October 29, 2021 Pamela Harmell, Ph.D. Webinar

Reach Out & Shrink Someone: Clinical Practice in the Age of Technology

The 21st Century has brought innovations that require therapists to consider confidentiality, record keeping, and boundary controversies especially in this time of online therapy during the covid epidemic. This workshop will address personal versus professional website issues, reputation protection (Yelp), teletherapy and working across state lines in a pandemic, specific informed consent for telehealth, and updates on proper internet record keeping. Literature updates, expert opinion, and relevant ethics codes will be discussed.

FIRST 30 MINUTES

Definitions and terminology for telepsychology

What does the APA say about working across state lines?

Psychotherapists as “essential” workers?

Providing teletherapy across state lines

Working across state lines in the time of covid

SECOND 30 MINUTES

Third-party rule

Handling social media

Social media policy

Including Texts and emails in patient records

Ethical issues related to patient-therapist online searches

Barriers to telepsychology

THIRD 30 MINUTES

Statistics and prevalence of internet users

Research on the use of the internet by psychotherapists

Confidentiality issues

Recommendations for therapists who use the internet

How to protect your patients

How to protect your practice

Reputation protection

Legal and ethical issues

Yelp other online issues

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Identify ethical issues related to when psychotherapists can practice across state lines.
Review an informed consent form for online therapy.
Understand the importance of the “Third-party rule” in the age of technology.

Friday, October 29, 2021

10:00 am - 1:15 pm ET

CE HOURS

3.0

$65.00

Pamela Harmell, Ph.D.

Dr. Pamela Harmell, Ph. D. is a national lecturer specializing in legal and ethical issues in clinical practice. She is a Clinical Professor at the Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and Psychology and has written extensively in professional publications on ethical practice and has formally studied law. She is the Past President of the Board of Psychology. Dr. Harmell is former Chair of the California State Ethics Committee and former Chair of the Los Angeles County Psychological Association Ethics Committee. She served on the Board of Directors of the California Psychological Association and is Past President of the Los Angeles County Psychological Association.

Schedule

Friday, October 29, 2021

10:00 am - 1:15 pm ET

Reach Out & Shrink Someone: Clinical Practice in the Age of Technology

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