2008
Fall Workshops
Offering CE Credits in Ethics for Mental Health Professionals
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To see the Outline of each Workshop,
with links to Registration Forms and Driving Directions,
click on the red dates below.
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What's New in '08?
Ethical Implications of New Virginia Laws
Mary Alice Fisher, Ph.D.
1.5 CE Credits
Friday, October 3, 2008 - Fairview Park Marriott, Falls Church VA
Saturday, November 15, 2008 - Innsbrook Hilton Garden Inn, Richmond VA
Monday, December 1, 2008 - DoubleTree Hotel, Charlottesville, VA
As of July 1, 2008, Virginia has some new laws,
several of which were enacted in response to the Virginia Tech tragedy.
How might they potentially affect your clients?
How might you need to change your promises about "limits of confidentiality?"
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Want to Delegate It?
What Are Your Ethical Responsibilities When Entrusting Tasks to Others?
Mary Alice Fisher, Ph.D.
3 CE Credits
Saturday, November 15, 2008 - Innsbrook Hilton Garden Inn, Richmond VA
Do others serve as "on call" clinicians for you?
Do you use clerical staff, a billing agent, an answering service, a computer guru, etc.?
Do others participate in interviewing your clients, obtaining signatures on consent forms, etc.?
Do you have assistants who administer or score tests, etc.?
Ethics Codes impose some specific obligations when we entrust tasks to others.
HIPAA also imposes legal requirements if those delegated tasks involve
interactions with clients or with their protected health information.
This workshop summarizes the ethical and legal obligations and considers their practical implications.
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Forethought:
Which Ethical Dilemmas Can You Avoid If You Try?
Mary Alice Fisher, Ph.D.
3 CE Credits
Monday, December 1, 2008 - DoubleTree Hotel, Charlottesville VA
Forethought is sometimes considered the single most important aspect of ethical practice.
Knowing the "ethical rules" is very necessary, but not sufficient for avoiding ethical dilemmas.
With forethought and planning, however, many ethical dilemmas are actually avoidable.
How well can we avoid receiving subpoenas? prevent misunderstandings about fees & reimbursements?
eliminate the confidentiality confusions in multi-client (couple/family) therapy?
This workshop is about anticipating such problems, avoiding the ethical complications when avoidable,
and being prepared to meet the ones that are unavoidable.
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Facing Up To Ethical-Legal Conflicts:
Is Civil Disobedience an Acceptable Alternative?
Mary Alice Fisher, Ph.D.
1.5 CE Credits
Saturday, November 15, 2008 - Innsbrook Hilton Garden Inn, Richmond VA
Monday, December 1, 2008 - DoubleTree Hotel, Charlottesville VA
Respected ethicists suggest that clinicians should consider all the options
when faced with a legal requirement that conflicts with their ethical standards.
Do we recognize the ethical-legal conflicts when they arise, or do we fail to face them for what they are?
If an ethical-legal conflict can't be resolved, how do your personal ethical values fit into the picture?
If you must choose, should you follow your ethical standards or obey the law?
What happens if you choose to disobey the law?
This workshop will use "hypothetical" ethical-legal dilemmas faced by Virginia clinicians,
and a decision-making grid provided by Knapp, et al. (2007), in "When Laws and Ethics Collide."
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Establishing Ethical Relationships With Colleagues: Collaboration, Consultation, Consolation, Confrontation
Mary Alice Fisher, Ph.D.
3 CE Credits
Friday, October 3, 2008 - Fairview Park Marriott, Falls Church VA
What do our Ethics Codes say about relationships with colleagues?
How do our Ethical Standards fit together with Virginia's laws on such matters?
What complications can arise in collegue relationships, whether in
consultations, case referrals, or collaborative situations?
What are our ethical obligations if a colleague's behavior is putting clients at risk?
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Virginia Minors and Confidentiality
Integrating Ethical Standards, Virginia Laws & HIPAA
Mary Alice Fisher, Ph.D.
3 CE Credits
Friday, October 3, 2008 - Fairview Park Marriott, Falls Church VA
Ethics Codes have some important things to say about minors' confidentiality rights,
but how do those fit together with the legal provisions in Virginia statutes and in HIPAA?
Virginia law gives minors of any age the right to consent to outpatient treatment;
HIPAA regulations & Virginia law say that gives them almost the same rights as adults for
accessing their records or giving (or refusing to give) consent for disclosures .
But Virginia law also stipulates that parents may not be denied access to their minor child's records.
How does all this fit together with the confidentiality limits favored by child and adolescent clinicians?
This workshop represents our best attempt to integrate all these ethical and legal mandates
and prepare clinicians for their initial informed consent conversations with minors and their parents .
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To see the Outline of each Workshop,
with links to Registration Forms and Driving Directions,
click on the red dates above.
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Continuing Education (CE) Credits in Ethics/Laws:
The Center for Ethical Practice is approved by APA (American Psychological Association)
to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.
The Center maintains full responsibility for all programs and their content.
Also approved by the Virginia Board of Psychology [Paragraph B Provider #814000006];
by NASW ( National Association of Social Workers) ( as Provider # 886-40-7427);
and by VCA (Virginia Counselors Association) [NBCC Approved Provider #2047].

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To request on-site training at your location, click here: "Training Requests."
To request consultation services, click here: "Consultation"
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Article:
"Protecting Confidentiality Rights: The Need for An Ethical Practice Model"
(Fisher, Mary Alice (2008). American Psychologist, Vol. 63, No. 1, pp. 1–13 , January 2008.)

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