Upcoming Workshops
Avoiding Slippery Slopes
Sat., April 20, 2013
Falls Church, VA
9:00 AM - NOON
3 CE CREDITSThis is not a risk-management workshop. But we know that sometimes making exceptions to our usual ethical and clinical practices can start us on a path from which it can be very hard to recover, and which can ultimately affect clinical outcome and patient welfare. How can we recognize when we are about to take a [...]
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Are We Really Informants?
Sat., April 20, 2013
Falls Church, VA
1:00 - 4:00 PM
3 CE CREDITSThe book “The New Informants,” by Christopher Bollas (psychoanalyst) and David Sundelson (attorney) created quite a stir when it was published in 1995. Today, few people mention that book. But it is worth revisiting. It contains important information we should all be aware of; it offers admonitions we should still consider; and it makes some claims we [...]
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If Only I Had Known . . .
Mon., May 13, 2013
Charlottesville VA
9:00 AM - NOON 3 CE CREDITSWe say this when dealing with an outcome we could have avoided if we had sought more information, been more forethoughtful, or consulted before acting. Dr. Fisher will share examples of such situations from her own practice and elsewhere, in the hope that this will help others be better prepared. Attendees are invited to add to the agenda [...]
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Learning From Ethical Vignettes
Mon, May 13, 2013
Charlottesville, VA
1:00 - 4:00 PM
3 CE CREDITSThis workshop will be based on discussion of ethical issues raised by clinical vignettes such as those below, adapted and used used with consent from a state psychological association. Others sources will also be used. Dilemma 1: Therapist in the Middle Dilemma 2: A Suffering Caregiver Dilemma 3: A New Referral? Dilemma 4: A Therapist in Turmoil [...]
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CATEGORIES
Fri., May 17, 2013
Fairfax, VA
9:00 a.m. - noon
3 CE CREDITSWays of Organizing Essential Ethical & Legal Information This workshop is designed to review and organize the broad range of ethical and legal information that mental health professionals are responsible for knowing. Categories must encompass ethical topics such as those below & must also reflect legal sources of information about those topics from state and [...]
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Learning From Ethical Vignettes
Fri., May 17, 2013
Fairfax, VA
1:00 - 4:00 PM
3 CE CREDITSThis workshop will be based on discussion of ethical issues raised by clinical vignettes such as those below, adapted and used used with consent from a state psychological association. Others sources will also be used. Dilemma 1: Therapist in the Middle Dilemma 2: A Suffering Caregiver Dilemma 3: A New Referral? Dilemma 4: A Therapist in Turmoil [...]
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Ethical-Legal Jeopardy
Sat., June 8, 2013
Williamsburg, VA
9:00 AM - NOON
3 CE CREDITSEthical-Legal “Jeopardy!” (Who Said Ethics Was Boring?) The first half of this workshop is an overview of some simple, basic topics in professional ethics and Virginia law. The second half of the workshop will be conducted a bit like a “Jeopardy” game. Using the categories below, we will test our understanding of what we have [...]
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Multi-Cultural Competence, Anyone?
Sat., June 8, 2013
Williamsburg, VA
1:00 - 4:00 PM
3 CE CREDITSThere is much discussion about diversity and “multicultural competence;” but often there is little specificity about definitions. Exactly how do our professions define “multi-cultural”? If we speak only one or two of the 337 languages used in the U.S. today, does it count if we are proficient with patients from rural cultures? from certain disability groups? [...]
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Top 10 Ethically Important Distinctions
Fri., June 14, 2013
Richmond VA
9:00 AM - noon
3 CE CREDITSAre you clear about the distinctions reflected in the list below? Why it is ethically important to understand these differences? How might patients/clients be harmed if you fail to do that? What might be the risk to you if you fail to do that? 1. Personal Moral Code vs. Professional Ethics 2. Ethically-Required vs. Ethically-Permitted Behavior 3. [...]
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Are We Really Informants?
Fri., June 14, 2013
Richmond, VA
1:00 - 4:00 PM
3 CE CREDITSThe book “The New Informants,” by Christopher Bollas (psychoanalyst) and David Sundelson (attorney) created quite a stir when it was published in 1995. Today, few people mention that book. But it is worth revisiting. It contains important information we should all be aware of; it offers admonitions we should still consider; and it makes some claims we [...]
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