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Setting Ethical Limits: For Caring And Competent Professionals

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Setting Ethical Limits: For Caring and Competent Professionals

Online

6 Hours

State:

Approval number: 20-1268751

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. Social workers participating in this intermediate to advanced course will receive 6 Ethical continuing education clock hours.

4.7

Course Overview
Without proper self-care, boundaries, and awareness (transference), therapists become vulnerable to burnout and vicarious traumatization. This can result in a risk of therapeutic effectiveness, loss of trust with clients, and possible ethical crossings or violations. This course supports professionals practicing competence, while utilizing self-care and boundaries to minimize burnout while practicing compassion for the clients that they serve.

Learning Outcomes
Upon the completion of this course, the learner should be able to:

Define professional competence.
Describe the importance of cultural competence.
Outline components of the therapeutic relationship.
Define empathy and describe the difference between empathy and sympathy.
Identify compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, and burnout and describe their impact on mental health professionals.
Define transference and countertransference and discuss their implications for the mental health professional.
Identify the functions of professional boundaries in the therapeutic relationship and multiple relationships.
Discuss the guidance on giving and receiving gifts provided by professional ethics codes.
Discuss the legal and ethical considerations of providing distance therapy.

About the Author/Presenter
Lisa Hutchison, LMHC, has more than 20 years of experience providing individual and group counseling with adults. She specifically focuses on teaching assertiveness, stress management, 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.

Audience/Accreditations and Approvals
TRC Healthcare/ NetCE
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by TRC Healthcare/ NetCE. TRC Healthcare/NetCE is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
This course is designed for the following healthcare professions (select your profession for details):
Counselor, Psychology, Social Work

If you require special accommodations, please contact Colibri Healthcare Support by clicking here: Contact Us

Setting Ethical Limits: For Caring and Competent Professionals

4.7

Learning Outcomes
Upon the completion of this course, the learner should be able to:

Define professional competence.
Describe the importance of cultural competence.
Outline components of the therapeutic relationship.
Define empathy and describe the difference between empathy and sympathy.
Identify compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, and burnout and describe their impact on mental health professionals.
Define transference and countertransference and discuss their implications for the mental health professional.
Identify the functions of professional boundaries in the therapeutic relationship and multiple relationships.
Discuss the guidance on giving and receiving gifts provided by professional ethics codes.
Discuss the legal and ethical considerations of providing distance therapy.

If you require special accommodations, please contact Colibri Healthcare Support by clicking here: Contact Us