__________________________________________________ Professional Boundaries in Mental Health Care
SWNY03MH — 3 CE HOURS
R elease D ate : 11/01/23
E xpiration D ate : 10/31/26
Professional Boundaries in Mental Health Care
Audience This course is designed for social workers, counselors, and marriage and family therapists in all practice settings. Course Objective The purpose of this course is to educate mental health profes- sionals on how to provide compassionate and competent care within the boundaries of appropriate practice. Learning Objectives Upon completion of this course, you should be able to: 1. Define professional competence. 2. Outline components of the therapeutic relationship. 3. Define empathy and describe the difference between empathy and sympathy. 4. Define transference and countertransference and discuss their implications for the mental health profes- sional. 5. Identify the functions of professional boundaries in the therapeutic relationship and multiple relation- ships. 6. Discuss the guidance on giving and receiving gifts provided by professional ethics codes. 7. Discuss the legal and ethical considerations of provid- ing distance therapy. Faculty Lisa Hutchison, LMHC , has more than 15 years of experi- ence providing individual and group counseling with adults. She specifically focuses on teaching assertiveness, stress man- agement, and boundary setting for empathic helpers. Ms. Hutchison graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, with a Master’s degree in education for mental health counseling. Faculty Disclosure Contributing faculty, Lisa Hutchison, LMHC, has disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned. Division Planners Alice Yick Flanagan, PhD, MSW James Trent, PhD Senior Director of Development and Academic Affairs Sarah Campbell
Division Planners/Director Disclosure The division planners and director have disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned. Accreditations & Approvals As a Jointly Accredited Organization, NetCE is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. NetCE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0033. This course is considered self-study, as defined by the New York State Board for Social Work. Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of licensed master social work and licensed clinical social work in New York. 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 for an LMSW and LCSW. A licensee who practices beyond the authorized scope of practice could be charged with unprofessional con- duct under the Education Law and Regents Rules. Designations of Credit Social workers completing this intermediate-to-advanced course receive 3 Ethics continuing education credits. Individual State Behavioral Health Approvals In addition to states that accept ASWB, NetCE is approved as a provider of continuing education by the following state boards: Alabama State Board of Social Work Examiners, Pro- vider #0515; Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health, Provider #50-2405; Illinois Division of Professional Regulation for Social Workers, License #159.001094; Illinois Division of Professional Regula- tion for Licensed Professional and Clinical Counselors, License #197.000185; Illinois Division of Professional Regulation for Marriage and Family Therapists, License #168.000190.
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