Philadelphia Workshops - Ethics
Secrets, Collusions, and Conflict: Ethical Issues in Multi-Person Treatment
Friday, September 23, 2011
1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Workshop Presenter: Linda K. Knauss, Ph.D., ABPP
THIS PROGRAM MEETS THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE BOARD OF PSYCHOLOGY REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT HOURS IN ETHICS.
Workshop Description
Should you see members of a couple separately? When do you keep information learned from one family member secret from others? Who is your client, the family, or one member of the couple or family? What about diagnosis? What do you do when you learn that two group members are having a friendship outside of group, or a romantic relationship? The ethical challenges of multi-person therapies, such as couple, family, and group treatments, differ from those found in individual therapy. Often, the very factors that are the most powerful to create change in therapy with groups or families are also the most ethically risky processes.
Several areas of ethics that are especially problematic in couple, family, and group therapy are not covered by specific standards in the APA Ethics Code. Some of the ethical issues are obvious, and others are more subtle, leading to unintentional breaches. For example, therapist values may play a significant role in marital and family treatment strategies.. This workshop will focus on both the most common as well as the less common ethical problems in multi-person therapy including: competence, informed consent, collaterals, confidentiality, domestic abuse, boundaries, combined individual and group therapy, record keeping, billing, and ethical issues with high conflict families.
Workshop Objectives
Participants will be able to:
- Identify and respond appropriately to ethical and risk management issues in multi-person therapy;
- Competently address values, collaterals, boundaries, and secrets in couple, family and group therapy;
- Identify and modulate the effect of countertransference influences on treatment practices;
- Anticipate and resolve ethical challenges in their practices.
Registration Fees
- Individual - $85
- Group (3 or more people registering at the same time) - $80 per person
Registration Options
- Online - Visit the registration page on this site.
- By Mail - Download a printable registration form.
- On site - Cash, Exact Change, Check. No Credit Cards Accepted.
MAIL-IN REGISTRATION DEADLINE: September 16, 2011
ONLINE REGISTRATION DEADLINE: September 21, 2011
Late registrations will be accepted space permitting. Please contact the workshop sponsor at 215-732-3720 for last minute or walk-in registration.
Request for registration fee refunds must be received in writing no later than the registration deadline No refunds will be entertained thereafter. A $10 per workshop administration fee will be deducted from any refund.