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Ethics in an Age of Informality: Protecting Yourself When Boundaries Blur (Ethics Interviews)

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Outline

Countertransference: Probing the Heart of Our Ethical Dilemmas

The distinction between therapy and friendship.
The ethical issues of seeing clients in your home.
The use and benefits of the “Five Second Rule.”

Beyond Good Intentions: Positive Ethics with Difficult Clients

What the acronym BANJO stands for and how it serves as a foundation for ethical behavior.
The dangers of making ethical exceptions.
The pillars of “positive ethics.”

The Ethically Attuned Therapist

Negotiating dual relationships with clients.
The benefits of using consultation groups.
The rules of participating in client celebrations.

The Ambiguities of Ethical Practice: Defining Our Clinical Role and Its Limits

The ethical implications of using social media as a clinician.
The reasons for documenting clinical decisions.
How to recognize the differences between ethical and legal issues in clinical practice.

The Ethics of Online Therapy

The concept of online therapy and how it works.
Working with the Disinhibition Effect.
How to effectively screen clients for online therapy.

The Ethics of Self Disclosure

When it’s appropriate for a therapist to self-disclose with a client.
How self-disclosure can remove barriers in the therapist-client relationship.
When and how to respond to personal questions from clients.

Integrate DSM-5® Guidelines for Cultural Competencies in Your Practice

DSM- 5®: New guidelines for the integration of Cultural competencies
Cultural Competencies in Mental health
Ethics
Integrate Cultural Competencies into Practice

Objectives

Explain the distinction between therapy and friendship.
Explain the acronym BANJO as a foundation for ethical criteria.
Describe how to negotiate dual relationships with clients.
Explain the ethical implications of using social media as a clinician.
Define the concept of online therapy and how it works.
Identify when and how to respond to personal questions from clients.
Explain new DSM- 5® criteria and cultural formulation.
Discover your personal stereotypes and preconceived notions about individuals with differing experiences, cultural orientations, and languages.
Identify your cultural influences and use your knowledge to build rapport with diverse clients.

Target Audience

Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Case Managers, Addiction Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, and other Mental Health Professionals

Copyright : 07/11/2013

Integrate DSM-5® Guidelines for Cultural Competencies in Your Practice

OUTLINE:

DSM- 5®: New guidelines for the integration of Cultural competencies

Cross-cultural variations in presentations
Cultural concepts of distress
2 assessments and diagnostic protocols
DSM-5® -cultural formulation
Cultural factors influencing patients’ perspectives of their symptoms and treatment options
Cultural genogram with families

Cultural Competencies in Mental health

A mindfulness-based approach to cultural competence
Acknowledge cultural differences: terms of reference, racism stereotypes
Understand your own culture(s) and ethnic influences—The Fabric of Rapport
Making cultural connections
Acquire knowledge & skills
View behavior within a cultural context

Ethics

Ethical Standards for culturally competent practice
Strategies for responding to the spectrum of professional practice and boundaries in cross cultural treatment
Working with limited English proficiency and bi/multilingual clients
Ethics, Competence & Professional Practice Issues
Micro-aggressions in everyday life and the clinical setting

Integrate Cultural Competencies into Practice

Engaging identities; transference and counter transference issues
Medications; use and belief systems
Innovative group therapies
Culture, somatic symptoms and related disorders
Grief and resilience across cultures
Consulting with traditional/indigenous practitioners & natural healers

OBJECTIVES:

Explain new DSM- 5® criteria and cultural formulation.
Implement strategies and techniques for multicultural competencies in your practice.
Discover your personal stereotypes and preconceived notions about individuals with differing experiences, cultural orientations, and languages.
Identify your cultural influences and use your knowledge to build rapport with diverse clients.
Develop new levels of cultural comfort when differences exist between you and client.

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Target Audience

Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Case Managers, Addiction Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, and other Mental Health Professionals