Legal & Ethical
Issues: Boundaries—Are They Black, White, or Gray? (TH2)
Thursday, May 1, 2008
9:00 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. (6 CE Hrs.)
Some psychotherapists want to practice defensively and avoid risk-taking at all
costs. Others are willing to venture into areas and methods of practice that
are more risky and controversial if they believe it is in the best interests
of their patients and if it is clinically and legally supportable. Speak to several
different lawyers or practitioners and you are likely to get different opinions
and viewpoints on a variety of legal and ethical issues that confront therapists
on a regular basis. This panel discussion will address several thorny and controversial
practice
issues and will do so from a number of differing perspectives.
Richard S. Leslie is an attorney who has practiced
at the intersection of law and psychotherapy for the past twenty-seven years.
Currently, Richard is Of Counsel to CAMFT on legislative, regulatory, and legal
matters. Richard is credited with putting MFTs on the map in California.
Ofer
Zur, Ph.D., is a consultant, licensed psychologist, writer, forensic consultant,
and lecturer from Sonoma, CA. He is a pioneer in the development of the ethical
and effective managed- care-free psychotherapy practice and is a prolific
writer and researcher.
Brandt
Caudill, J.D., practices law in the Orange County office of Callahan,
McCune & Willis. He represented mental health professionals
in the precedent setting cases of Krikorian v. Barry, Fourth District
Court of Appeal (1987), Gootee v. Lightner, Fourth District Court
of Appeal (1990),
and Trear v. Sills, Fourth District Court of Appeal (1999). |
