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From Boundaries to Bartering: Ethics in a Changing World

Providing the best and most appropriate care to those in need is one of the primary responsibilities of mental health professionals. To that end Codes of Ethics mandate that clinicians practice within the boundaries of their knowledge, skills and expertise. Yet, our distinctively modern ethical issues such as moral/ cultural relativism, boundary crossing, and consumption do not always fall cleanly into this guideline. We are constantly being challenged and asked to re-define "what is ethical practice?" In this seminar we will touch upon:

  • Distinctively modern ethical issues which can tempt boundary violations and boundary crossing
  • Self-disclosure as a necessary and effective therapeutic tool
  • Bartering as the way of the future
  • Why we may not be able to avoid the dual relationship
  • The difference between law and Standards of Conduct
  • The complexity of certain ethical decisions
  • The future of therapy from a transition perspective

Winter Robinson, M.Ed., is an author, consultant and licensed counselor with a private practice. She taught "The Art of Medicine: Using intuition in physical assessment" at Brown University Medical School and has taught intuition and mindfulness for more than 25 years. Prior to moving to Maine, Winter worked for the Mental Health Attorney General of Virginia. Author of Intuitions, Seeing With the Heart; Remembering; and A Hidden Order; Winter's writing has been included in Natural Health, Mothering, and Self magazines. Her website is: http://www.winterrobinson.com


Tuesday, October 27, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

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$135 (6 contact hours/ 0.6 CEUs)
Abromson Center, 88 Bedford Street, USM Portland campus