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How much autonomy do therapy clients deserve? Balancing client autonomy with therapist skill

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 …

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Your Modern Therapist Ethics Questions Answered: Digging into the mail bag to identify how to behave ethically in modern times

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 …

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Humor in Psychotherapy

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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Building Your Treatment Team in Private Practice: Essential Networking Skills for Therapists

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 …

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Liability Hot Potato: Defensive Therapy practices that give clients inadequate care

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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Is AI Smart for Your Therapy Practice? The ethics of Artificial Intelligence in therapy

Curt Widhalm, MA, MS, LMFT and Katie Vernoy, MS, LMFT |Is AI Smart for Your Therapy Practice? The ethics of Artificial Intelligence in therapy (1 CE hour) Technological advances in artificial intelligence have made publicly available tools alluring for therapists who may wish to speed up their work in completing documentation and creating content to …

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Supervision in the Real World: Understanding what makes an effective supervisory alliance

Curt Widhalm, MA, MS, LMFT and Katie Vernoy, MS, LMFT |Supervision in the Real World: Understanding what makes an effective supervisory alliance (1 CE hour) A strong supervisory alliance can predict better supervision experiences and supervisee growth in the mental health field. Alternatively, a negative supervisory alliance can lead to a bad supervisory experience, poor …

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