NOTICE RE: COVID-19 PLANS FOR 2023 SEMINARS

Due to continued issues with travel due to COVID-19, I am scheduling all 2023 seminars via Zoom. Both Louisiana and Colorado clinicians will be able to attend, which will make for a nice mix.

Rest assured – we will still have fun while we discuss high-risk cases that keep you awake at night!

Participants will still have the option, as always with my seminars, of sending in clinical or legal situations, dilemmas, and questions via email in advance. I will adjust our schedule for the Zoom meeting to incorporate a lot of audience engagement through discussions, polling, and other group activities.

If someone feels comfortable presenting their situation personally, she or he can present it to the group for our analysis. If you do not want to present, I will be happy to do so while preserving your anonymity.

Beyond Ethics, LLC will be offering

3.0 Ethics CEUs/CPDs
For Louisiana and Colorado Mental Health Professionals

May 12th • June 30th • November 3rd

Look forward to seeing you for fun learning about Ethics this year.

Upcoming Seminars

Ethical Management of Business Sticky Wickets in Clinical Practice: 
Documenting, Avoiding Complaints, Disciplinary Processes, and Handling Subpoenas

Cost

$80 for one 3-hour workshop

What people are saying:

“Always thoughtful, frank, realistic – holds both legal and clinical frame for perspective and prevention for social worker and client.”
-Connie K. (Louisiana)

Deb always has relevant/current cases. … Deb is always informative (as well as entertaining!).
-Kasey O. (Louisiana)

What was especially helpful to me was the section on how to handle subpoenas and preventive measures I can take in working with high-conflict couples to avoid Complaints.
-Kay A. (Colorado)

Registration

Register Online

Webinar Date
Choose your State
Mental Health Discipline



Register by Mail

Please mail your check made payable to Beyond Ethics, LLC:

Beyond Ethics, LLC
118 Franklin Street
Northampton, MA 01060

Please provide the following information to complete your registration:

EMAIL (mandatory – materials will be sent via email)
DISCIPLINE (e.g., LCSW, LPC, etc.)

If both are not included with your check, you will NOT be registered for the workshop.

In order to have materials emailed to you prior to the seminar, payment and registration info must be received via email (2 days in advance) or mail one week prior to the date of the seminar.

Beyond Ethics, LLC Cancellation Policy

Never worry about not being able to attend one of my webinars because life got in the way. As long as you email me in advance of the webinar, I will put you on the Credit List so that you can pick another date that works for you. I don’t provide refunds through PayPal because they take a percentage off the top. But once you have sent payment through PayPal or by mailing me a check, you are guaranteed a spot in one of my 3-hour Ethics Webinar of your choosing. Thanks for your business and keep coming back!! Deb

Meet the Trainer

Deb Henson, LCSW, JD, LL.M

Deb is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 35 years clinical experience, who is also a lawyer since 1991. She has been defending clinicians since 2000 in various types of licensing board matters. Deb also has a robust practice of risk prevention consultation for therapists who are attempting to avoid ending up before their licensing board. After Ethics training around the country for PESI and Cross Country since 2006, Deb started her own training business, Beyond Ethics, LLC, in 2009. Through Beyond Ethics, Deb has been offering two to four trainings annually in Louisiana since its inception and in Colorado since 2015.

Deb can be reached through her training web site: beyond-ethics.com or her law and social work web site: deborahmhenson.com. She can also be emailed at beyond.ethics.deb@gmail.com or debhenson.law@gmail.com.

Colorado & Louisiana Trainings

Ethical Management of Business Sticky Wickets in Clinical Practice: 
Documenting, Avoiding Complaints, Disciplinary Processes, and Handling Subpoenas

WHEN:

May 12th, June 30th and November 3rd, 2023
8:45 a.m. to 12:00 noon (MST) / 9:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (CST)

WHERE:

via Zoom

Description of Workshop:

Questions about how much to document? What about separate files for HIPAA Privacy Rule and why would a clinician go to that trouble? Separate teletherapy consent forms? Why and what should it cover?

Are there any ways to avoid getting grieved/complained about to the licensing board? And if by (unlucky) chance you do receive that email or letter from your licensing board saying that a Complaint has been filed against you, what do you do and how does the process unfold?

Oh no! I’ve been served!! Now what?

We will address these issues and more. This workshop will cover these questions and other sticky wickets of ethical managing of some business aspects of clinical practice.

Deb invites participant discussion throughout the webinar and encourages registrants to submit specific situations in advance to enhance our grist for the training mill.

Trainings typically are three (3) hours and certificates will be provided at the end of the seminar.

See What’s Coming in 2024 With Beyond Ethics, LLC!

Deb will be offering 3 hours ethics through beyond ethics LLC in March and May of this coming year on the topic:

Ethical Challenges with Divorced Parents: Clinical and Legal Conundrums

Specific dates and description of webinar will be coming out soon. Stay tuned.

~ PLUS ~

Ethical Management of Boundaries in the Digital Age: Necessities (“the Rules”) and Suggestions for Increasing Well-being of Clinicians and Their Clients

WHEN:

February 23rd and June 7th, 2024
8:45 a.m. to 12:00 noon (MST) / 9:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (CST)

WHERE:

via Zoom

Description of Workshop:

What are the necessities (ethical rules) of boundary-setting with clients? What are some challenges? What do we do with the gray areas? Query whether the ethical requirements of our profession help or hinder the well-being of: Our clients? Ourselves?

Many clinicians have struggled over the past few years with not only COVID worries, but the resulting pivot to teletherapy and perhaps other consequences – or choices – you have made since the pandemic reminded us how precious life is every day. But are you living the quality life you want and need for your own well-being? If not, let’s look at some ways to improve your well-being.

The well-being suggestions, from me and participant engagement, will be aimed at helping increase overall well-being for tired, stressed therapists. Of course, your work and self-reflection in this webinar will translate to an increased ability to help your clients achieve a greater sense of well-being.

Come join Deb and the many clinicians who attend her webinars to do a deep dive into your own well-being. This will be a different webinar with more written reflection exercises, followed by group sharing and discussion. Of course, no one will have to share and can learn plenty from merely being present with us all as we grapple with some difficult dilemmas with our clients … and with ourselves.

What People Are Saying About Deb’s Seminars

“Always thoughtful, frank, realistic – holds both legal and clinical frame for perspective and prevention for social worker and client.”

-Connie K.
“Deb always has relevant/current cases. … Deb is always informative (as well as entertaining!).”

-Kasey O.
“What was especially helpful to me was the section on how to handle subpoenas and preventive measures I can take in working with high-conflict couples to avoid Complaints.”

-Kay A.