About the Webinar:
Psychological practice today unfolds within an increasingly complex and interconnected landscape—one that places unprecedented demands on both new and experienced clinicians. Expanding scopes of practice, rapidly evolving technologies, interjurisdictional care, and continued ethical and regulatory scrutiny have fundamentally reshaped what it means to practice responsibly. The challenge goes beyond understanding ethical principles to applying them skillfully, compassionately, and coherently across overlapping roles, systems, and expectations where decisions in one area often ripple outward into others. This workshop offers an integrated, systems-informed framework for navigating complexity with clarity and confidence, supporting thoughtful, care-driven decision-making that protects clients, preserves trust, and sustains clinicians over time.
Three interconnected dimensions of contemporary practice will be explored. Participants will examine the relational foundations of ethical work, including informed consent as an ongoing process and the management of multiple relationships and boundary complexities that arise when professional roles and contexts intersect. The focus then turns to the digital and interjurisdictional landscape, addressing ethical responsibilities related to artificial intelligence (AI), digital privacy, and practicing across regions and regulatory contexts— where actions in one setting can have implications far beyond it. The workshop concludes with the legal and regulatory dimensions of modern practice, including documentation, multi-state practice considerations, and responding skillfully to licensing board complaints as professional reach and responsibility expand.
Throughout, the emphasis is on helping clinicians make integrated, ethical, and defensible decisions in a complex environment without becoming reactive, overly cautious, or disconnected from care. Participants will leave with practical strategies, renewed clarity, and a steadier sense of how to strengthen their professional structures and practice ethically, responsibly, and sustainably within today’s evolving landscape.
Course objectives:
15% of your Trust Sponsored Professional Liability Policy premium (for 2 consecutive years at policy renewal).
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Please note: this webinar will be conducted via Zoom. By registering for this webinar, you are agreeing to Zoom's privacy policy.
Three interconnected dimensions of contemporary practice will be explored. Participants will examine the relational foundations of ethical work, including informed consent as an ongoing process and the management of multiple relationships and boundary complexities that arise when professional roles and contexts intersect. The focus then turns to the digital and interjurisdictional landscape, addressing ethical responsibilities related to artificial intelligence (AI), digital privacy, and practicing across regions and regulatory contexts— where actions in one setting can have implications far beyond it. The workshop concludes with the legal and regulatory dimensions of modern practice, including documentation, multi-state practice considerations, and responding skillfully to licensing board complaints as professional reach and responsibility expand.
Throughout, the emphasis is on helping clinicians make integrated, ethical, and defensible decisions in a complex environment without becoming reactive, overly cautious, or disconnected from care. Participants will leave with practical strategies, renewed clarity, and a steadier sense of how to strengthen their professional structures and practice ethically, responsibly, and sustainably within today’s evolving landscape.
Course objectives:
- Describe at least four methods to improve ethical and risk management decision-making
- Identify three elements of a fully informed consent process
- Delineate at least three steps in determining whether a boundary crossing is more likely to be a harmful violation
- Define four aspects of AI that should be evaluated before its adoption for professional practice
- List at least three ethical and risk management aspects of interjurisdictional practice
- Describe three central themes in documentation
- Identify three methods of addressing licensing board complaints
15% of your Trust Sponsored Professional Liability Policy premium (for 2 consecutive years at policy renewal).
www.trustinsurance.com
Please note: this webinar will be conducted via Zoom. By registering for this webinar, you are agreeing to Zoom's privacy policy.
Sequence XVI: Risk, Relationship, and Responsibility: Ethics and Risk Management in the Web of Modern 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.
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.
