Instructor: A. Steven Frankel, PhD, JD, ABPP Approved for 6 Hours of CE Credit  Fulfills Requirements for Psychologists, MFTs, LCSWs High Resolution Video and Downloadable Slides
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This totally updated 6-hour course was recorded in late 2008, and covers topics most frequently requested by hundreds of clinician participants who completed our previous versions. Instructor A. Steven Frankel, PhD, JD, ABPP provides you with tools and resources to more effectively deal with critical legal and ethical issues, and to avoid pitfalls that frequently confront licensed therapists in the current regulatory climate. Topics include Coping With Threats by Patients, Testifying in Court, Suicide Assessment, Terminating Difficult Clients, Supervision, Malpractice Suits, "Side Businesses" and Innovative Ideas, Telehealth and E-Health, and Practicing Across State Lines. This course is offered in three convenient Online and CD formats available below.

Course Goal and Objectives

Overall goal: To help you understand, appreciate and navigate the complex interface between clinical practice and the legal system.

Objectives: Completion of the 6-hour course will enhance your ability to:

• Appreciate why "apology statutes" can be helpful to clinicians.
• Understand why clinicians should not try to bar patients/clients from making a board complaint.
• Be more familiar with the types of witnesses in the legal system.
• Understand the major forms of testimony in the legal system.
• Articulate important principles applicable to therapeutic self-disclosure.
• Understand the central principle in regard to physical contact with patients/clients.
• Avoid using diagnoses to protect patients/clients, but expose you to risk.
• Understand the principles involved in terminating difficult patients/clients.
• Respond appropriately when patients/clients become unable to pay you.
• Be more familiar with areas of law important for clinical supervisors.
• Understand major elements of an "abuse of transference" lawsuit.
• Be aware of risk factors in telehealth, email, and practicing across state lines.

Registration Information $125.00 $125.00 $75.00

CE Approval Information This course fulfills 6 hours Continuing Education credit for licensed mental health professionals in most states. Approved for Psychologists by the American Psychological Association. Approved for MFTs and LCSWs by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Read More...   Play Our Course Samples Now!