Earn 6 CE Hours!
*This course qualifies for 6 hours of continuing education training in legal and ethical issues for mental health professionals.
What You Will Learn!
-Learn to Avoid Common Legal Issues
-Effectively Identify and Work-Through Ethical Dilemmas
-Integrate Best-Practice Strategies
-Increase Confidence in Navigating Complex Dynamics
-Meets Utah’s Required Continuing Education in Ethical & Legal Issues
As mental health professionals, legal and ethical challenges are all around us. Reporting obligations, duty to warn and protect, documenting challenges, confidentiality responsibilities, practicing within scope, record keeping, informed consent, dual roles, diagnosis and treatment planning, professional relational boundaries, objectivity, doing no harm, and so on! Not to mention how complicated some of these dynamics become when inviting multiple members of a family system into the therapeutic process! If you sometimes feel overwhelmed by the legal and ethical challenges that accompany mental health work with families, you are not alone!
In this continuing education workshop, we will address the unique legal and ethical challenges being faced by mental health professionals who support and treat family systems. This program will provide participants with exposure to real-world dilemmas, with engaging discussion regarding principles for problem recognition, definition, exploration and decision making. Methods for anticipation and prevention of legal and ethical concerns related to family systems will also be reviewed. Through this program, participants will have a better understanding of how to effectively anticipate, prevent, identify and resolve legal and ethical concerns in their professional practice.
Learning Objectives
Overview of Applicable Legal & Ethical Considerations
Participants will be able to recall applicable legal and ethical principles associated with their profession, with specific awareness of unique challenges associated with the treatment of family systems.
Components of Effective Decision Making
Participants will explore models for legal and ethical decision making and dilemma resolution for purposes of enhancing confidence in problem solving and best-practices in their work with family systems.
Case Studies
Participants will review numerous case studies for purposes of deeper review of applicable legal and ethical principles and standards in real-world scenarios. Participants will also be given the opportunity to present their own legal and ethical dilemmas from their professional experience for group review and discussion.
Application & Summary
Participants will be able to take home and apply informed best-practice legal and ethical principles to use in their every-day therapeutic interventions with family systems.
Training Curriculum
Nevin Alderman, MA, LCMHC
Director of Renew Relationship Counseling
Founder of the Renew System For Couples
Nevin G. Alderman is the Owner and Clinical Director of Renew Relationship Counseling; a dynamic and engaging private practice that specializes in relational healing. Nevin is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (CMHC), and has been practicing on a Master's Level in the field of mental health since 2007. Nevin has experience in numerous facets of mental health counseling, including inpatient acute settings, residential treatment, and community-based services. Nevin has a passion for the field of mental health, and a strong belief in the capacity of couples, families and individuals to grow and overcome life's obstacles.
Nevin has been honored to hold numerous positions wherein he has provided clinical administration, including serving as the Executive Clinical Director at a renowned treatment center for families. In addition to traditional clinical and administrative work, Nevin has been facilitating professional workshops, and multi-systemic groups and seminars since 2008. Nevin has been recognized as an expert presenter both regionally and nationally, and has been invited to instruct professional audiences across the country. He is the founder of the Renew System for Couples; a cutting-edge, dynamic and holistic approach to relational healing.
*The Utah Department of Professional Licensing (DOPL) requirements for continuing education courses have been reviewed by the author of this training for compliance with the following professions as outlined by DOPL: Clinical Mental Health Counselors (CMHC), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFT), Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW), Psychologists (Ph.D./Psy.D), and Substance Use Disorder Counselors (SUDC). Other professions may be applicable for as well. Consult your continuing education requirements and State Board for verification. DOPL does not guarantee, sponsor, or endorse any continuing education presenter, course, or program - rather it provides criteria that must be met by all continuing education presenters, programs, and participant in order for such activity to qualify for continuing education credit.
To learn more about DOPL and continuing education, visit: https://dopl.utah.gov/
Continuing Education Information
Intended Audience: Mental Health Counselors, Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, Social Workers, Psychologists, and Substance Use Disorder Counselors. The training may also be pertinent to Psychiatric Nurses, Psychiatrists, and other professionals working in the Mental Health industry.
COUNSELORS: This course consists of 6 clock hours of continuing education instruction. The Utah “Clinical Mental Health Counselor Licensing Act Rule” (R156-60c-304. Continuing Education) has been reviewed for compliance. Utah Continuing Education Requirements – Clinical Mental Health Counselors
EDUCATORS/TEACHERS: This course is designed to qualify toward your professional development requirement. This course consists of 6 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations and per participant’s individual licensing requirements. Approval by your state board for continuing education credit is not guaranteed. Participants are responsible to save the course outline and the certificate of completion they receive from the activity, and for contacting their state board or organization to determine eligibility and specific filing requirements.
MARRIAGE & FAMILY THERAPISTS: This course consists of 6 clock hours of continuing education instruction. The Utah “Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Act Rule” (R156-60b-304. Continuing Education) has been reviewed for compliance. Utah Continuing Education Requirements – Marriage & Family Therapists
PSYCHOLOGISTS: This course consists of 6 clock hours of continuing education instruction. The Utah “Psychologist Licensing Act Rule” (R156-61-302h. Continuing Education) has been reviewed for compliance. Utah Continuing Education Requirements – Psychologists
SOCIAL WORKERS: This course consists of 6 clock hours of continuing education instruction. The Utah “Social Work Licensing Act Rule” (R156-60a-304. Continuing Education) has been reviewed for compliance. Utah Continuing Education Requirements – Social Work
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER COUNSELORS: This course consists of 6 clock hours of continuing education instruction. The Utah “Substance Use Disorder Counselor Licensing Act Rule” (R156-60d-304. Continuing Education) has been reviewed for compliance. Utah Continuing Education Requirements – Substance Use Disorder Counselors
OTHER PROFESSIONS: This activity qualifies for 6 clock hours (360 minutes) of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Please save your course outline and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific requirements and eligibility.
If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval.
For other credit inquiries not specified below, please contact Nevin@RenewRelationshipCounseling.com or call 801-477-4084 before the event. Nevin Alderman, sponsored by Renew Relationship Counseling, is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.
Other Important Continuing Education Notes:
Credits listed are for full completion of the course. No partial credits will be offered. Certificates of Completion are distributed following completion of the training AND successful completion of the training quiz with 80% or better. Certificates will be sent by email within 30 days following course and quiz completion.
Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your profession’s standards.
Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations and per participant’s individual licensing requirements. Approval by your state board for continuing education credit is not guaranteed. Participants are responsible to save the course outline and the certificate of completion they receive from the activity, and for contacting their state board or organization to determine eligibility and specific filing requirements.
