Presented by Michael Griffin, JD, CAE
Includes 3 CE credits LCSWs, LMFTs, LPCCs, LEPs. A recording will be made available for all registrants for 3 months. If you can't attend live, you can watch the recording, pass a test, and receive the CE credit.
EBCAMFT members: $60
CAMFT members: $65
Non-members: $85
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This three-hour workshop provides a broad overview of the ethical Standards found in Part I of the CAMFT Code of Ethics. The Procedures found in Part II of the Code will be briefly described.
The workshop will discuss examples of alleged ethical violations that are reported to the Ethics Committee and offer suggestions to therapists regarding ethical practice.
Vignettes will be utilized, as appropriate, to illustrate examples of scenarios which often lead to complaints, and to suggest practices which may be helpful to therapists in avoiding ethical problems.
Attendees at this workshop who are licensed marriage and family therapists, licensed professional clinical counselors and licensed clinical social workers may earn a total of three hours of continuing education (CEU) credit in legal and ethical issues. Attendees who are Registered Associate marriage and family therapists, Registered Associate professional clinical counselors, and Registered Associate clinical social workers, may earn 3 hours of continuing education in legal and ethical issues, as required by the Board of Behavioral Sciences for registrants during each of their one-year registration renewal periods.
Topics to be discussed:
I. What is the purpose of the Code of Ethics?
II. Who is obligated to follow the Code of Ethics?
III. What topics are addressed in the Code of Ethics?
IV. What does it mean to say that something is “unethical?”
V. How can therapists avoid ethical complaints?
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this workshop, attendees will be able to:
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Explain what the Code of Ethics says about “Ethical Decision-Making.”
- Utilize the Code of Ethics to locate ethical standards which concern Confidentiality; Informed Consent; Telehealth; Responsibility to the Legal System; Financial Arrangements; Advertising; Dual/Multiple Relationships, and other topics.
- Identify one or more ethical considerations when working with clients who are involved with the legal system.
- Identify one or more ethical considerations when a client asks you to write a letter.
About the Presenter
Michael Griffin, Esq., LCSW has been a member of the CAMFT legal team since 2007. A graduate of the USC School of Social Work and Chapman University School of Law, Mr. Griffin earned his LCSW in 1982 and his California license as an Attorney in 2002. He has a broad professional background in various mental health settings (including Western Youth Services in Orange County, California, and Rady Children’s Psychiatry Dep’t in San Diego) as a clinician, administrator, supervisor, clinical case manager, school program coordinator, and outpatient clinic director. In addition to his work for CAMFT, Mr. Griffin is a practicing psychotherapist with adults, adolescents and children in Laguna Niguel, California.
TARGET AUDIENCE: LCSWs, LMFTs, LPCCs, LEPs
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