Reach Out and Shrink Someone-Clinical Practice in the Age of Technology: Ethical Considerations
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Reach Out and Shrink Someone-Clinical Practice in the Age of Technology: Ethical Considerations

Sat, Jul 23rd, 2022
11:00am – 2:15pm US Eastern Time
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About the Event

The 21st Century has brought innovations that require therapists to consider confidentiality, record keeping, and boundary controversies, especially since the proliferation of online therapy since the covid epidemic. This workshop will address personal versus professional website issues, reputation protection (Yelp), teletherapy and working across state lines, specific informed consent for telehealth, and updates on proper internet record keeping. Literature updates, expert opinion, and relevant ethics codes will be discussed.

Live Event
This live online event will be held as a Zoom Webinar. Attendees will have the option to interact through features such as the Chat and Q&A, but cameras and microphones will not be enabled.

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 mental 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 Identify ethical issues related to when psychotherapists can practice across state lines.
  2. 2 Prepare an informed consent form for online therapy.
  3. 3 Discuss the importance of the “Third party rule” in the age of technology.

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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.

11am - 12:30pm (1.5 CE's)

  • The basics of practicing vigilant ethics
  • The “Four Sorting Bins” ethical decision making
  • Four mechanisms holding psychotherapists accountable
  • Types of unethical practice
  • Definitions and terminology for telepsychology
  • What does the APA say about working across state lines
  • Psychotherapists as “essential” workers?
  • Providing teletherapy across state lines
  • Working across state lines in the time of covid

12:30am - 12:45am Break

12:45pm - 2:15pm (1.5 CE's)

  • Third party rule
  • Handling social media
  • Social media policy
  • Including Texts and emails in patient records
  • Ethical issues related to patient-therapist online searches
  • Barriers to telepsychology
  • Statistics and prevalence of internet users
  • Research on use of internet by psychotherapists
  • Confidentiality issues (Internet Information; Difference between confidentiality and privilege)
  • Recommendations for therapists who use the internet
  • How to protect your patients
  • How to protect your practice
  • Reputation protection (Legal and ethical issues/ Yelp & other online issues)

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