Standard of Care, Risk of Risk Management, and Subsequent Therapist Syndrome

This unique CE presentation will cover three ethics-related topics:

1. Dr. Zur will discuss the extremely important construct of the standard of care, which can be most broadly defined as the usual and customary professional standard practice in the community. The standard of care is the yardstick that is used on licensing board investigations and civil malpractice suits against therapists. This presentation will explain that the standard of care is a minimum standard and outline specific ways that psychotherapists can follow to operate within the standard of care.
2. Dr. Zur will clarify that, unlike what most clinicians have heard in graduate school and many continuing education ethics workshops, the standard of care is not the same as risk management or what people call "defensive medicine." This presentation will help clinicians generate an ethical risk management plan that focuses on the welfare of those in therapy, clinical integrity, as well as protection of the clinician. Dr. Zur will also explain how following commonly preached risk management practices can put therapists in increased risk of licensing boards complaints and lawsuits.
3. Dr. Zur will explain the newly coined term of the “Subsequent Therapist Syndrome” (STS). This term refers to those circumstances where the subsequent or new psychotherapist may act unethically when providing an "expert opinion" regarding a former therapist's (supposedly) unethical or illegal conduct. These are the cases where the subsequent therapist's evaluation and judgment are solely based on their theoretical bias, rigid view of therapeutic boundaries, and/or the self-report of a person in therapy.

This introductory web conference is designed to help clinicians:

1. Review the elements that the standard of care in psychotherapy is based on;
2. Summarize the complexities and problems in establishing the standard of care;
3. Define and explain boundary crossings and boundary violations in psychotherapy;
4. Report the origin of and the forces behind risk management;
5. Define the term Subsequent Therapist Syndrome.

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Event Reviews from Members

Best ethics course I've ever taken - Michael Quinn, PhD

Continuing Education (CE) Information

1.5 CE credits will be provided by GoodTherapy.org for attending this Web Conference in its entirety.

GoodTherapy.org is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEPTM) and may offer NBCC-approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements. GoodTherapy.org solely is responsible for all aspects of the program.

GoodTherapy is an Approved Education Provider by NAADAC, The Association for Addiction Professionals (provider #135463). Of the eight counselor skill groups ascribed to by NAADAC, this course is classified within Counseling Services.

GoodTherapy.org is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. GoodTherapy.org maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

GoodTherapy.org, SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0395.

To receive CE credit hours for an archived event, you will need to complete a survey as well as a 12 or 15-question exam, verifying that you listened to or watched the event in its entirety. Archived CE events generally are considered "homestudy" by licensing boards.

Registration Information

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Mental health professionals who are not members can attend this live web conference for $30.95 or access the homestudy recording for $15.50. Sign up here to purchase this CE course and earn a CE certificate.

If the event is canceled by GoodTherapy, registrants who purchased the event will be notified and the charge for the event will be refunded

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