Ethics, the Law, & Professional Responsibility

Course overview

This course provides a general overview of ethical and legal issues, with updates on laws and ethical standards that have evolved over time. The purpose of this workshop is to provide an opportunity for mental health professionals to consider, review, and discuss particularly difficult ethical and legal issues related to maintaining confidentiality, avoiding multiple relationships and maintaining boundaries, clinical documentation, ethics in the electronic age, impaired practice and mandatory reporting/Duty to warn. The course will assist mental health professionals in maintaining competence in making ethically and legally informed decisions, and help participants better manage the legal and ethical complexities of their mental health practice. The course will be taught at an intermediate level and is appropriate for currently licensed professionals.