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Ethical Practices in Polyvagal Theory and Expressive Arts Therapy
Presented by Gabrielle Juliano-Villani, MSW, LCSW
Live WebinarMon, Feb 10, 2025 at 2:00 pm EST
Course: #2441Level: Intermediate1 Hour
This course explores the integration of polyvagal theory with expressive arts techniques in mental health therapy. Participants will learn how to use drawing, journaling, and other creative modalities to support nervous system regulation and promote healing. The course offers a blend of theoretical understanding, ethical considerations, and practical, hands-on strategies for immediate application in clinical practice.

Application of Kentucky Social Work Code of Ethics to Practice
Presented by Mindy Brooks-Eaves, DSW, MSW, CSW
Live WebinarFri, Feb 21, 2025 at 3:00 pm EST
Course: #2465Level: Intermediate3 Hours
Ethics is essential to social work practice. This course focuses on the Kentucky Code of Ethical Conduct established in 201 KAR 23:080. In addition, this course explores ethical theory and practice competence as it relates to the Kentucky Code of Ethical Conduct for social workers.

Fidelity in Mental Health Practice: Living Up to Our Primary Ethical Duty to Clients
Presented by Allan Barsky, JD, MSW, PhD
Live WebinarWed, Mar 19, 2025 at 11:00 am EDT
Course: #2456Level: Intermediate1 Hour
In professional practice, the ethic of fidelity refers to a mental health practitioner’s commitment to maintaining trust, loyalty, and adherence to ethical duties with clients, colleagues, the profession, and broader society. This training focuses on how to prioritize the well-being of clients, particularly in situations where professionals may have conflicting duties to others.

When Identities Are In Conflict: Clinical Practice and Ethical Considerations With LGBT Religious Clients
Presented by Giselle Levin, PsyD
Live WebinarWed, Mar 26, 2025 at 11:00 am EDT
Course: #2458Level: Intermediate1 Hour
Sexual-religious conflict, characterized by perceived incompatibility between one’s religion and one’s sexuality, can be accompanied by intense cognitive dissonance, shame, and mental health problems. This course explores the intersections of religion and sexual diversity, with an emphasis on guiding clinicians in helping clients work through common presenting problems in therapy. Ethical considerations are discussed.

Ethical Use of Self-Disclosure with Perinatal Clients
Presented by Jenna Miles, LPC, LPC-S, PMH-C, NCC
Live WebinarMon, Mar 31, 2025 at 2:00 pm EDT
Course: #2457Level: Introductory1 Hour
This course examines the ethical implications and effective use of self-disclosure in counseling individuals during the perinatal period. It covers various forms of self-disclosure—intentional, client-initiated, and unavoidable—and explores how these can both support and complicate the therapeutic process. The session emphasizes the strategic and ethically sound use of self-disclosure to ensure alignment with theoretical frameworks and prioritize the client's well-being, with a particular focus on birthing persons in the perinatal context.

Ethical Boundaries in Rural Practice and Tight-Knit Communities
Presented by Allan Barsky, JD, MSW, PhD
Video
Course: #2365Level: Intermediate1 Hour
This course provides practical strategies for managing dual relationships ethically, especially in rural or small communities where prior or current client relationships are likely to arise.

Gender-Affirming Care: Ethical Issues and Responses
Presented by Allan Barsky, JD, MSW, PhD
Video
Course: #2347Level: Intermediate1 Hour
Various states have passed laws restricting access to gender-affirming medical care, including hormone blockers, hormone treatment, and gender-affirming surgery for youth and adults. Participants will learn the impact of these laws on social workers and their clients, including ethical issues related to access to service, consent/assent, honesty/integrity, record keeping, respect, legal compliance, advocacy, cultural humility, and social justice. Participants will learn how to navigate these issues by applying a framework for managing ethical issues to case studies involving transgender and gender-diverse clients affected by these laws.

Ethics & Moral Injury
Presented by Frederic G. Reamer, PhD
VideoAudio
Course: #2340Level: Intermediate1 Hour
Social workers sometimes witness, perpetrate, or fail to prevent acts that violate their deeply held beliefs. This course discusses the concepts of moral distress, injury, and demoralization; the symptoms that can manifest; prevention, self-care, and resilience; legal and ethical obligations, including what it means to be a whistleblower; and how to develop the moral courage to advocate for organizational and policy changes to prevent harm.

The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Social Work Practice
Presented by Allan Barsky, JD, MSW, PhD
Video
Course: #2277Level: Intermediate1 Hour
Social workers may use artificial intelligence (AI) to facilitate communications, assessments, interventions, and data management. This course offers participants criteria to consider to ensure that their use effectively addresses ethical concerns related to informed consent, confidentiality, integrity, accountability, effectiveness, bias, abandonment, and access.

Suicide Prevention: Risk Assessment, Lethal Means, Treatment and Ethical Considerations
Presented by Ryan Kirk, PsyD, MSW, HSPP
VideoAudio
Course: #2371Level: Introductory3 Hours
This course provides healthcare providers with an overview of how to work with suicidal patients. It explores suicide assessment, an understanding of lethal means and reduction of access, and recommendations on how to refer clients to an appropriate level of care. It also reviews safety planning and risk and how to collaborate with healthcare teams to best support patient safety. Ethical considerations are addressed from a general healthcare lens.

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