Avoid Ethics Complaints and Malpractice Lawsuits: Managing High-Risk Clinical Situations
Salepage : Avoid Ethics Complaints and Malpractice Lawsuits: Managing High-Risk Clinical Situations
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This course includes 6.0 hours of Ethics Credit!
- Understand key factors that precipitate disciplinary complaints and malpractice lawsuits against clinicians
- Identify best practices for working with suicidal, self-harming and other high-risk clients
- Protect client confidentiality and avoid liability
- Eliminate your fear of depositions and trials
- Actual ethical case studies
This is the best ethics seminar you will ever attend—guaranteed. Deborah Henson, a rare combination of an attorney and Licensed Clinical Social Worker, does the impossible by not only making ethics applicable to your practice, but also making it fun and painless. Deb’s use of humor and case studies will make the day fly by as you learn to easily and effectively respond to licensing complaints and/or malpractice lawsuits and become fully aware of your due process rights. During this highly interactive seminar, you will be encouraged to present specific issues or examples from your own experiences.
This seminar will prepare you for litigation issues that can put your client, your license and your practice at risk. Attend this seminar and take the fear out of participating in litigation while becoming confident with depositions and trial testimony.
OUTLINE
Scope and Limitations of Clinician-Client Confidentiality
- Professional Codes of Practice
- Other Sources (e.g., HIPAA, state and federal case law)
Risky Dual Relationships and Other Ethical Conflicts in Clinical Practice
- Professional Codes of Practice
- Avoiding Conflicts with Clients that Create Problems
Ethically Avoiding Lawsuits in High Anxiety Clinical Practice
- Factors that Precipitate Disciplinary Complaints and Malpractice Lawsuits Against Clinicians
- Advance Planning to Manage Risk Factors Before They Erupt
- “Best Practice” Procedures for Clinicians to Avoid Legal Problems
- “Best Practice” Procedures for Treating Suicidal, Self-Harming and Other High-Risk Clients
Handling Legal Involvement Ethically and Self-Protectively
- Dealing with Difficult Attorneys and Subpoenas
- Strategies to Deal with Clients Who Refuse to Allow Clinicians to Release Information Compelled by Subpoena
- Preparing for Depositions or Court Testifying: The Funnel Approach
- Preparing Clients for Clinical Effects of Clinician Testimony
- Avoid Clinical and Legal Consequences Adverse to Client and Clinician
Ethical Case Studies and Precedents
- Examine Court Precedents
- Limitations on Confidentiality
OBJECTIVES
- Identify high-risk clients and/or situations that may expose clinicians to disciplinary complaints and/or malpractice lawsuits.
- Explain various methods to improve mental health office management procedures to reduce the risks of complaints or lawsuits.
- Recognize how to respond ethically to subpoenas for mental health records or testimony at depositions or trial.
- Assess clinical situations that foreshadow legal involvement for clinicians.
- Describe ways to respond ethically to subpoenas when clients refuse to authorize release of confidential information without precipitating complaints/lawsuits against the clinician.
- Develop critical skills for self-care when treating high anxiety clients and/or preparing for legal involvement.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Deborah M. Henson, MSW, LCSW, J.D., LL.M. is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and lawyer with more than 25 years’ professional experience and more than 15 years’ experience training mental health practitioners on the interface of clinical practice and litigation. She maintains a psychotherapy practice in New Orleans, trains social service agencies and consults regularly with clinicians around the country who are involved in legal proceedings of all types, including disciplinary matters. Deborah also practices law with a special focus on mental health law, including ethics consultation/risk prevention. She has represented numerous lawyers and mental health practitioners in malpractice lawsuits and disciplinary matters. Ms. Henson has lectured frequently in the areas of mental health ethics and risk prevention and effective collaboration with attorneys to help clients who have ongoing litigation issues.
Deborah earned a Master of Social Work degree from Tulane University, a Juris Doctorate degree from Loyola University School of Law and an LL.M. (advanced law degree) from the University of California, Berkeley—Boalt Hall School of Law. She has conducted continuing education presentations and general lectures for National Association of Social Workers, NASW Louisiana Chapter (Annual Conferences), Louisiana Association of Clinical Social Workers, Tulane School of Social Work, University of Texas School of Social Work, St. Edward’s University Professional Education Center, New Orleans City Attorney’s Office, Prime Time CLE Institute, Tulane School of Law and other organizations. Deborah is licensed to practice clinical social work in Louisiana and Texas, a Board Approved Supervisor in Texas and admitted to practice law in Louisiana, Texas and the federal courts, including the United States Supreme Court.
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Target Audience Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Case Managers, Addiction Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, and other Mental Health Professionals
Deborah M. Henson, MSW, LCSW, J.D., LL.M., is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and lawyer with more than 25 years’ professional experience and more than 15 years’ experience training mental health practitioners on the interface of clinical practice and litigation. She maintains a psychotherapy practice in New Orleans, trains social service agencies and consults regularly with clinicians around the country who are involved in legal proceedings of all types, including disciplinary matters. Deborah also practices law with a special focus on mental health law, including ethics consultation/risk prevention. She has represented numerous lawyers and mental health practitioners in malpractice lawsuits and disciplinary matters. Ms. Henson has lectured frequently in the areas of mental health ethics and risk prevention and effective collaboration with attorneys to help clients who have ongoing litigation issues.
Deborah earned a Master of Social Work degree from Tulane University, a Juris Doctorate from Loyola University School of Law and an LL.M. (advanced law degree) from the University of California, Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law. She has conducted continuing education presentations and general lectures for National Association of Social Workers, NASW Louisiana Chapter (Annual Conferences), Louisiana Association of Clinical Social Workers, Tulane School of Social Work, University of Texas School of Social Work, St. Edward’s University Professional Education Center, New Orleans City Attorney’s Office, Prime Time CLE Institute, Tulane School of Law and other organizations. Deborah is licensed to practice clinical social work in Louisiana and Texas, a Board Approved Supervisor in Texas and admitted to practice law in Louisiana, Texas and the federal courts, including the United States Supreme Court.
