Psychotherapy, Psychiatry and Counseling in the Digital Age 2015

Psychotherapy, Psychiatry and Counseling in the Digital Age 2015 is 7-Night Alaskan Cruise Conference dedicated to Digital Age topics: Traditional Therapeutic Boundaries, Digital Ethics, Clinical Considerations in the Age of Google, Ethical, Telehealth and Facebook.

Key Topics

• Dual Relationships
  • Apply the making of ethical decisions regarding dual relationships
  • Describe what the codes of ethics state in regard to dual relationships
  • Specify when it is not advisable to enter into dual relationships or cross boundaries in therapy
  • Integrate boundary crossing and dual relationships, when appropriate, into treatment
• Boundaries in Psychotherapy, Counseling & Psychiatry
  • Differentiate among boundary crossings, boundary violations and dual relationships in psychiatry, psychotherapy and counseling
  • Define boundaries in psychiatry, psychotherapy and counseling
  • Report on how enforcing rigid boundaries can be harmful to clients
  • State the relationships between boundary crossings and the standard of care
• HIPAA
  • Summarize the Privacy, Security, and Transaction Rules
  • Conduct a formal HIPAA risk analysis and implement proper risk management measures
  • Describe the relationships between HIPAA and The Standard of Care of psychotherapy
  • Outline the Omnibus or Final Rule of 2013
• Digital Ethics
  • Construct a social media policy for one’s office to address potential boundary issues with clients
  • Identify the ethical challenges that may arise from engaging in activities on the Internet
  • Apply a risk management lens to the process of determining the appropriateness of specific technological tools for use with specific clients
  • Identify the ethical challenges that may arise from engaging in activities on the Internet
• Risk Management
  • Explain how to minimize risk to psychiatrists, psychologists and counselors without compromising their clinical integrity
  • Report the origin of and the forces behind risk management
  • Utilize tools to make clinical and ethical decisions with regard to risk management concerns
  • Describe the relationships between risk management and the standard of care
• Telehealth
  • Establish appropriate office policies for online/digital interaction
  • Determine the elements of an ethical telehealth practice
  • Develop a plan to professionally move in the direction of telehealth
  • Explain the Skype-HIPAA controversy
  • Develop a plan to professionally move in the direction of telehealth
• Ethical Decision Making
  • Apply ethical decision-making processes to their practices
  • Define and apply construct, such as morality, virtue, ethics, rights, fairness and justice
  • Apply ethical decision-making to dual relationships situations
  • Explain the forces that contribute to our attitudes toward dual relationships

Who should Attend

• Psychiatrists
• Psychologists
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Social Workers
• Psychiatric nurses
• Counselors