About the Webinar:

For over two decades, The Trust has worked to educate and support psychologists in improving their ethics and risk management skills and strategies by providing live workshops, webinars, risk management consultations, and expanding resources. This 15th Workshop in our Sequence series continues to emphasize applied, integrated and strategic methods to help you stay grounded in ethical principles and practices, and to protect you from adverse disciplinary and legal actions.
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Psychologists routinely encounter complex, high-stakes situations that require sound clinical judgment, ethical decision-making, and proactive risk management. This advanced workshop provides a deep dive into five of the most legally and ethically challenging areas of practice: compassionate and competent treatment of suicidal patients while balancing clinical and liability concerns, navigating the complexities of duty to protect obligations, working effectively with high-conflict families, managing subpoenas and courtroom testimony, and ensuring a legally and ethically sound termination of treatment. This day-long workshop will provide actionable strategies to mitigate risk, protect clients and practice, and enhance confidence in addressing these critical issues. This seminar is a key training for psychologists seeking to strengthen their ethical competence and safeguard their professional integrity in today’s increasingly complex clinical landscape.

Course objectives:
  • Describe five principles that can assist in improving ethical, clinical and risk management judgements and decision-making.
  • List three erroneous myths regarding patients/clients who become suicidal
  • Name three clinical and risk management steps to address imminent suicidality
  • Define three elements of meeting standards of care related to the duty to protect
  • Identify four dimensions of responding effectively to subpoenas for testimony and records
  • Summarize four essential ethical and risk-management steps in clinician-initiated endings of care​

Please note: this webinar will be conducted via Zoom.  By registering for this webinar, you are agreeing to Zoom's privacy policy.
Sequence XV: Risky Business: The Ethics and Risk Management of High Risk Circumstances in Clinical Practice is sponsored by The Trust. The Trust is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Trust maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Those who attend the workshop and complete the Trust evaluation form will receive six continuing education credits. Please note that APA CE rules require that we only give credit to those who attend the entire workshop. Those arriving more than 15 minutes after the scheduled start time or leaving before the workshop is completed will not receive CE credits and will not be eligible for the 15% premium discount described below.

Our Speaker

Daniel O. Taube earned his J.D. from Villanova University in 1985 and his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Hahnemann University in 1987, as a member of the Hahnemann/
Villanova Joint Psychology and Law Graduate Program. He is a Professor Emeritus at the California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco at Alliant International University, past Psy.D. Program Director, founder and coordinator of the Forensic Family Child. His areas of professional focus include ethical and legal issues in professional practice, child protection, and addictions. In addition to his teaching and research interests, he has been in private practice since 1990, has served on the APA Ethics Appeals Panel for over 20 years, and taught graduate and professional level courses on ethical and legal issues in professional practice for 25 years. Dr. Taube regularly consults with a wide range of practitioners and community agencies regarding standards of practice and ethical concerns.
REGISTRATION
  • MOPA Members – $102.00
    MOPA Members must be in good standing on their membership to receive the discounted rate on this webinar event.

  • Students and Interns – FREE

  • Non-Members Seeking CE Credit PLUS 6-MONTH TRIAL MEMBERSHIP (FIRST-TIME MEMBERS ONLY) – $190.00
    Want to participate in this webinar and enjoy 6 months of free membership? Sign up here and our team will work with you in the coming days to verify and complete your membership.
    (NOTE: THIS OPTION IS ONLY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT BEEN MOPA MEMBERS FOR AT LEAST 2 YEARS PRIOR)

  • Non-Members Seeking CE Credit – $160.00
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​If you have issues registering online or prefer to register via phone, please contact Emily at 888-995-6672 or via email at [email protected]
This training is supported by Missouri Psychological Association. The contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of MOPA.
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​Please call 888-995-6672 (MOPA)

Eligibility for Insurance Premium discounts

Workshop completion earns 6 CE credits and eligibility to receive a 15% premium discount on your Trust Sponsored Professional Liability Insurance for your next 2 consecutive policy periods. To obtain CE discounts, submit CE certification from an organization approved by APA to offer CE credit (must have been completed within the previous 15 months) with the insurance application. Discounts cannot be combined and are not applicable to Researcher/Academician or Student policies. Group policies become eligible for the CE discount when at least 50% of those insured under the group policy submit CE certification. All applications are individually underwritten and submission of CE certification.

Continuing Education Grievance Policy

The Trust is fully committed to conducting all activities in strict conformance with the American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles of Psychologists. The Trust will comply with all legal and ethical guidelines for non-discrimination in promotional activities, program content and in the treatment of CE participants. The Trust CE Director is responsible for complying with these standards. 

While the Trust strives to assure fair treatment for all participants and to anticipate problems before they occur, occasionally grievances may be filed. In cases where a participant files a written or oral grievance, the following actions are taken:
  • If the grievance concerns the content of the workshop, webinar, book, or the continuing education test, a Trust representative will mediate and will be the final arbitrator. If the participant requests action, the CE Director or a Trust representative will either provide a credit for a subsequent CE offering or provide a partial or full refund of the CE fee already paid.
  • Actions involving a credit or a refund will require a written note documenting the grievance for record-keeping purposes. The aggrieved individual need not sign the note. If the grievance specifically concerns The Trust, the CE Director or Trust representative will attempt to arbitrate. 


Direct correspondence to:


Continuing Education
The Trust
111 Rockville Pike, Suite 700
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: (800) 477-1200
​Email: [email protected]

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