What You’ll Discover in Frederic G. Reamer Ethics Top 10 Mistakes Made by Mental Health Professionals
- Faculty:
- Frederic G. Reamer
- Duration:
- 2 Hours 51 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
- Dec 31, 2019
Description
Some tough ethical situations can’t be taught in school. They can only be learned through personal experience or from hearing of others’ personal experiences.
This recording will help you manage your time. 10 One of the most difficult ethical situations that a mental health professional may face is one of those listed below. These are real-The greatest liability and threat to licensing board safety are world issues, which arise far more often than most people realize.
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- Learn how to recognize and avoid the most difficult ethical traps
- You can hear case studies that provide examples of what to do and what not to do.
- Get tips and techniques that can be used to prevent ethical malpractice
- Get advice from a colleague who has served as an expert witness in hundreds of Court and Licensing Board cases across the country
Handouts
Manual Ethics: Top 10 Mistakes Made by Mental Health Professionals (566.3 KB) | 27 pages | Available after Purchase |
Outline
How do you deal with these ethical dilemmas?
1) Inability to protect Confidentiality
- Scenario – A clinical psychologist disclosed clinical records in response to a subpoena without proper authorization.
2) Not properly balancing minors and parents rights
- Scenario – The mother of a 15-yearold client requested a full copy of the psychotherapist’s notes.
3) Self-Disclosure – A Slippery Slope
- Scenario – A client in an addictions treatment program asked his clinician whether he is in recovery and who he voted for in the last presidential election.
4) Avoiding Dual Relationship Traps
- Scenario – The clients of a marriage and family therapist offered her the free use of their vacation home.
5) Financial Static Issues: Billing, Fees and Gifts
- Scenario – A client who was an unemployed painter had a large unpaid counseling bill and offered to paint the counselor’s home to pay off the debt.
6) Duty to Warn – When to AND When Not to
- Scenario – A clinical social worker in a mental health center counseled a client who made threats against an unidentified estranged partner.
7) Inadequate Informed Consent
- Scenario – A clinical psychologist provided distance counseling services to a client who filed a licensing board complaint alleging substandard informed consent protocols.
8) Social Media Common Ethical Issues
- Scenario – A case manager in a mental health agency received a Facebook “friend” Request from a client, with whom he frequently exchanged texts messages using a messaging application that is not HIPAA compliant.
9) Distance Counseling
- Scenario – The client of an addictions counselor in private practice moved to another state and asked the counselor to continue providing services to him using Skype and text messaging.
10Complex Documentation Decisions
- Scenario – The client of a mental health counselor divulged that he had committed a murder several years earlier while under the influence of illegal substances.
Faculty

Frederic G. Reamer, Ph.D. Similar seminars and products 6
Professor
Rhode Island College
Frederic G. Reamer, PhD, For more than 30 years, Dr. Richardson has been a professor in Rhode Island College’s graduate program in Social Work. Dr. Reamer His PhD was earned at the University of Chicago. He has also worked in correctional and mental healthcare settings as a social worker. He is the chairman of the national taskforce that wrote the current constitution. National Association of Social Worker’s Code of Ethics.
Dr. Reamer Lectures on professional ethics, professional malpractice, and liability are given both nationally and internationally. His research and teaching has covered a broad range of human service issues including mental health and criminal justice. Dr. Reamer She has performed extensive research in professional ethics and been involved with several national research projects. by The Carnegie Corporation, Haas Foundation and Center for Bioethics of University of Pennsylvania.
He is the author and editor of chapters on professional ethics within the Encyclopedia of Social Work?, Encyclopedia of BioethicsThe, and Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics, and is the author of many books, including: Social Work Risk Management: Preventing professional malpractice, liability, and disciplinary action; Boundary Issues and Dual Relations in the Human Services; Social Work Ethics Audit: A Risk Management Tool His latest work, Reflections on Crime Punishment, Redemption and Justice: On the Parole Board.
Disclosures to Speakers:
Financial: Frederic Reamer For Rhode Island College, he is a Professor in the School of Social Work.
Non-financial: Frederic Reamer Is a member of National Association of Social Workers.
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