Make an Impact: Therapist Self-disclosure, Counter Transference, and Self Care in the Current Work Environment
This workshop addresses therapist responsibility with regard to ethical practice and cultural competency ensuring patient welfare in all aspects of practice. Participants will learn about (1) Recognizing and properly handling countertransference issues, (2) The three types of self-disclosure and their effects on the therapy relationship, (3) Recognizing the importance of therapist self-care (4) Handling counter-transference, therapist self-disclosure and therapist self-care to improve the therapeutic alliance and increase therapist effectiveness. Literature updates, along with relevant Code...Read mores of Ethics and current expert opinion will be included in all areas of discussion. This program reviews the current research findings and knowledge that inform ethical and legal practice. Less...
Learning Objectives
- Describe the three types of counter transference and properly deal with personal reactions to clients
- Describe three types of therapist self disclosure and how each is used in therapy sessions and how clients view therapist self disclosure by their therapists
- Describe the importance of, and properly utilize self care techniques with regard to being a psychotherapist and to name three types of self care techniques
Saturday, December 12, 2020
10:00 AM EST - 01:15 PM EST
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Agenda
10am - 11:30am - 90 Minute Lecture
• Definition of counter-transference
• Three types of counter-transference
• Handling negative feelings about clients
• Clinical impact of unresolved counter-transference
• Resulting problems of unresolved counter-transference
• Therapist gaining awareness of countertransference
• Therapist impairment in accordance with the ADA
• Use of terminology other than "Impairment" which is protected by the ADA laws
• Difference between "distress" and "impairment"
11:30am - 11:45am - Break
11:45am - 1:15pm - 90 Minute Lecture
• Therapist self-disclosure
• Three types of therapist self-disclosure
• Client reactions to therapist self-disclosure
• Research related to outcomes when using self-disclosure
• Self-disclosure and diverse populations
• Guidelines when using self-disclosure
• The importance of therapist self-care
• How to practice self-care
• Research related to therapist self-care
• The "dove" method related to therapist self-care
CE Information - Earn 3 CE Credit Hours including
3 Ethics Hour
CE Approvals
American Psychological Association
Association of Social Work Boards
National Board for Certified Counselors
NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals
New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work
New York Education Department Board of Creative Arts Therapy
New York Education Department for Licensed Mental Health Counselors
Texas Board of Social Work Examiners
California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals
Florida Certification Board
CE Process Info
A continuing education certificate for the event will be obtained using the website, CE-Go. After the event, you will receive an email containing a link to CE-Go. (This link will be sent to the email account you used to register for the event).
Upon accessing the CE-Go website, you will be able to:
• Complete evaluation forms for the event
• Download your continuing education certificate in a PDF format
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the CE-Go process, please contact CE-Go at 888-498-5578 or by email at support@ce-go.com