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Meds: Myths and Realities: NP0035 – Session 4
Is psychopharmacology is a 'go-to' in your practice? Join Robert Hedaya as he discusses how to treat the bodily systems that underlay many mental health issues while avoiding medication. After the session, please let us know what you think. If you ever have any technical questions or issues, please feel free to email support@psychotherapynetworker.org.Tough Customers: Is It Them or Us?
By Rich Simon As therapists, many of us practice in two different worlds. In the first, we see polite, well-behaved, articulate clients with solid values. They engage fully in therapy, talk cogently about their problems, listen attentively to our responses, make reasonably good-faith efforts to follow our suggestions, and sooner or later get better. No wonder we genuinely like these people! Does This Kid Need Medication? with Ron Taffel
Meds: Myths and Realities: NP0035 – Session 3
Do you feel like you could be a more effective therapist with your younger clients? Do you find it hard to determine when interventions--psychological and pharmacological--might be needed? Join Ron Taffel and learn to identify key diagnostic signs that indicate medications could be helpful when dealing with depression, anxiety, AD/HD, and affective disorders. After the session, please let us know what you think. If you ever have any technical questions or issues, please feel free to email support@psychotherapynetworker.org.
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We hope you come away from this session with a better understanding of what’s required of therapists ethically and how to better deal with situations like clients who self-harm. What do you think was most relevant from today’s session? What was most applicable to you in your everyday practice? Do you have any related experiences that would be helpful to other participants? Please take a minute to consider these questions and everything you’ve learned so far throughout this webinar, and comment below about what’s most striking to you. As always, we invite you to please include your name and hometown with your comment. Thank you all for your participation and thought-provoking comments. Comments  |
Thank you for attending the third session of New Perspectives on Practice, “Ethical Standards for the 21st Century.” Today’s session with Clifton Mitchell--“The Therapist’s Duty to Warn, Report Abuse and Rape, and Handle Self-Injurious Behavior” will cover the latest legal developments concerning therapists’ obligation to prevent clients from harming themselves or others. We’ll explore the responsibilities and the limitations of confidentiality and other ethical situations, such as how to handle clients’ self-injurious behaviors.
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On another note, the presenter implied that mental health providers are always in the role of mandated reporter. My reading has suggested that only when the provider is actually acting in the capacity of therapist is s/he a mandated reporter. For example, if walking in the park with your family you observe a parent abusing a child, you are not mandated to report that since you were not acting in your capacity of a mental health provider. This does not stop you from reporting as a "regular citizen", but you are not REQUIRED to report.
The slide about the neighbor was also a bit confusing. If the neighbor was acting as a caretaker at the time (Hey, Joe, can you watch my kid for awhile?), then it's definately reportable. But what if the neighbor was not put in the caretaker role (Hey Johnny, can you give me a hand carrying this firewood out back?)?
Thanks in advance for your comments.
Wayne, Springfield, MA
I really enjoyed the different scenarios and our duty to warn, child abuse, etc. but it leaves much more for APA & the legal system to agree on definitions. To date, I have listened to my "gut" for duty to call in child abuse, neglect; or if there is no imminent danger, I believe it is better for the child and family to continue with therapy where in-home services are involved. In reference to FL, it would have been nice to have a link to the code of ethics available. Otherwise, thank you Dr. Mitchell for a great presentation.