Here Comes an Election… Law and Ethics of Personal Beliefs in the Clinical Relationship

Description:

Many clinicians have a firm understanding of the value of clinical work that actively considers the cultural context.  However, the specific legal and ethical standards underlying such culturally sound clinical work are often less well understood. In this 2 hour workshop we will examine ways we can balance our own personal values and beliefs with our ethical and legal obligation to avoid imposing our values and viewpoints on clients.  Specific focus will be on apply ethical standards of care to the process of working to obtain a better understanding of the impact our own values and beliefs can have on our ability to be effective with a wide range of clients.  This workshop is intended to meet ethics CE requirements.

Objectives:

• Identify ethical and legal guidelines regarding working withing the cultural context;

• Evaluate issues relating to client cultural context in mandatory reporting;

• Identify the ethical standards with regard to imposing personal beliefs on clients;

• Apply legal and ethical standards to work that supports a range of client populations and client viewpoints.

About the Presenter:

Eric Ström is an attorney and Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Seattle, Washington. As an attorney, Eric provides legal counsel, consultation, and guidance to mental health professionals. Eric’s clinical practice is focused on providing counseling services to combat veterans and those in other high-stress professions.  Eric currently serves on the American Mental Health Counselors Association Ethics Committee, and is the ethics advisor for the Washington Mental Health Counselors Association.  Eric has taught a range of courses in counseling and professional ethics at a variety of graduate and undergraduate programs.

Eric earned a PhD in Counseling at Oregon State University, graduated cum laude from Wayne State University School of Law in Detroit Michigan, earned a Master of Arts Degree in Counseling Psychology from the Northwest School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University Seattle, attended the Hague Academy of International Law in the Hague Netherlands, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Linguistics from the University of Michigan.

WMHCA Cancellation Policy: To receive a refund, less a $15 cancellation fee, cancellations must be made by contacting sara@wmhca.org at least 48 hours prior to workshop date. There will be no refunds within 48 hours of the workshop date. Please make sure you have the link 24 hours prior to the event starting.  

This course is approved for 2 CE hours for LMHCs, LMFTs, LCSWs, and all  associate-level licensees in Washington State.

Washington Mental Health Association (WMHCA) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 2079. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. WMHCA is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

2 NBCC clock hours will be awarded at the conclusion of the course.