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1. ETHICS WITH SOUL
4 CE Credits: Four hours on Audiotapes. Beginner-Intermediate level.
- This course fulfills the CA Ethics and Law requirement for Psychologists and the Ethics and Law requirement for psychologists, counselors, social workers and MFTs in other states.
- This course may also qualify you for a discount on your insurance premium. Check with your provider.
This course will teach psychotherapists to:
- Utilize integrity, critical thinking, clinical judgment and updated knowledge of the California law and the ethics guidelines in making sound ethical decisions.
- Formulate sound clinical records, demonstrate how to deal with high-risk clients, and design a treatment plan.
- Apply issues of confidentiality, reporting laws and duty to warn.
- Integrate the concerns of termination, treating minors, and managed care.
- Review current accepted standards of practice.
- Appraise issues concerning computers, e-mails, computerized billing and faxes.
- Summarize the California laws pertaining to psychotherapy and the Professional Codes of Ethics.
- Ethically and competently integrate issues of dual relationships.
For online courses that fulfill the Law and Ethics Requirement, click here.
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2. ETHICS, LAW AND CARE
6 CE Credits: Four hours on Audiotapes and a reader. Intermediate-Advanced level.
- This course fulfills the CA Ethics and Law requirement for Psychologists and the Ethics and Law requirement for psychologists, counselors, social workers and MFTs in other states.
- This course may also qualify you for a discount on your insurance premium. Check with your provider.
This course will teach psychotherapists to:
- Utilize sound ethical decisions based on integrity, critical thinking, clinical judgment and updated knowledge of the California law and the ethics guidelines.
- Design sound clinical records, demonstrate how to deal with high risk clients, and formulate a treatment plan.
- Apply issues of confidentiality, reporting laws and duty to warn.
- Integrate the concerns of termination, treating minors, and managed care.
- Review current accepted standards of practice.
- Analyze subpoenas and boards and ethics committees' investigations.
- Appraise the issues concerning computers, e-mails, computerized billings and faxes.
- Summarize the California laws pertaining to psychotherapy and the Codes of Ethics.
- Ethically and competently integrate issues of dual relationships.
NOTE: The 4 CE credit Ethics With Soul course (#1) and this 6 CE credit course (#2) are mutually exclusive. If you order one, you cannot order the other in the same reporting period.
For online courses that fulfill the Law and Ethics Requirement, click here.
To order only the audiotapes, click here.
3. HIPAA FRIENDLY: LAW, ETHICS AND COMPLIANCE - HOW TO BECOME COMPLIANT
Includes ready-to-use forms. Comes with Hard Copy Kit and CD with the HIPAA Forms.
6 CE Credits: Beginner-Intermediate level.
- This course fulfills the California and other states Ethics and Law requirement for Psychologists, MFTs and Social Workers.
- This course may also qualify you for a discount on your insurance premium. Check with your provider.
- 2007 HIPAA Update is included.
This MUST-TAKE course will help you achieve compliance with HIPAA regulations.
This course will teach psychotherapists to:
- Define HIPAA regulations.
- Utilize simple steps to becoming compliant.
- Utilize HIPAA Compliance Checklists.
- Utilize basic ready-to-use forms.
- Explain the security guidelines for medical records.
- Define the new record keeping requirement.
- Identify application of HIPAA to CA Law and Codes of Ethics.
For HIPAA information, click here.
To review the content of the HIPAA Compliance Kit which is the syllabus for the course, click here.
For Online HIPAA course, Click Here.
4. BOUNDARIES PSYCHOTHERAPY: ETHICAL AND CLINICAL ASPECTS
10 CE credits: Course is based on book, Boundaries in Psychotherapy: Ethical and Clinical Explorations, by Ofer Zur, (APA Books, 2007). Book is included in the course material. Advanced level.
- This course fulfills the CA and other states’ Ethics and Law requirement for Psychologists, MFTs, Social Workers and counselors.
- This course may also qualify you for a discount on your insurance premium. Check with your provider.
- Course material includes Boundaries in Psychotherapy book and an addendum for review and update of California Law in regard to boundary crossing and dual relationships.
- For details of the book’s table of contents, which is the course syllabus, click here.
This course will teach psychotherapists to:
- Utilize sound, ethical decisions in regard to the implementation of non-sexual, non-exploitative boundary crossings and dual relationships in psychotherapy.
- Define and identify boundary crossings and boundary violations and dual relationships.
- Apply your interventions based on clinical rationales and knowledge of the law and ethics, rather than on fear of attorneys and boards.
- Assess when it is clinically advisable to cross boundaries.
- Prepare clients, with the understanding of informed consent, in regard to boundary crossings, such as touch, bartering, telehealth and dual relationships.
- Design sound clinical records concerning boundary crossings and dual relationships.
- Integrate boundary crossings into your treatment planning.
- Review current accepted standards of practice in regard to dual relationships and boundaries in therapy.
- Identify relevant sections in California law, updates and guidelines to boundary crossing and dual relationships.
5. DUAL RELATIONSHIPS: THE BASICS
2 CE Credits: Two hours on CD and a reader. Beginner level.
This course will teach psychotherapists to:
- Utilize sound ethical decisions in regard to non-sexual, non-exploitative boundary crossings and dual relationships in psychotherapy.
- Define and identify dual relationships (DR), boundary crossings and boundary violations.
- Review current accepted standards of practice in regard to dual relationships and boundaries in therapy.
- Apply your interventions on clinical rationales and knowledge of the law and ethics, rather than on fear of attorneys and boards.
- Practice not harming or exploiting clients in the course of therapy.
- Identify relevant sections in California law and guidelines to dual relationships.
For online Dual Relationship course that fulfills the Law and Ethics Requirement, click here.
To order only the CD, click here.
6. THE ETHICS OF DUAL RELATIONSHIPS & BOUNDARIES
6 CE credits: Four hours of lecture on CD and a reader. Intermediate level.
- This course fulfills the CA and other states Ethics and Law requirement for Psychologists, MFTs, Social Workers and counselors.
- This course may also qualify you for a discount on your insurance premium. Check with your provider.
This course will teach psychotherapists to:
- Utilize sound ethical decisions in regard to non-sexual, non-exploitative boundary crossings and dual relationships in psychotherapy.
- Define and identify dual relationships (DR), boundary crossings and boundary violations.
- Apply your interventions on clinical rationales and knowledge of the law and ethics, rather than on fear of attorneys and boards.
- Assess when it is clinically advisable to enter into DR with a client.
- Prepare clients with the understanding of informed consent in regard to DR.
- Practice not harming or exploiting clients in the course of therapy.
- Review current accepted standards of practice in regard to dual relationships and boundaries in therapy.
- Design sound clinical records concerning DR and boundary crossing.
- Integrate DR into your treatment planning and work with people in your community.
- Identify relevant sections in California law and guidelines to dual relationships.
For online Dual Relationship course that fulfills the Law and Ethics Requirement, click here.
To order only the CD, click here.
7. DUAL RELATIONSHIPS AND PSYCHOTHERAPY: ETHICAL AND CLINICAL ASPECTS
12 CE credits: Course is based on book Dual Relationships and Psychotherapy by A.A. Lazarus and O. Zur, (Eds.). Book is included in the course material. Advanced level.
- This course fulfills the CA and other states’ Ethics and Law requirement for Psychologists, MFTs, Social Workers and counselors.
- This course may also qualify you for a discount on your insurance premium. Check with your provider.
- Course material includes Dual Relationships and Psychotherapy book and an addendum for review and update of California Law in regard to Dual Relationships.
- For details of the book’s table of contents, which is the course syllabus, click here.
This course will teach psychotherapists to:
- Utilize sound ethical decisions in regard to non-sexual, non-exploitative boundary crossings and dual relationships in psychotherapy.
- Define and identify dual relationships (DR), boundary crossings and boundary violations.
- Apply your interventions on clinical rationales and knowledge of the law and ethics, rather than on fear of attorneys and boards.
- Assess when it is clinically advisable to enter into DR with a client.
- Prepare clients with the understanding of informed consent in regard to DR.
- Practice not harming and exploiting clients in the course of therapy.
- Design sound clinical records concerning DR and boundary crossing.
- Integrate DR into your treatment planning and work with people in your community.
- Review dual relationships issues in military, rural, colleges and other settings.
- Review current accepted standards of practice in regard to dual relationships and boundaries in therapy.
- Identify relevant sections in California law and guidelines to dual relationships.
NOTE: The three Dual Relationships courses (#5, 6 and 7) are mutually exclusive. If you order one, you cannot order the others in the same reporting period.
For online Dual Relationship course that fulfills the Law and Ethics Requirement, click here.
To order only the CD, click here.
8. THE BIOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY OF AGING WELL
3 CE Credits: Intermediate-Advanced level.
- This course fulfills the one-time Aging and Long-Term Care requirement for psychologists, MFTs and LCSWs in California.
- This course was developed by Michael Brickey, Ph.D., ABPP, from his book Defy Aging.
This course will teach psychotherapists to:
- Summarize how and why American life expectancy has jumped from 47 to 77 years between 1900 and 2000.
- Utilize in their work with their clients the 4 attitudes that foster living longer, healthier and happier.
- Tabulate the biological, social and psychological aspects of aging.
- Utilize in their work 36 beliefs that foster living longer, healthier and happier.
- Integrate a positive outlook about living well into one's hundreds.
- Utilize strategies for clarifying and enhancing our self-concepts as our clients' age.
9. INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
2 CE Credits: Intermediate level. Co-developed by Sage DeBeixedon, Ph.D., and Ofer Zur, Ph.D.
This two (2) CE credit Intimate Partner Violence home study course fulfills the Spousal & Partner Abuse requirement for Psychologists. As of 1/1/05, California MFTs and LCSWs need 7CE to fulfill this requirement. For a seven (7) CE credit online course, click here.
This course will teach psychotherapists to:
- Utilize spousal and partner abuse assessments.
- Detect and identify domestic violence.
- Apply domestic violence interventions.
- Identify community and other resources.
- Summarize the complex system involved in domestic violence.
- Define cultural, same gender and other factors in domestic violence.
- Identify the relevant CA laws and Ethics Codes for domestic violence.
For Online version of this course, Click Here.
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