Maintaining Appropriate Professional Boundaries: Exploring Ethical Obligations of Mental Health Professionals

This course brings real-world context to ethical concerns often experienced by professionals in practice in maintaining appropriate professional boundaries. This course will provide a framework to contemplate ethical dilemmas and make informed decisions that insulate professionals from legal liability while protecting clients from harm.

This course is not New York State specific, and can satisfy ethics and boundaries training requirements for any state. 

Learning Objectives

This course aims to bring context to ethical concerns often experienced by behavioral/physical health professionals in practice with individual clients/patients. At the conclusion of this course, participants will:

1. Describe the ethical and legal responsibility of mental health professionals to maintain appropriate professional boundaries with their clients.
2. Define dual relationships.
3. Apply a framework to avoid dual relationships whenever possible.
4. Apply a framework to minimize potential harm to clients and the professional whenever dual relationships are not avoidable.
5. Describe how to demonstrate that a client has not been exploited or coerced, intentionally or unintentionally.

Tuition

• $80 – Registration Fee
• $60 – Alumni, Field Instructor, FFL, Adjunct Rate
• $45 – Veteran Rate
• Free with promo code – Current Adelphi University Students

Faculty Bio

Kathryn Krase, PhD, JD, MSW

Kathryn Krase, PhD, JD, MSW, Principal Consultant with Krase Consultant, is an expert on the professional ethics, and the intersection of ethics with legal responsibilities. She has years of experience consulting with government and community-based organizations to develop policy and practice standards.

Credentialing Information

Successful completion for the award of approved continuing education credits requires attendance at the entire training/workshop and submission of a completed evaluation form.

CEs: 3

This course is designed to meet the NYS requirement of mental health professionals to receive 3 hours of training on maintaining appropriate professional boundaries (effective April 2023).

See full credentialing information and CEUs.

Cancellation Policy

Unfortunately, we cannot provide refunds for cancellations made seven working days or fewer before the event for any reason—or for no-shows. We can provide credit towards a future workshop up to 24 hours before the event. After that, no credit will be issued.

Accessibility Statement

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Adelphi University require that all events be accessible. To request a reasonable accommodation, please contact the event host identified on the event webpage; please allow for a reasonable time frame. The event host, when necessary, will collaborate with the Student Access Office.