Brought to you by the New Hampshire Mental Health Counselors Association
Throughout their careers, mental health counselors inevitably face challenging ethical dilemmas. Dr. Frederic Reamer will explore difficult ethical issues and practical strategies designed to protect clients and practitioners. The training will include challenging ethics cases and discuss practical steps that professionals can take to manage ethical issues skillfully. Key topics will include boundary issues, dual relationships, conflicts of interest, confidentiality, privileged communication, informed consent, clients’ rights, termination of services, documentation challenges, and impaired professionals. Dr. Reamer will highlight unique ethics and risk management challenges that have emerged due to the dramatic increase in practitioners’ use of technology, including artificial intelligence, to serve and communicate with clients. The training will include discussion of relevant ethics standards, statutes, regulations, and case law. Drawing on his experience as an expert witness and ethics consultant throughout the U.S., Dr. Reamer will share practical strategies designed to protect clients and prevent litigation and licensing board complaints. Objectives: At the conclusion of this training, participants will be able to: