has for the last 9 years has been a regular on-air contributor on Relationship Reboot, a weekly segment on relationships on WCCO TV’s Channel 4 (CBS Twin Cities).
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Kirsten Lind Seal maintains a private practice and has employment relationships with Chaminade University of Honolulu and Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. She receives a speaking honorarium from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Kirsten Lind Seal is a member of the Minnesota Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, a contributor/creator of segments on Mid-morning WCCO TV And of The New England Association For Family And Systemic Therapy.
Access never expires for this product.
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Boundaries and the Modern Clinician
How clients may use online tools to cross our boundaries and what to do
Why boundary issues are inherent in therapist self disclosure via social media
Ethical Standards Around Countertransference
Create a countertransference management plan
The role of implicit bias in countertransference situations
Do’s and Don’t’s Around Self-Disclosure
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