(WC - 0150003 - REAMER - 2025) Boundaries and Dual Relationships in Clinical Practice: Top Ethical Challenges

Course overview

As clinicians, we come face to face with ethical "gray areas" daily and often skate around potential issues that could put our business, clinical work, or clients in jeopardy. And of these "gray areas," boundary issues and dual relationship challenges are a leading cause of lawsuits and licensing board complaints filled against behavioral health practitioners. In this training you'll receive a truly expert analysis of a range of boundary issues that behavioral health practitioners encounter. From the ethics of intimate relationships with clients and former clients; the healthy parameters of practitioners' self-disclosure; boundary challenges when working and living in small and rural communities to the use of nontraditional interventions and much more! So join ethics expert and former chair of the task force that wrote the NASW Code of Ethics, Frederic Reamer, PhD, as he provides guidance to behavioral health practitioners who grapple with these challenging situations and their aftermath. Dr. Reamer will cover a myriad of ethical dilemmas that behavioral health practitioners face in their careers and provide practical ethics-informed advice and actional solutions. You'll also learn: Ethical standards governing boundaries and dual relationship Techniques to prevent harm to clients Protocols to prevent litigation and licensing board complaints