Managing High Risk Professional Relationships

Instructor: Lawrence H. Hedges, Ph.D., Psy.D., ABPP Approved for 2 Hours of CE Credit Fulfills requirements for Psychologists, MFTs, LCSWs High Resolution Video and Downloadable Slides

Two Hours Continuing Education

In this unique 2-hour course, master clinician, teacher, and author, Lawrence H. Hedges, PhD, ABPP examines psychodynamic factors that constitute risks for both clients and therapists in today's litigious atmosphere. After reviewing how intrapsychic modes of relating affect professional relationships, Dr. Hedges offers practical suggestions how to avoid and manage transference- or resistance-based accusations.

Course Objectives

Overall goal: To help you identify areas of high risk in advance and know how to take appropriate preventative measures. Completion of the 2-hour course will enhance your ability to:

•  Understand how neuroscience, trauma theory, and attachment research demonstrate the importance of early relationships for later professional relationships.
•  Identify four general relatedness modes, and know how they can endanger professional relationships.
•  Learn common reactions to being accused that are counterproductive and how best to work with accusations.
•  Know how to prevent and successfully survive false accusations in professional relationships.

Registration Information $55.00

CE Approval Information This course fulfills 2 hours of Continuing Education credit for licensed mental health professionals in most states. Approved for California Board of Behaviorial Sciences (BBS) licensed  MFTs, LCSWs, and Licensed Professional  Counselors. The Steve Frankel Group, LLC (SFG), is an organization, institution, or association, recognized by the BBS as a continuing education provider, because SFG is approved by the American Psychological Association as an approved provider of CE credits.