Best Practices for Successful Legal and Ethical Online Counseling and Coaching

People in therapy are clamoring for email addresses. Some send text messages. Others want to connect through Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and professional websites. Yet, many mental health practitioners still practice as if they are not living in a worldwide economy that is driven by technology.

During this 90-minute Web Conference, Dr. Maheu will outline key legal and ethical mandates incumbent upon mental health professionals as they embark upon the use of new and emerging technologies to render services from their computers. Topics covered in educational stories will showcase legal and ethical dilemmas related to Skype, Facebook, Blogging, Google, videoconferencing, practicing over state lines, informed consent, HIPAA, and other risk management concerns. Participants will glimpse the far-reaching and exciting new horizons that await the cautious but forward-thinking clinician and coach.

Many clinicians recognize the importance of using technologies in their clinical practice, but they may be at a loss when it comes to understanding where to start. This webinar will provide preliminary guidance for how to incorporate psychotechnologies into everyday clinical practice. It will also provide a glimpse at the scientific literature that has been developing for the last 50 years.

This introductory web conference is designed to help clinicians:

1. Describe one ethical dilemma related to Skype and the ethical code that help practitioners think through these types of dilemmas
2. Discuss the legal issues related to practicing over state lines or international borders for mental health
3. Outline one key element of a risk management plan for working online with people in therapy
4. Explain the results of at least one scientific study about psychotechnologies

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

Continuing Education (CE) Information

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

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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

Premium and Pro Membership with GoodTherapy includes access to this web conference at no additional cost, as well as other member benefits such as a profile listing in GoodTherapy's Therapist Directory. Not yet a member? Sign up for a Premium or Pro Membership, here.

Just want CE credits? Sign up for a monthly or annual CE Subscription with GoodTherapy to get unlimited access to our CE Program, including this event, other live CE web conferences, and hundreds of hours of homestudy courses.

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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