Katie Vernoy, MS, LMFT and Curt Widhalm, MA, MS, LMFT |Are You Too Burned Out to Work? An ethical assessment of therapist burnout and impairment (1 CE hour) So many therapists complain that they are burned out, but then continue to work. Is this ethical? In this continuing education podcourse, we explore what therapist burnout […]
Curt Widhalm, MA, MS, LMFT and Katie Vernoy, MS, LMFT |When Your Client is a Little Bit Famous: The unique needs and perspectives for working with content creators in therapy (1 CE hour) Therapists working with content creators have many factors to consider when it comes to the particularly unique influences that this occupation has
Curt Widhalm, MA, MS, LMFT and Katie Vernoy, MS, LMFT |When Your Client is a Super Fan: Exploring parasocial relationships and their effects on mental health (1 CE hour) People develop relationships with celebrities, TV personalities, and others in the public eye. But do therapists assess the impact these relationships have on their clients and
Curt Widhalm, MA, MS, LMFT and Katie Vernoy, MS, LMFT |How much autonomy do therapy clients deserve? Balancing client autonomy with therapist skill (1 CE hour) Therapists are faced with balancing their professional knowledge with the needs and desires of clients. At the core of this issue is the principle ethic of client autonomy. How
Curt Widhalm, MA, MS, LMFT and Katie Vernoy, MS, LMFT |Should Therapists Admit to Making Mistakes in Therapy? (1 CE hour) When therapists make mistakes, clients can prematurely terminate treatment or fail to meet their goals. Most research on effective therapy looks at factors that minimize the therapist’s tendency to make mistakes, rather than what
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Curt Widhalm, MA, MS, LMFT and Katie Vernoy, MS, LMFT |Your Modern Therapist Ethics Questions Answered: Digging into the mail bag to identify how to behave ethically in modern times (1 CE hour) Too often in groups of therapists, you’ll hear confusing situations being described as “unethical” or illegal without any other explanations. Big feelings
Curt Widhalm, MA, MS, LMFT and Katie Vernoy, MS, LMFT |Humor in Psychotherapy (1 CE hour) Anecdotal evidence suggests that humor can have positive effects on therapeutic relationship development and as a skill that can be used for interventions. Concerns that humor may be used incorrectly or be potentially harmful make many clinicians wary of
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Katie Vernoy, MS, LMFT and Curt Widhalm, MA, MS, LMFT|Building Your Treatment Team in Private Practice: Essential Networking Skills for Therapists (1 CE hour) Clients are often best served by a robust treatment team. Specific diagnoses (like Eating Disorders or Serious Mental Illness) require treatment teaming as a best practice and many others are best
Therapists facing difficult decisions in therapeutic treatment are presented with the competing tasks of providing quality care to clients while also trying to minimize their legal risks. This can lead to therapists who may choose courses of action that do not benefit clients while doing things to protect the therapist. This workshop explores the types
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Katie Vernoy, MS, LMFT and Curt Widhalm, MA, MS, LMFT|Teaching Wisdom: Best practices for decision-making to support your clients (1 CE hour) When therapists are asked “what do I do?!?” by their clients, we can often redirect our clients back and encourage them to make their own decisions. But what if we could provide them
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