Preventing Boundary Violations in the Therapy Relationship
Live Event

Preventing Boundary Violations in the Therapy Relationship

Sat, Apr 26th, 2025
11:00am – 2:15pm US Eastern Time
$67

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Event Details

Sat, Apr 26th, 2025
11:00am – 2:15pm US Eastern Time
(8:00am – 11:15am US Pacific Time)
3 CE Hours

About the Event

Therapeutic boundaries define the roles and limitations of the relationship between therapist and client. Therapists often struggle with maintaining clear professional boundaries, particularly when navigating dual relationships, bartering, countertransference, and the complexities of telehealth. Primary areas of concern include dual relationships both sexual and non sexual, setting and managing professional boundaries, the risks of bartering, delayed discovery in multiple relationships, and managing counter transference reactions. These challenges arise from evolving ethical standards, the increasing use of virtual therapy, and the potential for delayed awareness of boundary violations in multiple relationships.

This course will equip learners with strategies to establish and uphold professional boundaries, recognize and mitigate ethical risks, and apply updated ethics codes to both in-person and telehealth settings. Literature updates, expert opinion, and relevant ethics codes will be discussed.

Live Event This is a live online event. It will be conducted via Zoom Webinar.

Live Event Instructor

Pamela Harmell

Pamela Harmell

Dr. Pamela Harmell, Ph. D. is a national lecturer specializing in legal and ethical issues in clinical practice. She is a Professor at the Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and Psychology and has written extensively in professional publications on ethical practice and has formally studied law. She is the Past President of the Board of Psychology. Dr. Harmell is the former Chair of the California State Ethics Committee and former Chair of the Los Angeles County Psychological Association Ethics Committee. She served on the Board of Directors of the California Psychological Association and is Past President of the Los Angeles County Psychological Association.

Target Audience

This live interactive webinar is intended for behavioral health professionals, including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, MFT's and Addiction Professionals.

Learning Objectives

After taking this activity, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Describe the concerning multiple relationship behavior in a contextual frame in order to recognize potential damage to the client.
  2. 2 Summarize the importance of awareness of burnout and countertransference with regard to potential boundary violations.
  3. 3 Differentiate between appropriate and inappropriate boundary practices in virtual therapy by identifying ethical risks and applying relevant ethics codes.

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Planners and Reviewers

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

Faculty

There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Commercial support

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

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Event Agenda

Agenda times are listed in US Eastern Time. That is 3 hours later than US Pacific Time. The event starts at 8:00am US Pacific Time.

11:00 - 12:00pm

  • Introduction to Law & Ethics
  • Multiple Relationships 

12:00 - 12:30pm

  • Bartering Issues
  • Ethical & Legal Issues in Online Therapy

12:30 - 12:45pm BREAK

12:45 - 1:15pm

  • Three Major Concerns with Digital Disclosures
  • Awareness of Boundary Violations 

1:15 - 2:00pm

  • Writing Letters for Patients
  • Making Rule Blending Decisions
  • Delayed Discovery Rule 

2:00 - 2:15pm CLOSING/Q&A

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