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Digital Seminar

Ethics & Cultural Competency: Intensive Certificate



Ethics are not always absolute and are often complicated by cultural issues, beliefs, and values. Situations such as whether to accept a gift from a client, encountering a client in a social situation, or living in a small community, as well as more serious issues such as dual relationships, therapeutic touch, and countertransference are influenced by many factors, including culture. When therapists and counselors lack sufficient training, or become complacent or behind on ethics and cultural competency, they may find themselves at risk of losing their professional license, damaging their professional reputation, or encountering legal difficulties due to ethical mistakes or violations.

Learn to address difficult and often complex ethical situations that arise when working with clients. Highlighted issues include clarification of personal values, managing dual relationships, confidentiality and technology, cultural humility, physical touch in therapy, living in smaller communities, and confronting sexual attraction. Dr. Frances Patterson will use didactic, electronic media, and experiential learning techniques, allowing you to explore the dangers of ignoring personal feelings and not addressing issues that arise during sessions with clients. The information you learn will leave you more confident in your ability to manage difficult ethical situations and the cultural issues that often intersect with them.


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Product Details
Average Rating:
   4
Faculty:
Frances Patterson, PhD, LADAC, MAC, BCPC, CCJAS, QSAP, QCS
Duration:
7 Hours 40 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Dec 14, 2017
Product Code:
POS020714
Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Access:
Never expires.

CPD


Continuing Professional Development Certificates
- PESI Australia, in collaboration with PESI in the USA, offers quality online continuing professional development events from the leaders in the field at a standard recognized by professional associations including psychology, social work, occupational therapy, alcohol and drug professionals, counselling and psychotherapy. On completion of the training, a Professional Development Certificate is issued after the individual has answered and submitted a quiz and course evaluation. This online program is worth 7.75 hours CPD.

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Faculty

Frances Patterson, PhD, LADAC, MAC, BCPC, CCJAS, QSAP, QCS Related seminars and products


Frances Patterson, PhD, LADAC, MAC, BCPC, CCJAS, QSAP, QCS, owner of Footprints Consulting Services, LLC, has worked as a clinician and program administrator in treatment programs in Virginia and Tennessee for nearly 28 years and has been a supervisor for almost 25 years. She is a licensed alcohol and drug counselor and Qualified Clinical Supervisor in Tennessee, and a board certified professional counselor and Diplomat with the American Psychotherapy Association. Dr. Patterson is a Masters Addictions Counselor and Qualified Substance Abuse Professional through the National Association of Addictions Professionals (NAADAC), where she chairs the clinical issues committee, serves on the ethics committee, is a member of the Trainers Academy, and is an approved NAADAC trainer.

In 2005 Dr. Patterson was honored with the Lifetime Achievement award by the Tennessee Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors, and in 2006 she received the Mel Schulstad award, NAADAC's national Professional of the Year award. She has conducted professional training locally, statewide and nationally for more than 20 years on addictions, mental health and professional counseling issues to a variety of disciplines.

 

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Frances Patterson is the owner of Footprints Consulting Services. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.

Non-financial: Frances Patterson is a member of the American Psychotherapy Association; and NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals.

 


Additional Info

Program Information

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive) Access never expires for this product.

Objectives

  1. Describe the importance of cultural humility in the therapy setting
  2. Explain boundary crossing vs. boundary violations in session, including cultural implications
  3. Identify the limitations and risks of using technology to communicate with clients
  4. Descibe how a clinician should respond when a client gives them gift
  5. List four subcultures commonly encountered by therapists, and describe how the characteristics of these subcultrues may impact the clinician's choice of treatment interventions
  6. Determine how to make sound ethical decisions in session related to dual relationships, transference and countertransference, and touch
  7. Analyze the controversies surrounding power struggles, gender roles, end of life and religious beliefs, and institutional cultures as they relate to clinical practice
  8. Identify cultural differences in the concept of self-care as they relate to case conceptualization

Outline

THE CULTURE OF THERAPY

  • How do I know when and what to report?
  • Personal Values
    • Personal values and culture
    • Cultural humility
    • Conflicting client cultural values and perceptions
    • Communication differences

COMMUNICATING WITH CLIENTS FROM DIFFERENT GENERATIONS

  • Technology and Professionalism
    • Texting
    • Emailing
    • Cell phones in therapy
  • Social Networking

BOUNDARIES VS. BOUNDARY VIOLATIONS AND CULTURE

  • Rural and small communities and subcultures
    • Forensic
    • Military
    • Faith-based
    • Bartering
  • Taking sessions outside the sanctioned therapeutic environment
  • Encountering clients in social situations
  • Gift giving: cultural norms
  • Self-disclosure
    • Culture of self-help and the recovering counselor
    • Role confusion

DUAL RELATIONSHIPS AND CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS

  • Sanctioned therapeutic setting
    • In-home
    • Homeless clients
    • Client perceptions vs. therapist role

TRANSFERENCE AND COUNTERTRANSFERENCE

CULTURAL CONTROVERSIES

  • Therapeutic touch
  • Power struggles in therapy
  • Gender roles and sexuality
  • End of life and religious beliefs in therapy
  • Managing ethics within institutional cultures

CULTURE DIFFERENCES IN CONCEPT OF SELF-CARE

  • Cultural views of self-image

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Psychologists
  • Psychiatrists
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors
  • Psychiatric Nurses
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Case Mangers

Reviews

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Overall:      5

Total Reviews: 4

Comments

Susan B - Glendale, Arizona

"excellent presentation, use of multimedia and knowledge of subject matter. Thanks!!"

Beth M - EL GRANADA, California

"This was very informative, and Frances Patterson is an excellent instructor!"

Tyra R - Rio Rancho, New Mexico

"Enjoyed the presentation; lots of useful information. "

Gary C - HOUSTON, Texas

"Excellent and organized presentation."

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