Ethics Category

Therapist's Guide For Preparing a Professional Will and Steps in Ethical Decision-Making

1 CE Hour
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About the Course

A professional will is a plan for what happens if we die suddenly or become incapacitated without warning. It helps those whom we designate to respond promptly and effectively to our clients’ needs and to the unfinished business of our practice. It gives others the basic information and guidance that can be so hard to come by at a time of shock and mourning. The first article outlines a set of steps to help you create your own professional will so that it fits your needs, resources, setting, and practice.

In addition, the second article provides some steps helpful in thinking through how to respond to an ethical dilemma, taking action, and assuming personal responsibility for our response.

This course is based on the reading online article, Therapist’s Guide For Preparing a Professional Will and Steps in Ethical Decision-Making created by Kenneth S. Pope, Ph.D., ABPP & Melba J.T. Vasquez, Ph.D., ABPP

Publication Details

Journal/Publisher: American Psychological Association
Publication Date: 2005; 2007

Course Material Author

Kenneth S. Pope, Ph.D., ABPP & Melba J.T. Vasquez, Ph.D., ABPP

Kenneth S. Pope, Ph.D., ABPP & Melba J.T. Vasquez, Ph.D., ABPP authored the material only, and was not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Target Audience

This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially psychologists, counselors, social workers, and nurses who seek knowledge about professional practice and ethical behaviors. It is appropriate for all levels of participants' knowledge.

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Outline a set of steps to help professional therapists create a professional will so that it fits the specific needs, resources, setting, and practice of the clinician.
  2. 2 Describe steps that a professional therapist can take that are helpful in thinking through how to respond to an ethical dilemma, taking action, and assuming personal responsibility for the response. These steps may help therapists to identify important aspects of a situation, consider positive and negative consequences of the ways in which they might respond, and discover better approaches.

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Planners and Reviewers

The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Material Authors

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Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

$9

Course Details

1 CE Hour
Reading Online
Course 101784

Availability

This course is retired. It is no longer available.

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