On the margin between social and inner space: exploring mental health ethics
Presenter: Richard Ruth, PH.D.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
9:30 AM–5:30 PM
Mental health practice is fundamentally about the inner world of our patients. Especially in the psychodynamic tradition, but regardless of clinicians’ theoretical orientation, work with patients’ emotions and behaviors is always concerned with matters that are highly personal and private. As therapists we, too, are often engaged with subtle phenomena, such as observations of nonverbal behavior, countertransferences, and dream material, best encountered in reverie and in reflective space. Yet mental health ethics also oblige us to think about the social context and meaning of what we are doing. This often creates conflicts for therapists that are not always easy for us to sort out.
In this day-long workshop, clinicians will work
through scenarios that capture some of the ethical dilemmas we face as we
try to respond in an ethical, responsible manner to phenomena that meet us
at the interesting boundary between the inner world and the social world.
Through small group exercises and large group discussions, we will examine
the social dimensions of our internal responses to ethical dilemmas, and to
the psychodynamics of our social ethics.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Mental health professionals, students in the
mental health professions, interested members of the community
learning Objectives
Participants will be able
to:
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Identify solutions to two instances they have faced in which they were unsure how to balance patients' need for respect of the private nature of their experience with the demands of our professions' social ethics.
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Articulate three key ways mental health ethics codes help protect the right of therapists and patients to keep clinical experiences private.
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Describe three key ways in which grounding in our professions' social ethics empower our ability to work as effective clinicians.
presenter
Richard Ruth, PhD,
is associate professor of clinical psychology at the Center for professional
Psychology,
Location
The Washington School of Psychiatry
5028 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC, 20016
Directions
CE/CME Award - 6
Fee - $180.00
This workshop meets requirements for social workers and psychologists for 6 hours of continuing education in law and ethics. To receive credit, participants must attend the entire workshop.
continuing education
The Washington School of Psychiatry is approved by the American Psychological Association to provide continuing education for psychologists. The Washington School maintains responsibility for this program and its contents.
The School is approved by the Social Work Board of the State of Maryland as a provider of continuing education for social workers.
The School is recognized by the National Board of Certified Counselors to offer continuing education for National Certified Counselors. We adhere to the NBCC Continuing Education Guidelines. Provider # 6388
The School is approved by the Medical Society of Maryland (MEDCHI) for continuing education for psychiatrists.
Registration
Please call the School at 202-237-2700 to register. You can also use the conference registration form to register for this seminar by faxing it to WSP at 202-237-2730, or mail the form to: Washington School of Psychiatry, 5028 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Ste. 400, Washington, DC 20016.
Cancellations and Refunds
Refunds will be made for cancellations received at the School office in writing prior to March 20 and are subject to a non - refundable administrative fee of $50.
Disclosure of Commercial Support and the Unlabeled use of a commercial product. No member of the planning committee and no member of the faculty for this event have a financial interest or other relationship with any commercial product(s) discussed in this educational presentation.