Professional Psych Seminars: Online, live and home study continuing education classes for mental health professionals

Online Course - Multi Media

Law and Ethics: Clinical Dilemmas in the Office

This course runs on PC/Mac

Course Description

This class is designed to challenge even seasoned professionals, by using humorous film clips and current events to present complex ethical and legal dilemmas. Participants will be involved in determining how to deal with issues such as suicidal and homicidal patients, patient termination, self-disclosure, stalking, and the Patriot Act. Literature updates (including Tarasoff) and current opinion on the standard of care is presented as they pertain to these situations. This course satisfies the Law and Ethics course requirement for psychologists, MFTs, and LCSWs, which is required each license renewal cycle.

Objective

Participant will: (1) Identify difficult therapist dilemmas and apply appropriate ethical and legal principles; (2) Gain confidence handling difficult patient dilemmas in real life settings; and (3) Assess and critique therapist behavior in film clips while preparing for real-life patient situations

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Price: $119.00

6.0 Credits

Instructor

Pamela Harmell, Ph.D.

Pamela Harmell, Ph.D. is a former President of the California Board of Psychology and a former Chair of the CPA State Ethics Committee. She has written extensively in professional publications on ethical and legal issues, and teaches courses in professional ethics and law at Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and Psychology.

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How It Works

View the presentation. Classes are broken into small segments of less than 30 minutes, so you can come and go as you please.
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Level of Classes

All of our classes are offered at the intermediate level unless otherwise indicated. All classes are designed for experienced mental health professionals.

Failure To Pass Policy

If the participant fails to pass the CE exam with 75% accuracy or better, one re-test may be requested at no additional charge. After that time, there will be a $20 fee for each re-test.

Refund Policy

We offer a no-risk guarantee for our online courses. You can view any class for three days, and if not satisfied, contact PPS and we will refund your money in full. This refund offer does not apply if you have completed the class and passed the test. If you purchased an online book course, the hard copy of the book must be returned in "new" condition or the price of the book will be deducted from the refund.