What Should You Do If a Case is Outside Your Skill Set?

Clients often present clinicians with challenges that are outside their range of experience, skill, knowledge or expertise. This article discusses how to determine if you're in over your head with a client, and if you find this to be the case, what should you do about it? Clinical experts share their advice.

Part of the APA Monitor's CE Corner article series.

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• Whether to take on or continue working with a patient.
• What action to take if you suspect you lack the right tools to treat a patient.
• How best to transition a patient to another’s care and find ongoing training and consultation for yourself.

Tori DeAngelis