Professional Ethics, Risk Management, and Ethical Decision Making

This workshop will discuss ethics within the context of cognitive behavioral therapy. Topics for discussion will include risk management, informed consent, confidentiality, record keeping, out-of-office activities, and other ethical-decision making issues within the context of relevant statutes, case law, and the American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct.

• Identify three components of informed consent.
• Identify the necessary components of record keeping.
• Discuss three risk management strategies to apply in your practice.

Stephanie Tabashneck, PsyD, JD