Healthcare Training Institute - Quality Education since 1979
CE for Psychologist, Social Worker, Counselor, & MFT!!

Course Learning Objectives/Outcomes

By the end of the course, the Counselor, Marriage and Family Therapist, Social Worker or Psychologist will be able to:
-List four questions regarding therapeutic boundaries.
-Name six stages of attitude formation.
-Describe three steps regarding boundaries in psychotherapy.
-Name four factors for therapist comfort.
-Identify five areas that reflect growth versus security.
-Name four rules for clinical judgment.
-Name two aspects in determining boundaries.
-Discuss one method regarding therapist nonverbal behavior.
-Explain one method in assessing ethical considerations related to the use of touch.
-Explain how acceptance affects ethical boundaries.
-Name five points regarding ethical issues relevant to the assessment of suicide risk.
-Discuss an ethical dilemma regarding money and morals.
-Discuss transference-countertransference.
-Explain conflict of interest.
-Explain how to manage ethical issues.
-Name three conflicts of interest disclosure.
-Name five guidelines for advice-giving.
-Name three roles of promises.
-Name three factors of manipulation.
-List four questions regarding ethical referrals.
-Name four areas related to ethical and clinical considerations.
-Name how does enabling differ from empowering.
-Name three techniques for setting boundaries.
-Name one area that the NASW, AAMFT, NBCC, and APA Codes of Ethics agree upon regarding the setting of clear and ethical boundaries with clients.
-Name two consequences therapists have to consider when reporting domestic violence.
-Explain what is a multistep program for diffusing marital conflict.
-Name some “rules for engagement” with resistant clients.
-Name what was a key issue PTSG group members had to face.
-Explain what is an easy way out when we reach the limits of what we know or can do, when we feel confused or blocked by a situation that is beyond our understanding or abilities.

"The instructional level of this course is introductory, intermediate, or advanced depending on the learners clinical area of expertise."