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The Ethics of Supervision and Consultation: Practical Guidance for Mental Health Professionals

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About the Course

This course explores ethical, legal, and clinical aspects of supervision and consultation for mental health care practitioners across disciplines. Thomas addresses a variety of theoretical orientations and models and includes creative and realistic vignettes that provide an excellent tutorial for neophyte and experienced supervisors alike. Practical, solid, and wise, this book will help minimize risk while maximizing the richness of the supervisory experience.

This course is based on the book, The Ethics of Supervision and Consultation: Practical Guidance for Mental Health Professionals created by Janet T. Thomas, PsyD in 2010.

Journal/Publisher

APA

Publication Date:

2010 First Edition

Course Material Author

Janet T. Thomas, PsyD
Dr. Thomas has been in private practice since 1991 and has worked in medical, rehabilitation, college counseling, and community mental health settings. She also specialize in providing psychotherapy and assessment for health care professionals, and ethics consultation and clinical supervision for mental health professionals.

Janet T. Thomas, PsyD authored the material only, and was not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

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Recommended For:

This course is intended for new and experienced supervisors in mental health as well as students seeking a better understanding of supervision roles.

Course Objectives:

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. Define supervision and consultation and their intersection with ethics.
  2. Describe and compare different codes of ethics.
  3. Explore ethical issues related to psychotherapy models of supervision.
  4. Describe and critique developmental models of supervision.
  5. Explore boundaries and multiple relationships.
  6. Outline the requirements for informed consent to supervision and consultation.
  7. Identify potential risks and benefits of group consultation and supervision.
  8. Explore the ethical challenges in mandated supervision
  9. Review documentation standards and requirements.

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Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships

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The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by this activity's planners, faculty, and the reviewer:

Planners and Reviewers

The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Faculty: Keith Gibson, Ph.D.

There are no relevant disclosures.

Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

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