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"Beginnings & Endings:
Ethical Issues & Avoidable Pitfalls"
 Mary Alice Fisher, Ph.D.
(3 Ethics/Laws CEUs)

INTRODUCTION:
Placing Intakes & Terminations Into Ethical Context
 
PART ONE: BEGINNINGS
 A. Ethical Requirements About Beginning Relationships
  Professional Ethics Codes
Other Professional Guidelines
  
 B. Legal Requirements About Clinical Beginnings
  Virginia Licensing Board Standards, Statutes, & Regulations
Federal HIPAA Regulations
    
 C. Clinical Implications Of These Ethical & Legal Requirements
  
 D. Creating Safe Beginnings
  Providing Information & Obtaining Client Consent
Avoiding Pitfalls:
   Risks of Exceptions
Needs of Therapist
   
 E. Marking the Transition from Intake to Intervention:
   
PART TWO: ENDINGS
 A. Ethical Requirements About Ending Relationships
  Professional Ethics Codes
Other Professional Guidelines
    
 B. Legal Considerations When Ending Clinical Relationships
  
 C. Clinical Issues With Ethical Implications
  

Planned "Timely" Endings
Therapist-Guided "Early" Endings
Patient-Initiated "Abrupt & Untimely" Endings
Financially-Driven Premature Terminations

    
 D. Closing a Practice - Retirement, Relocation, Illness, Death
   
 E. IMPLEMENTATION: Using Beginnings to Create Safer Endings

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Three (3) Continuing Education Credits (Ethics/Laws)
for Psychologists through the Virginia Board of Psychology - Provider #0814000006;
 for LCSWs by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) - Provider # 886-40-7427;
for LPCs through Virginia Counselors Association [NBCC Approved Provider #2047]
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