Maintaining Appropriate Professional Boundaries: Exploring Ethical Obligations of Mental Health Professionals

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Maintaining Appropriate Professional Boundaries: Exploring Ethical Obligations of Mental Health Professionals

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3 CEU

Course Number:

NY20251112A

Duration:

3 hours

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Available until November 27, 2025

Date:

November 12, 2025
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM (Eastern Time (US & Canada))

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Mental health professionals are charged with the legal and ethical responsibility to maintain professional boundaries, but the obligation isn’t always so easy to discern. This course brings real-world context to ethical concerns often experienced by professionals in practice in maintaining appropriate professional boundaries. This course will provide a framework to contemplate ethical dilemmas and make informed decisions that insulate professionals from legal liability while protecting clients from harm.

THIS COURSE IS DESIGNED TO MEET THE NYS REQUIREMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO RECEIVE 3 HOURS OF TRAINING ON MAINTAINING APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL BOUNDARIES (effective April 2023).
THIS COURSE IS NOT NEW YORK STATE SPECIFIC, AND CAN SATISFY ETHICS AND BOUNDARIES TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR ANY STATE.

This course aims to bring context to ethical concerns often experienced by behavioral/physical health professionals in practice with individual clients/patients. At the conclusion of this course, participants will:
1) Describe the ethical and legal responsibility of mental health professionals to maintain appropriate professional boundaries with their clients.
2) Define dual relationships.
3) Apply a framework to avoid dual relationships whenever possible.
4) Apply a framework to minimize potential harm to clients and the professional whenever ethical dilemmas are not avoidable.
5) Describe how to demonstrate that a client has not been exploited or coerced, intentionally or unintentionally, due to an ethical dilemma.

3 CEU

NASW-NY Member	Early Registration	Standard
Non-Member	N/A	$45.00

Other Chapter Members (e.g., NASW-NJ, etc.)	Early Registration	Standard
Non-Member	N/A	$75.00

Non-Member	Early Registration	Standard
Non-Member	N/A	$90.00

NASW-NY Student and Transitional Member (Non-CE Eligible)	Early Registration	Standard
Non-Member	N/A	$0.00

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$45.00 - NASW-NY Member

$75.00 - Other Chapter Members (e.g., NASW-NJ, etc.)

$90.00 - Non-Member

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$0.00 - NASW-NY Student and Transitional Member (Non-CE Eligible)