SGV-CAMFT 2022 Law & Ethics Workshop

San Gabriel Valley CAMFT
presents the
2022 Law & Ethics Workshop

“Digital and Traditional Boundaries
and TeleMental Health Ethics”

6 CEUs

Presenter:

Ofer Zur, Ph.D.

Friday, October 21, 2022

9:30 am - 4:00 pm

Online Via Zoom

Earn 6.0 CEUs

Includes 30-Minute Lunch Break

Please Join Us! 

Therapists & Therapeutic Ethics
As Viewed in the Movies

Focus of this Workshop  

This 6-hour Live CE interactive presentation will review Digital and Traditional Boundaries and TeleMental Health Ethics all LMFTs, social workers, counselors, and licensed psychotherapists need to maintain. It will include clinical examples to highlight potential ethical conflicts, along with discussions of best practices and how to resolve conflicts. Time will be allocated to addressing never before considered concerns arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic and this new era of telemental health. In addition to the PowerPoint, the presentation will include small group discussions and polls as well as Q &A as time permits. 

Topics to be covered are:

• Digital and Traditional Boundaries
• TeleMental Health Ethics
• Different forms or types of consultations
• Ethical, Legal and Clinical aspects of each clinical case
• Common State Licensing Board Complaints: Inappropriate custody recommendations, Texting into the night, Drunk driving, Sex w/ current clients, etc.
• Standard of Care: Myths and facts
• Therapists Googling clients, Digital Boundaries
• Responding to a negative YELP review
• Practicing in the next phase of the COVID-19 epidemic
• Ethical issues in social networking
• Ethical issues in Telemental Health: Crossing state lines, emergencies, fitness, and more.
• Boundaries in Therapy: Gifts, Touch, Dual Relationships, Bartering, Out-of-Office

Learning Objectives

At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:

1. Differentiate between ethical, legal, clinical, and risk management aspects of cases.
2. Identify the three most common complaints of state licensing boards filed against licensed psychotherapists, social workers, and counselors.
3. Describe the difference between boundary crossings and boundary violations.
4. Identify the differences among various types of consultations.
5. List at least three ethical considerations and challenges for mental health professionals arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
6. Identify the most common myths and faulty beliefs regarding psychotherapy and counseling

Earn 6.0 CEUs

About the Speaker

Ofer Zur, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist, consultant, writer, forensic consultant, and lecturer from Sebastopol, CA, is a pioneer in the development of the ethical and effective managed-care-free psychotherapy practice, and a prolific writer and researcher. Dr. Zur taught for many years at several Bay Area, CA graduate schools and has trained thousands of psychotherapists in his seminars, lectures, and private consultations on Ethics with Soul, Therapeutic Boundaries, HIPAA, Dual Relationships, Standard of Care, Domestic Violence, Speed and Technology, Victims, and many more topics. He is the founder of Zur Institute, which offers unique and innovative online continuing education to psychologists, LMFTs, social workers, and counselors. He is one of the most prominent consultants and forensic experts in the area of therapeutic boundaries. Website: DrZur.com.

Registration closes on Thursday, October 20 at 10:00 pm (PT)
and is only available online.
This is an online event via Zoom.
Payment MUST be made at the time of registration.

Questions? Contact Kathryn Bikle president@sgvcamft.org
and Lynne Azpeitia at LynneMAzpeitia@yahoo.com. 

Grievances? Accommodations?

Contact Natasha Morisawa pastpresident@sgvcamft.org

For Chapter information and other events, please visit: 

WWW.SGVCAMFT.ORG 

EVENT DETAILS

9-9:30 am                Zoom Check-In*

9:30 am                   CE Presentation Begins

12:30 pm-1 pm        Lunch Break (On your own)*

1 pm                        CE Presentation Begins Again After Lunch

4 pm                        Presentation Ends 

* = Non-CEU Segment

CEU Certificates will be available and distributed upon the completion of the presentation and an evaluation which will be emailed to you. You must attend the full workshop to receive your certificate.

SGV-CAMFT Event Cancellation Policy

Registration is not complete until full payment has been received. Full payment of the registration guarantees you access to the event. Partial or incomplete payment does not guarantee you access unless it is paid for in full within 24 hours in advance of the scheduled event.

Refund Schedule

• Forty-eight hours prior to the event:   100% refund
• Twenty-four hours prior to the event:   50% refund
• Day of event or no-show:                         0% refund

*if you have a medical, personal, family emergency, or other extenuating circumstances that prevent you from attending, and you have already registered (partially or fully), you may either request a refund, or apply your payment/deposit toward the next event.

You may initiate your cancellation request, or make a refund or credit request, by sending an email to info@sgvcamft.org.

You must send in your request no later than five days within the end of the event.

You will receive your credit or refund within fourteen business days following the approval of your request.

Note that circumstances beyond the control of the event organizers may necessitate substitutions, alterations, or cancellations of the speakers and/or topics. Therefore, SGV-CAMFT reserves the right to alter or modify the advertised speaker and/or topics if necessary. Any changes will be updated on the SGV-CAMFT website, and every effort will be made to notify you via email of any changes so that you may have the option to cancel or transfer your registration fee.