Practicing Appropriate Professional Boundaries: Ethical Decision Making, Confidentiality, Transference & Self-Disclosure
This collaborative and interactive workshop explores the pillars for practicing appropriate professional boundaries as a health and wellness provider. The training covers topics related to ethics, confidentiality, transference/countertransference, self-disclosure, tele-health services, walk-and-talk therapy, communication outside sessions, ethical mandated reporting and so much more.
This course is geared toward any and all mental health or medical providers seeking to gain greater competencies related to practicing appropriate professional boundaries in clinical practice. This course will briefly discuss APA Code of Ethics as well as explore various considerations related to confidentiality with clients. The course will provide helpful tips for managing and addressing moments in which transference and countertransference emerge. This course will discuss the different types of self-disclosure that exist and provide a framework for practicing self-disclosure in sessions through an intersectional feminist and ethical decision making lens. In this course, we will explore considerations for telehealth services, walk-and-talk therapy, mandated reporting and strategies to manage communication outside of sessions with your clients. This course provides reflective questions and case examples that aim to assist participants with identifying areas that may create barriers and challenges when practicing appropriate professional boundaries.
Session Outline:
Who Am I
Boundaries
Ethical Decision Making
Informed Consent
Self-Disclosure
Suicidality & Safety Planning
Transference/Countertransference
Tele-therapy & Walk-and-talk Therapy
Cases, Tips, and Q&A
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will:
Understand what appropriate professional boundaries are, how to maintain them, and learn how to work through ethical dilemmas.
Learn strategies to manage and address moments in which transference and countertransference emerge in clinical practice.
Learn about codes of ethics and how to protect the confidentiality of clients.
Be provided with tools and resources necessary to practice self-disclosure in sessions through an intersectional feminist and ethical decision making lens.
Be able to apply supportive strategies and other best practices in their clinical work providing telehealth services, walk-and-talk therapy, mandated reporting and communicating outside of sessions with your clients.
Cost: $90.00
Course Length: 3 Contact hours (3 hours total); CEU’s and certificate offered upon completion of survey and evaluation.
Cancellation/Refund Policy: We do not offer refunds when you cancel. If our instructor cancels, a full refund will be issued within 3-5 business days.
If you have any further questions about the workshop, please don't hesitate to reach out to our business office at: training@liberationbasedtherapy.com
Liberation-Based Therapy LCSW, PLLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0861.
Q’Lective Therapy is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors #MHC-0300, licensed creative arts therapists #CAT-0114, licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0124, and licensed psychoanalysts #P-0071.
Q’Lective Therapy is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0262.
Nyx Melody, LMHC, (they/them/theirs & fae/faer/faers)
Nyx Melody, LMHC (they/them/theirs & fae/faer/faers), Founder, Clinical Director, and Senior Psychotherapist at Q’Lective Therapy, is a queer, panromantic, non-binary, trans femme licensed mental health counselor, supervisor, educator, and consultant. With extensive experience supporting individuals, couples, and groups navigating trauma, gender and sexual identity, anxiety, depression, substance use, and racial identity exploration, Nyx brings a liberation-based, anti-oppressive lens to therapy. Drawing from queer, intersectional feminist, trauma-informed, and decolonized frameworks, Nyx creates accessible, affirming, and collaborative spaces for healing and growth. In addition to clinical work, Nyx teaches graduate students at Teachers College, Columbia University and NYU, and provides consultation to foster affirming practices for Queer, TGNC, and BIPOC communities.
