Strategies for Navigating the Ethics of Dual Relationships and Termination
Hours: 1.75
In an age when evidence-based treatments are prioritized in the delivery of behavioral healthcare, it can be easy to downplay the impact of the therapeutic relationship on treatment outcomes. This course will teach you about approaches you can use to establish and maintain healthy boundaries in your clinical work and avoid problematic, unethical dual relationships.
Researchers have securely established that the quality of the therapeutic relationship rivals in importance the specific interventions used as a primary means of change (Tishby & Wiseman, 2018). Inappropriate dual relationships are among the leading causes of complaints and licensing board disciplinary action against professionals (Wilkinson et al., 2019).
Equally important to healthy therapeutic relationships is knowing when and how to end those relationships in a way that maximizes the client’s well-being. Poorly handled termination can turn productive, high-quality treatment into a negative experience for the client and provider.
The goal of this course is to provide alcohol and drug counseling, marriage and family therapy, counseling, psychology, nursing, and social work professionals in health and human services settings with strategies to effectively manage dual relationships and termination.
Keep in mind, this course is designed to provide you with general guidance about ethical issues related to termination and dual relationships. Because of copyright issues, and because it would be beyond the scope of the course, the specific guidance from each professional code of ethics cannot be presented. You should always check with your specific code of ethics before deciding how to proceed.
In an age when evidence-based treatments are prioritized in the delivery of behavioral healthcare, it can be easy to downplay the impact of the therapeutic relationship on treatment outcomes. This course will teach you about approaches you can use to establish and maintain healthy boundaries in your clinical work and avoid problematic, unethical dual relationships. Researchers have securely established that the quality of the therapeutic relationship rivals in importance the specific interventions used as a primary means of change (Tishby & Wiseman, 2018). Inappropriate dual relationships are among the leading causes of complaints and licensing board disciplinary action against professionals (Wilkinson et al., 2019). Equally important to healthy therapeutic relationships is knowing when and how to end those relationships in a way that maximizes the client’s well-being. Poorly handled termination can turn productive, high-quality treatment into a negative experience for the client and provider. The goal of this course is to provide alcohol and drug counseling, marriage and family therapy, counseling, psychology, nursing, and social work professionals in health and human services settings with strategies to effectively manage dual relationships and termination. Keep in mind, this course is designed to provide you with general guidance about ethical issues related to termination and dual relationships. Because of copyright issues, and because it would be beyond the scope of the course, the specific guidance from each professional code of ethics cannot be presented. You should always check with your specific code of ethics before deciding how to proceed.
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District of Columbia Board of Nursing
District of Columbia Board of Nursing Approved Continuing Education program (CEBroker Provider #50-290).
Nurses will receive 1.7000 contact hours for participating in this course.
Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling
Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
This activity is approved for 1.75 contact hours.
Illinois Professional Counselor/Clinical Counselor
This activity is approved for 1.75 contact hours.
Kentucky Board of Licensure of Marriage and Family Therapists
This activity is approved for 1.75 contact hours.
National Board for Certified Counselors
Relias, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No.6110. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Relias , LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. This activity is approved for 2.0000 contact hours.
Ohio Marriage and Family Therapist Board
Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board
Provider # RTX050401 (CEBroker Provider 50-290)
This activity is approved for 1.75 contact hours
Ohio Professional Counselor Board
Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board
Provider # RCX100502 (CEBroker Provider: 50-290)
This activity is approved for 1.75 contact hours.
Ohio Social Worker Board
Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board Provider #RSX091903 (CEBroker Provider # 50-290)
This activity is approved for 1.75 contact hours.
Florida Board of Nursing
Florida Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Nurses will receive 1.5000 contact hours for participating in this course.
Oklahoma Licensed Professional Counselors
This activity is approved for 1.75 contact hours.
Oklahoma Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists
This activity is approved for 1.75 contact hours.
American Nurses Credentialing Center
In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Nurses will receive 1.75 Nursing Contact Hours after successfully completing this course.
Association of Social Work Boards
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Relias LLC is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Relias LLC maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.75 Ethics continuing education credits.
Course Delivery Format: Asynchronous Distance Learning-interaction includes quizzes with questions and answers, post-tests. This module is Reading-Based Online.
New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions, Division of Professional Licensing Services, Social Work Unit
Relias, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0009.
Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of licensed master social work and licensed clinical social work in New York. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice for an LMSW and LCSW. A licensee who practices beyond the authorized scope of practice could be charged with unprofessional conduct under the Education Law and Regents Rules.
As a provider of online, asynchronous education, some courses offered by Relias Learning are considered “self-study” under section 74.10(c)(2)(ii)(b)(4) of the Commissioner’s Regulations. The regulations limit self-study activities taken from a provider approved by the Education Department to no more than 12 hours in the 36-month registration period or one-third of the hours in a registration period other than 36 months.
Social workers will receive 1.75 continuing education hours for participating in this course. This activity is approved for 1.75 contact hours.
Florida Board of Psychology
Florida Board Of Psychology (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Psychologists will receive 1.5000 hours.
Georgia Board of Nursing
Georgia Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Nurses will receive 1.75 contact hours for participating in this course.
Illinois, Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Marriage and Family Therapist Continuing Education Sponsor
This activity is approved for 1.75 contact hours.
New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions, State Board for Mental Health Practitioners, Mental Health Counselors (MHC)
Relias, LLC, is recognized by New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0011
As a provider of online, asynchronous education, some courses offered by Relias, LLC are considered "self-study". The regulations limit self-study activities taken from a provider approved by the Education Department to no more than 12 hours in the 36-month registration period or one-third of the hours in a registration period other than 36 months.
This activity is approved for 1.75 contact hours.
New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions, State Board for Mental Health Practitioners, Marriage and Family Therapists (MFT)
Relias, LLC, is recognized by New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists. #MFT-0009
As a provider of online, asynchronous education, some courses offered by Relias are considered "self-study". The regulations limit self-study activities taken from a provider approved by the Education Department to no more than 12 hours in the 36-month registration period or one-third of the hours in a registration period other than 36 months.
This activity is approved for 1.75 contact hours.
South Carolina Board of Nursing
South Carolina Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Nurses will receive 1.75 contact hours for participating in this course.
West Virginia Board of Registered Nursing
West Virginia Board of Registered Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Nurses will receive 1.75 contact hours for participating in this course.
New Mexico Board of Nursing
New Mexico Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Nurses will receive 1.75 contact hours for participating in this course.
Arkansas State Board of Nursing
Arkansas State Board Of Nursing Approved Continuing Education program (CEBroker Provider #50-290).
Nurses will receive 1.75 contact hours for participating in this course.
South Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners
South Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners (CEBroker Provider 50-290)
Kentucky Board of Licensed Professional Counselors
New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions, State Board of Psychology
Kentucky Board of Nursing
Kentucky Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Nurses will receive 1.75 contact hours for participating in this course.
Mississippi Board of Nursing
Mississippi Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Nurses will receive 1.75 contact hours for participating in this course.
North Dakota Board of Nursing
North Dakota Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Nurses will receive 1.75 contact hours for participating in this course.
West Virginia Board of Social Work
West Virginia Board of Social Work (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors and Therapists
South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors and Therapists (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
South Carolina Board of Examiners in Psychology
South Carolina Board of Examiners in Psychology (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Wyoming Board of Psychology
Wyoming Board of Psychology (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
West Virginia Board of Examiners in Counseling
Michigan Board of Nursing
Michigan Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Nurses will receive 1.75 contact hours for participating in this course.
Michigan Board of Psychology
Michigan Board of Psychology (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Florida Office of School Psychology
Wyoming Board of Nursing
Wyoming Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Nurses will receive 1.7000 contact hours for participating in this course.
Kansas State Board of Nursing
Kansas State Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Nurses will receive 1.75 contact hours for participating in this course.
Tennessee Board of Social Workers
North Carolina Psychology Board
Michigan Board of Social Work
Michigan Board of Social Work (CEBroker Provider # 50-290)
This activity is approved for 1.75 contact hours.
North Dakota Board of Social Work Examiners
North Dakota Board of Social Work Examiners (CEBroker Provider # 50-290)
This activity is approved for 1.5000 contact hours.
Massachusetts Association for Marriage & Family Therapy
This activity is approved for 1.75 contact hours.
Mississippi Board of Examiners for Social Workers/Marriage & Family Therapists
This activity is approved for 1.5000 contact hours.
North Dakota Marriage and Family Therapist Licensing Board
This course has been approved by the North Dakota Marriage and Family Therapy Licensure Board for 1.75 hours of CEU credit.
Commission for Case Manager Certification
This program has been pre-approved by The Commission for Case Manager Certification to provide 1.2500 hours of Ethics continuing education credit to CCM® board certified case managers.
Minnesota Board of Marriage and Family Therapy
This activity is approved for 1.75 contact hours.
Clinical supervision courses may only be used to satisfy CE requirements for individuals who are already Board-Approved Supervisors. They may not be used to meet the 30 hour requirement found in minn. Rule 5300.0160.
California Association of Alcohol and Drug Educators
Relias Learning is an approved provider of Continuing Education. Provider number: CP40 910 H 0318 for 1.75 CEHs.
NAADAC, The Association for Addiction Professionals
This course has been approved by Relias LLC, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for 1.75 CE. NAADAC Provider #86124, Relias, LLC is responsible for all
aspects of their programming.
Breining Institute for Registered Addiction Specialists
This activity is approved for 1.75 contact hours.
California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals
Provider approved by CCAPP, Provider number 1S-06-729-0220 for 1.75 CEH's
Missouri Credentialing Board
This activity is approved for 1.75 contact hours.
California Association of DUI Treatment Programs
Oklahoma Board of Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors
California Board of Registered Nursing
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP# 13791
Nurses will receive 1.75 contact hours for participating in this course.
Ohio Chemical Dependency Professionals Board
Ohio Chemical Dependency Professionals Board (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
This activity is approved for 1.75 contact hours.
Content Area: C9
Louisiana Addictive Disorder Regulatory Authority
This activity is approved for 1.75 contact hours.
Michigan Certification Board for Addiction Professionals
Education hours MCBAP-R
This activity is approved for 1.75 contact hours.
Describe strategies you can use to evaluate the potential harm that may stem from a dual relationship.
Explain how you can apply ethical principles when deciding whether to terminate a treatment relationship.
Explain what a dual relationship is and how they can be harmful to clients and providers.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: The Impact of Dual Relationships
Dual Relationships
Are All Dual Relationships Harmful?
High-Risk Dual Relationships
Review
Summary
Section 3: Strategies for Avoiding Problematic Dual Relationships
Evaluating the Potential Impact of Dual Relationships
Incidental Encounters and Dual Relationships
Dual Relationships and Professional Roles
Bartering and Ethical Challenges
Dual Relationships, Boundaries, and Social Media
Other Considerations
Preparations for Dual Relationships
Review
Summary
Section 4: Termination and the Therapeutic Relationship
Effective Termination
Client Abandonment
Additional Considerations Regarding Client Termination
Tips for Managing Pre-Termination Counseling
Review
Summary
Section 5: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributor
Resources
References
Lauren received her Master of Social Work degree from North Carolina State University in Raleigh. She has over 13 years of experience working in case management and counseling. She is a PhD student at North Carolina State University focusing on continuing professional education for adult learners. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist, and Certified Clinical Supervisor in North Carolina. She has worked in private practice, the Veterans Health Administration, and community-based organizations focusing on serving adults with an emphasis on trauma, addictions, chronic pain, and crisis intervention. She has extensive experience providing clinical supervision services to social workers and addiction professionals. Lauren joined Relias as a behavioral health content writer and subject matter expert in 2021.
The target audience for this course is: Alcohol and Drug Counselors; Beginner level Social Workers; Marriage and Family Therapists; Nurses; Professional Counselors; Psychologists; in the following settings: Health and Human Services.
Asynchronous/Online Distance Learning; please see certificate details for specifics on delivery format.
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To earn continuing education credit for this course you must achieve a passing score of 80% on the post-test and complete the course evaluation.
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