Ethical Gatekeeping: Knowing When Support Ends and Accountability Begins

About the Event

Clinical supervisors and training leaders are often placed in an uncomfortable yet critical position: balancing support for developing clinicians with the ethical responsibility to protect clients and uphold professional standards. When concerns related to competence, impairment, or high-risk behaviors arise, uncertainty about when and how to intervene can lead to hesitation, over-accommodation, or delayed action.

This training offers a clear, practical framework for ethical gatekeeping and board reporting. Participants will learn how to distinguish developmental challenges from competence and impairment concerns, respond early and effectively through supervision and remediation, and recognize when supervision alone is no longer sufficient. Particular attention is given to identifying ethical reporting thresholds, documenting concerns using board-defensible language, and understanding supervisory liability when known risks are left unaddressed.

Through case examples, decision-making tools, and structured guidance, this training supports supervisors in moving from avoidance to ethical clarity, strengthening confidence in difficult conversations and high-stakes decisions. Emphasis is placed on compassionate accountability, client protection, and ethical leadership—reframing gatekeeping and reporting not as punitive acts, but as essential components of responsible supervision.

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

Live Event Instructor

Francisca Mix

Francisca F. Mix, MA, LPC, ACS, BC-DMT is a seasoned clinician, educator, and consultant with over 20 years of experience guiding mental health professionals in the areas of embodied healing, clinical supervision, and leadership development. She is a Board-Certified Dance/Movement Therapist (BC-DMT), Licensed Professional Counselor, and Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS), known for her integrative and relational approach to professional growth.

Blending somatic wisdom with clinical rigor, Francisca has helped shape the professional development of clinicians throughout Colorado. Among the first trainers to offer the Approved Clinical Supervisor program in the state, she played a key role in raising supervision standards and advancing ethical, embodied leadership in clinical practice.

Francisca continues to influence the next generation of mental health leaders through her consulting work, innovative training programs, and unwavering dedication to building a more confident, connected, and sustainable counseling profession.

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 Differentiate developmental struggles, competence concerns, and impairment/high-risk situations.
2 Apply an ethical gatekeeping framework to respond early and effectively to concerns.
3 Identify when supervision and remediation are no longer sufficient and board reporting is ethically required.

Disclosure to Learners

CE Learning Systems adheres to the ACCME's Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Medical Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity – including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others ― are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (formerly known as commercial interests).

The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by this activity's planners, faculty, and the reviewer:

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.

Course Creator

Francisca F. Mix, MA, LPC, ACS, BC-DMT – None.

Commercial support

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

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Joint Accreditation (JA)

1.5 Psychologist CE credit hour General

1.5 Social Worker CE credit hour Ethics

Eligible Feb 10th, 2026 — Feb 28th, 2026

In support of improving patient care, CE Learning Systems, LLC, is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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American Psychological Association (APA)

1.5 CE credit hour

Eligible Feb 10th, 2026 — Feb 28th, 2026

Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.

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Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB ACE)

1.5 CE credit hour

Eligible Feb 10th, 2026 — Feb 28th, 2026

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, CE Learning Systems LLC is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 1.5 continuing education credit(s).

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