At this full-day workshop CAMFT staff attorney David Jensen, J.D. will review the following subjects: the Standard of Care, i.e., working principles of negligence law as they pertain to psychotherapists; the importance of clarifying who is and who is not the patient; the importance of the treatment plan; one’s constitutional right to privacy and how it relates to confidentiality and the psychotherapist-patient privilege; patients dangerous to themselves; patient’s dangerous to others; a dose of HIPAA; and supervisors and supervisees.

This is a lecture-format course that will satisfy the BBS's ongoing requirement of six (6) CEUs in law and ethics for MFTs and/ LCSWs.

Continental breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack are included.   read more