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

About the Course

Mental health professionals are charged with the legal and ethical responsibility to maintain
professional boundaries, but the obligation isn’t always so easy to discern. 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 based on the recorded webinar, Maintaining Appropriate Professional Boundaries: Exploring Ethical Obligations of Mental Health Professionals created by Kathryn Krase, Ph.D., J.D., M.S.W. in 2023.

Publication Date

5/12/2023

Course Material Author

Kathryn Krase, Ph.D., J.D., M.S.W., course creator

Kathryn Krase, Ph.D., J.D., M.S.W., Principal Consultant with Krase Consultant, is an expert on the professional reporting of suspected child maltreatment. She has authored multiple books and articles on the subject. She has years of experience consulting with government and community based organizations to develop policy & practice standards.

Recommended For

This course is appropriate for all behavioral health professionals.

Course Objectives:

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  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.

Availability

This course is available starting May 11th, 2023 and expires May 10th, 2048

Disclosure to Learners

Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships

CE Learning Systems adheres to the ACCME's Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Medical Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity – including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others ― are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (formerly known as commercial interests).

The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by this activity's planners, faculty, and the reviewer:

Planners and Reviewers

The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Material Authors

There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Course Creator

Kathryn Krase, Ph.D., J.D., M.S.W. – She receives royalties as a published author, and receives recording royalties for this presentation.

Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

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Course Number 103295
3 CE credit hours
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Exam Fee $17.91
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Course Materials $30.00
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