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Raising the Ethical Issues We Avoid
What Are We Not Talking About ?
Mary Alice Fisher, Ph.D.
Monday, January 25, 2010 -- DoubleTree Hotel -- Charlottesville VA
3 CEs

  I. INTRODUCTION: Asking Uncomfortable Questions
     
  II. Sex & Romance
   

Clients' Sexual and Romantic Feelings
Clients' Sexual Questions
Clients' Sexual Behavior
Therapists' Sexual and Romantic Feelings
Therapist Behavior

     
  III. Lies That Might Catch Up With Us
   

Lies to Consultant or Supervisor
Lies to Peers
Lies to Ourselves

     
  IV. Mistakes That Make Us Afraid We Will Be "Discovered"
   

Admitting Ethical Mistakes
Admitting Clinical Mistakes
Admitting Legal Mistakes

     
  V. Not Knowing the Answers
    to Important "What Should I Do If.........." Questions
     
  VI. Not Finding a Peer Consultant We Can Trust
     
  VII. Working With Unethical Colleagues, Professors, or Supervisors
     
  VIII. More
 

Educational Goals:
 

(a) List four categories of issues that clinicians tend to avoid discussing;
(b) Explain (using hypothetical vignettes) why such issues might be difficult for clinicians to discuss;
(c)
Describe (to yourself; not necessarily aloud to this group) one professional issue you wish you could discuss more freely;
(d) Suggest some ways these difficult issues might be more safely raised in supervision or in peer consultation.

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