It’s no secret that the world has become a much more informal place than it was just a couple of decades ago; bosses and their employees can be personal friends, email has replaced handwritten invitations and thank-you letters, and in many offices, every day is Casual Friday.
So where does that leave the practice of psychotherapy? Long held under a shroud of formality for various ethical reasons, psychotherapy has had some growing pains in trying to adjust and adapt to the new laid-back way of life.
While it used to be unthinkable that a therapist would ever share any of their personal information with a client, Ken Hardy—director of the Eikenberg Institute for Relationships—now feels that a little self-disclosure is a good thing.
Watch the clip below from Ken’s session in our webcast series,
Ethics in an Age of Informality, to hear him explain why not self-disclosing is a real detriment to the therapeutic process.
This is just one of the many ethical issues that will be covered in our new webcast series.
Ethics in an Age of Informality:
Protecting Yourself When Boundaries Blur
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Here’s a preview of what each session in this series offers you:
- Lisa Ferentz on Countertransference: Probing the Heart of Our Ethical Dilemmas
Examine the personal issues that can lead therapists to violate boundaries using clips from the HBO series, In Treatment.
- Mitchell Handelsman on Beyond Good Intentions: Positive Ethics with Difficult Clients
Explore the principles of ethical excellence and how to maintain the highest standards even with your most challenging cases.
- Mary Jo Barrett on The Ethically Attuned Therapist
Learn how to effectively establish boundaries from the very first session.
- Frederic Reamer on The Ambiguities of Ethical Practice: Defining Our Clinical Role and Its Limits
Get a clear understanding of how to protect yourself from potential ethical violations when the issue isn’t black or white.
- DeeAnna Nagel on The Ethics of Online Therapy
Address the ethical questions that arise when offering therapy online.
- Kenneth Hardy on The Ethics of Self Disclosure
Examine the benefits and risks of being more transparent as a clinician.
Ethics in an Age of Informality
Series Begins December 3rd
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Topic:
Challenging Clients & Treatment Populations |
Ethics
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