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• List 3 changes in how therapy is done that affects ethical guidelines.
• Identify 3 ways that self-revealing by the therapist can benefit clients.
• Discuss the conditions that put therapists at risk for sexual boundary violations.
• Distinguish between boundary violations and boundary crossings in dual relationships.

"Can We Talk? Let's End Our Conspiracy of Silence about Our Ambiguous Boundaries" by Mary Jo Barrett; Katy Butler

"To Tell the Truth: Letting Go of Our Inscrutable Façade" by Jay Efran

"Nightmare in Aisle 6: A Therapist Is Caught in the Act of Being Herself" by Linda Stone Fish

"The Slippery Slope: Violating the Ultimate Therapeutic Taboo" by Susan Rowan

"The Crush: Challenging Our Culture of Avoidance" by Mary Jo Barrett

"Triple Boundary Crossing: From Client to Friend to Client" by Arnold A. Lazarus

"Everybody's Business: There Are Precious Few Therapeutic Secrets in a Small Town" by Jan Michael Sherman

"The Necklace: When Does a Rule Become a Straitjacket?" by Jenny Newsome

"Love, Dr. Lagerfeld: Sometimes It's Okay to Trust Your Instincts" by Michael F. Hoyt

Mary Jo Barrett, MSW, is the founder and director of Contextual Change and coauthor of Treating Complex Trauma: A Relational Blueprint for Collaboration and Change and The Systemic Treatment of Incest.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Mary Jo Barrett is the founder and director of the Center for Contextual Change. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.

Non-financial: Mary Jo Barrett has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.

Katy Butler is a features editor for Psychotherapy Networker and has contributed to The New York Times Magazine. She is writing a book, entitled Knocking on Heaven's Door: A Daughter's Journey Through Old Age and New Medicine.

Jay Efran, Ph.D., professor emeritus of psychology at Temple University. He received the Pennsylvania Psychological Association’s 2009 award for Distinguished Contributions to the Science and Profession of Psychology and is co-author of Language, Structure and Change and The Tao of Sobriety.

Linda Stone Fish, M.S.W., Ph.D., is the David B. Falk Endowed Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy at Syracuse University and the author of Nurturing Queer Youth.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Linda Stone Fish is in private practice. She is a David B. Falk Endowed Professor at Syracuse University. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.

Non-financial: Linda Stone Fish is a member of the American Family Therapy Association.

"Susan Rowan" is the pseudonym of an experienced licensed clinical social worker in her mid-forties. She works with the severely mentally ill in a community mental health center.

Jan Michael Sherman, M.A., is a marriage and family therapist who now lives on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast. He is in private practice, specializing in narrative therapy.

"Jenny Newsome" is the pseudonym of an experienced cognitive-behavioral therapist on the Eastern Seaboard.

Michael F. Hoyt, Ph.D., is a senior staff psychologist at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in San Rafael, California. His most recent books are Some Stories Are Better than Others and Interviews with Brief Therapy Experts.

Arnold A. Lazarus, Ph.D., A.B.P.P., is a distinguished professor emeritus of psychology at Rutgers University and has a private practice in Princeton, New Jersey. He is the author of many books, including The 60-Second Shrink and Marital Myths Revisited.

Ofer Zur, Ph.D., director of the Zur Institute, is a licensed psychologist from Sonoma, California. He's written dozens of articles and four books, including Dual Relationships and Psychotherapy and Boundaries in Psychotherapy.

Janine Roberts, Ed.D., professor emerita at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, is the author of Tales and Transformations and Rituals for Our Times.

For U.S. and Canadian customers, a CE test is available for $9.99 USD per participant. International CE rates may vary; please contact our Customer Service at 1-800-844-8260 for more details.

Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether self study is an acceptable form of continuing education. Please refer to your state rules and regulations.

Certificates of Successful Completion may be emailed, faxed or mailed to participants completing the post-test/evaluation and paying the CE fee.

**Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners. For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

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Counselors
This intermediate self-study activity consists of 3.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.

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Marriage & Family Therapists
This self-study activity consists of 3.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from this self-study activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.

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Psychologists
This self-study activity consists of 3.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline and the certificate of completion you receive from this self-study activity. Contact us for more information on your state board or organization specific filing requirements.

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Other Professions
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Disclaimer: **Information obtained in this course should be used within your scope of practice.
**It is your ethical responsibility to report accurate hours to your licensing board.
**All self-study participants must complete and pass (80% or better) a post-test and evaluation prior to receiving a certificate of completion. If you require a copy of the test/evaluation for CE purposes, please print at the time you take the test. Or you may call our customer service department and a copy of your test/evaluation will be emailed to you. Please allow 30-45 days.

Addiction Counselors, Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, Psychologists, Social Workers, Other Professions