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Earn up to 9.5 Ethics CE Hours — at your own pace and on your own schedule — with our NEW on-demand training.

Stay at the forefront of ethical practice as our elite team of clinical experts shows you how to:

  • Appropriately respond to the 10 most common ethical mistakes you'll see in practice.
  • Develop your own useable, self-disclosure plan — including specific strategies for opening up about grief and loss.
  • Use culturally competent language during sessions in a meaningful and ethical way.
  • Strike the perfect balance between authenticity and professionalism when posting online.
  • And so much more!

Plus, get INSTANT, UNLIMITED access to all course materials — including TWO FREE BONUS trainings that will expand your horizon of ethical decision-making.

This course will ensure you're practicing ethically, staying current with clinical developments, and confidently providing culturally competent care.

Don't just meet your CE requirements—exceed them with excellence. Get started today!

Modern Ethical Dilemmas for Clinicians
Self-Disclosure, Countertransference, and Social Media Complexities

$1,089.94 Value Now Just $199.99!
Earn up to 17.5 CE Hours, including up to 9.5 Ethics CE Hours!
Click here for credit hours breakdown | Click here for course objectives and outline
What Will I Learn?
Kirsten Lind Seal
Bringing Your Authentic Self to Work: The Ethics of Self-Disclosure
Kirsten Lind Seal, PhD, LMFT

Stop worrying about being "too real" with your clients whenever you attempt to deepen the therapeutic relationship.

In this module, you'll develop a usable plan for when to use self-disclosure appropriately and discover ways to avoid the three crucial countertransference pitfalls.

Plus, you'll assess your own social media presence and learn how to show up online as a therapist in a way that gets your message out ethically.

Litsa Williams
Ethics and Personal Loss: Using Self-Disclosure in Grief Support
Litsa Williams, MA, LCSW-C

Research shows that self-disclosure of your own personal loss can be a tremendous asset in your work with clients living through grief. But handled incorrectly it can do more harm than good.

In this module, discover how to ethically use self-disclosure to enhance your work, as well as ways to avoid common missteps and related problems - including questions every therapist should be asking themselves to evade countertransference!

Lambers Fisher
Ethical Standards for Culturally Competent Practice
Lambers Fisher, MS, LMFT, MDiv

Meet and maintain ethical standards AND reduce the likelihood of unintentional cultural offenses and misunderstandings.

This relationship-focused session will provide practical language and strategies to avoid tensions and perceived barriers during sessions, as well as strengthen cross-cultural relationships.

Frederic G. Reamer
Ethics: Top 10 Mistakes Made by Mental Health Professionals
Frederic G. Reamer, PhD

Some tough ethical situations can only be learned through lived experience.

This is your chance to see how a seasoned mental health professional manages 10 of the most challenging ethical situations you'll face at work, including confidentiality, professional boundaries, dual relationships, conflicts of interest, documentation, and more.

Discover practical, ethics-based protocols to protect clients and prevent lawsuits and licensing board complaints.
Modern Ethical Dilemmas for Clinicians
Self-Disclosure, Countertransference, and Social Media Complexities

$1,089.94 Value Now Just $199.99!
Earn up to 17.5 CE Hours, including up to 9.5 Ethics CE Hours!
Click here for credit hours breakdown | Click here for course objectives and outline
Plus, get 2 FREE BONUS trainings when you register now!
A $449.98 Value — YOURS FREE!
Chris Aiken
Kellie Newsome
Psychopharmacology for Therapists: Talking to Your Clients about Medications
Chris Aiken, MD
Kellie Newsome, PMH-NP

Many of your therapy clients are either taking psychiatric medications or curious about them. That means you need to know how to talk about medications — even as a non-prescriber!

The best way to do that ethically is to have evidence-based knowledge at the forefront of your conversation.

Discover the best ways to communicate with your clients who take medications, including how to clearly explain reasonable expectations when medications work best, and when they don't.

Thomas Doherty
Eco-Therapy in Action: Addressing Climate Concerns in Clinical Work
Thomas Doherty, PsyD

Becoming a climate-aware therapist is a competency we should all be considering. In many cultures, and for many clients, ethical responsibility includes having a positive "environmental identity" and relationship with nature.

Discover how to adapt your clinical skill set to address clients' environmental and climate concerns, as well as explore your own environmental identity, beliefs, and experiences.
Frequently Asked Questions

The number of Ethics CEUs a mental health professional needs to hold a license varies by state and profession. This ethical clinician masterclass includes up to 9.5 Ethics hours at no additional cost.

Please check with your state board, however, to make sure you meet the total ethics requirement.

Ethical practice goes beyond following guidelines; it's about ensuring you're providing the best care without causing harm.

This training gives you the valuable knowledge and practical skills to avoid the most common ethical pitfalls in therapy, so you can confidently check off your Ethics CE hours with peace of mind knowing you've invested in high-quality, relevant education.

This course also emphasizes the appropriate use of self in therapy, showing you how to maintain professional boundaries while fostering genuine connections with your clients.

Get started now!

With over 17 hours of online video training, insightful commentary, and examples, you will take away powerful new strategies to immediately grow your own practice! We encourage you to take the time to fully absorb everything. Watch the videos. Get your CE hours! But, if you review all of the course materials and are still not satisfied, give us a call at 800-844-8260. Your satisfaction is guaranteed.

Immediately! You'll get instant, unlimited access to all course materials as soon as you register. They're yours to review at your own pace, around your own schedule.


Kirsten Lind Seal
Kirsten Lind Seal, PhD, LMFT, is adjunct associate professor of MFT Ethics at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, and ethics faculty in the doctoral program at Chaminade University in Honolulu. She presents regularly on ethical issues while maintaining a virtual private practice. She's a long-time regular contributor to Relationship Reboot, a relationship segment on WCCO (CBS) TV's Midmorning Show in the Twin Cities.

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Litsa Williams
Litsa Williams, MA, LCSW-C is the co-founder of the online grief community What's Your Grief and a grief therapist with 15 years of experience specializing in sudden and traumatic loss, substance abuse, and ambiguous grief. Drawing on personal and professional experience with grief, she has been interviewed as a grief expert for the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, NPR, and New York Times.

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Chris Aiken
Chris Aiken, MD, is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist whose work focuses on natural and lifestyle approaches to mood disorders. He is the director of the Mood Treatment Center, Editor-in-Chief of The Carlat Psychiatry Report, the bipolar Section Editor for Psychiatric Times, and an instructor at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He hosts the weekly Carlat Psychiatry Podcast with Kellie Newsome, PMH-NP.

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Kellie Newsome
Kellie Newsome, PMH-NP, practices combined psychotherapy and medication treatment in North Carolina. She hosts The Pocket Psychiatrist, a podcast for clients, as well as The Cariat Psychiatry Podcast for mental health professionals.

Click here for information about Kellie Newsome


Frederic G. Reamer
Frederic G. Reamer, PhD, has chaired the national task force that wrote the National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics and served on the task force that added technology standards to the code. Dr. Reamer lectures both nationally and internationally on the subjects of professional ethics, professional malpractice and liability, and documentation. Dr. Reamer has been an expert witness and formal ethics consultant in more than 130 litigation and licensing board cases throughout the United States.

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Lambers Fisher
Lambers Fisher, MS, LMFT, MDiv, is a marriage and family therapist who has counseled individuals, couples, and families from a variety of cultural backgrounds, with a strong desire to help counseling professionals feel more comfortable, competent, and confident in their ability to meet the needs of whomever they have the opportunity to serve. Lambers is the author of the award-winning book, Diversity in Clinical Practice: A Practical & Shame-Free Guide to Reducing Cultural Offenses & Repairing Cross-Cultural Relationships.

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Thomas Doherty
Thomas Doherty, PsyD, is a clinical and environmental psychologist specializing in the connections between mental health and the national environment. Author of the paper, "The Psychological Impacts of Global Climate Change," he's the founder of one of the first environment-focused certificate programs for mental health counselors in the U.S.

Click here for information about Thomas Doherty
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Modern Ethical Dilemmas for Clinicians
Self-Disclosure, Countertransference, and Social Media Complexities

$1,089.94 Value Now Just $199.99!
Earn up to 17.5 CE Hours, including up to 9.5 Ethics CE Hours!
Click here for credit hours breakdown | Click here for course objectives and outline

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