Upcoming Workshops

• Avoiding Slippery Slopes

  Sat., April 20, 2013
  Falls Church, VA
  9:00 AM - NOON
  3 CE CREDITS

  This 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 CREDITS

  The 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 CREDITS

  We 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 CREDITS

  This 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 CREDITS

  Ways 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 CREDITS

  This 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 CREDITS

  Ethical-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 CREDITS

  There 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 CREDITS

  Are 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 CREDITS

  The 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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