21st Century Ethics:
Emerging Digital, Boundaries, and Standard of Care Issues Presented by Ofer Zur, Ph.D.

Web Conference Description

In this four part Web Conference series, Dr. Zur will review cutting edge clinical and ethical complexities that clinicians face in the 21st century and will review how the internet has affected the way therapists and clients interact and get informed about each other. The Web Conference series will cover issues such as e-mails and texting between therapists and clients, clients Googling therapists, therapists Googling clients, clients “Friend requests” on Facebook, and tele-mental health. Dr. Zur will also define the standard of care, provide record keeping, termination and ethical risk management guidelines, as well as discuss therapeutic boundaries, such as touch, gifts, self-disclosure, home visits, bartering, dual relationships and much more.

Therapists will be able to participate in discussions and pose questions and ideas during the Web Conference. The hope is that therapists will learn how to operate ethically and with clinical integrity rather than fear and trepidation. Each session is sixty-minutes long and will be supplemented by PDF handouts.

Session 1: "Introduction to 21st Century Ethics" will be presented on October 1st, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific. This teleconference will offer an overview of cutting edge 21st century ethics, and cover topics such as: what is “the standard of care?”, what are the most complex issues presenting to psychotherapy by the Internet?, what is Ethics?, record keeping, and the basics of confidentiality.

Session 2: "Cutting Edge Digital Issues" will be presented on October 8th, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific. During this teleconference Dr. Zur will discuss topics such as the use of E-mail as part of face to face therapy, clients Googling therapists, therapists' Internet transparency, the use of texting between clients and therapists, and record keeping of email and other digital communications

Session 3: "Therapeutic Boundaries" will be presented on October 15th, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific. This teleconference will discuss the definitions of boundary crossing vs. boundary violations, and address topics such as touch, gifts, self-disclosure, bartering, home visits and Home-based therapy, Adventure Therapy or Outdoor therapy, dual relationship with an emphasis on small towns, or small communities in big towns, as well as codes of ethics on boundaries.

Session 4: "Telehealth, HIPAA, Termination and Risk Management" will be presented on October 22nd, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific. This teleconference will address topics including the basics of Telehealth, the demystification of HIPAA, Ethical Risk Management, and Ethics with Soul: recapping how to practice ethically and soulfully and with integrity.

This Web Conference is intermediate instructional level. If you have any questions about this Web Conference, or would like more information, please contact us here.