Description:

This workshop reviews the areas of professional functions that have been most associated with regulatory problems for mental health professionals, including sexual and nonsexual boundary violations, “law-psych” interfaces, competence, “moral” offenses, licensing board and malpractice actions. The workshop covers causes for these problems and ways of avoiding them and/or managing them.

Educational Objectives:

1. List the most frequent causes for discipline of mental health professionals.
2. State the primary vulnerability factors for clinicians.
3. State the primary vulnerability factors for patients.
4. List two types of “moral” offenses.
5. List at least two steps in licensing board action procedures.
6. List at least two steps in the malpractice action procedures.

*Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality*