Now available on video!

A thorough understanding of current laws and ethical standards pertaining to psychotherapy is critical for therapists. In this workshop you will learn to differentiate between "law" and "ethics." This class will also present a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of issues such as privilege and confidentiality, danger to self or others, treatment of minors, mandated responsibilities and other legal issues related to MFT and LCSW practice. Recent changes in the law are highlighted.

At the completion of this course psychotherapists will be able to:
1. Recognize when they have legal and ethical responsibilities.
2. Understand how to carry out those legal and ethical
responsibilities.
3. Maintain a standard of care against charges of criminal, civil,
and ethical wrongdoing.
4. Know when and how to properly consult to better uphold legal and ethical responsibilities.

This six-hour course satisfies the requirements for the California Board of Behavioral Sciences mandatory Continuing Education course in Law and Ethics.

Presented by H. Dan Smith, EdD, MFT

Dan is a licensed marriage and family therapist whose practice has been within a busy psychiatry office for over 15 years. His primary clinical interests include treatment of adolescent and adult populations as well as family therapy; most of his clinical practice has been within managed care and EAP environments. He is a professor of counseling at California State University, Fresno where he specializes in law and ethics, child abuse assessment and treatment, therapy techniques, and supervision of therapists in field settings. Dan has developed various supervision technologies that are in widespread use within counselor training programs across the country.