Complicated Relationships: Case Studies in Boundaries (FOR WJCS STAFF ONLY)

FOR WJCS STAFF ONLY

Enrollment Limited To: 30
Contact Hrs: 3
CEUs: 3

Mental Health professionals are more than their professional role. We have personal lives. When those personal lives intertwine with our professional lives, things get complicated. This training explores dual/multiple relationships by examining case examples from the common to the unlikely, but still real. Special attention will be paid to considerations for communities where dual/multiple relationships in the provision of mental health care might not be avoidable including rural areas, religious groups, LGBTQ+ communities, and veterans of military service. This course is designed to meet the NYS requirement of Mental Health Professionals to receive 3 hours of training on maintaining appropriate professional boundaries (effective April 2023).

Method: Live interactive

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the ethical and legal responsibility of mental health professionals to maintain appropriate professional boundaries with their clients.
• Define dual/multiple relationships.
• Apply a framework to avoid dual/multiple relationships whenever possible.
• Apply a framework to minimize potential harm to clients and the professional whenever dual/multiple relationships are not avoidable.

Instructor: Kathryn S. Krase, PhD, JD, MSW
Location: Zoom

Westchester Jewish Community Services is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0101, and by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW0067 and by The New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0313

Please note: To receive CE credits, one must attend the entirety of the class. Partial credit will not be awarded to those who attend only a portion of the class. Therefore, late arrival or an early departure of greater than 10 minutes constitutes not attending a class in its entirety. To document attendance, participants must sign in and out of the class and complete an evaluation at the end of each class.