Workshops / Events

This workshop is designed for mental health professionals who engage in direct client care and want to develop a thoughtful, ethical approach to self-disclosure within the therapeutic relationship.

Course Objectives:

Evaluate the potential benefits and drawbacks of clinician self-disclosure, including the impact of discussing personal beliefs or sharing intimate details, on the therapeutic relationship.
Practice decision-making frameworks to determine when and how self-disclosure aligns with ethical guidelines and supports client goals.
Develop strategies to maintain professional boundaries and therapeutic focus when navigating conversations involving clinician self-disclosure.

Minors’ Rights Vs. Parents’ Rights:

Untangling the Web for New Jersey Clinicians

3 Ethics CEs

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This course is designed for New Jersey social workers and mental health professionals who work with

minors and their families.

Course Objectives:

1. Apply the relevant New Jersey state laws, federal laws and ethical standards to determine New Jersey minors’ rights regarding consent to treatment and privacy and confidentiality.

2. Describe under what circumstances a minor in NJ can consent to their own care and maintain control over who may gain access to their health care information.

Warning: Boundary Crossing Ahead

5 Ethics CEs

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This course is designed for mental health practitioners who serve as clinicians, managers, case workers, supervisors/supervisees, students, mentors and educators.

Course Objectives:

Identify and successfully manage challenging ethical dilemmas involving boundaries in social work practice
Implement practical strategies to strengthen boundaries in the social worker/client supervisor/supervisee, and employer/employee relationships
Develop ethically based, technology-related, policies and procedures for social workers in a variety of practice settings

Everything You Need to Know:

Documentation for New Jersey Mental Health Professionals in Private Practice

Friday, April 17, 2026

9:00 AM-2:30 PM EST

5 Ethics CEs

This workshop is designed for the intermediate level private practitioner who wishes to gain a better understanding of how to fulfill their ethical and legal obligations to create, maintain and protect their clients' clinical/medical records.

Course Objectives:

Identify and apply general documentation and record-keeping guidelines
Outline key elements of the medical record
Recite the essential features of a compliant progress note
Discuss ethical standards and legal mandates around privacy and confidentiality relating to clients and others access to the medical record and the mental health professional’s obligations to release/protect the client record

Perpetrating Fraud?

Accurate Diagnosis, Documentation, Billing and Coding in Private Practice

Formerly, Are You Ready for An Audit? Diagnosing, Documenting, Billing and Coding in Private Practice

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5 Ethics CEs

This workshop is designed for the intermediate level private practitioner who wants to avoid perpetrating fraud and to gain a better understanding of the most accurate and ethical ways to diagnose, code,

document and bill.

Course Objectives:

Identify fraudulent practices around billing, coding, diagnosing and documentation
Outline key steps to ensure accurate and compliant billing, coding, diagnosing and documentation practices
evelop and implement practice policies that ethically and legally support and facilitate clients’ access to mental health services

Using Technology as a Mental Health Professional:

Ethical and Legal Implications

Formerly, Using Technology in Social Work Practice:

Ethical and Legal Implications

Sunday, February 22, 2026

9:00 AM- 2:30 PM EST

5 Ethics CEs

This course is designed for all mental health professionals who use or plan to use any form of digital technology (ex. e-mail, text, social media, video-conferencing, PMS/EHR) in their work.

Course Objectives:

1. Cite the various laws, ethical guidelines and regulatory standards that impact the use of digital technology in mental health practice.
2. Apply the information received to guide in the development and implementation of technology-related policies and procedures.
3. Apply, analyze and integrate ethical and legal principals into the use of digital technology in mental health practice.

Audit-Proof Progress Notes:

An In-Depth Look at Documentation and Record-Keeping

in Private Practice

Sunday, March 22, 2026

11:00 AM -2:00 PM EST

3 Clinical CEs

This workshop is designed for the intermediate clinician in private practice who wishes to gain a better understanding of how to create an audit-proof mental health progress note.

Course Objectives:

Outline key components of a mental health progress note in private practice
Identify and apply general documentation and record-keeping guidelines when drafting progress notes in private practice
Differentiate between progress notes and psychotherapy notes

Avoiding the Slippery Slope in Private Practice:

Managing Complex Ethical Issues

NEW DATES COMING SOON

5 Ethics CEs

This course is designed for intermediate social workers and mental health professionals

in private practice.

Course Objectives:

Identify, approach, manage and avoid complicated ethical issues
Recognize the most frequent ethical issues encountered by private practitioners
Develop a framework to approach ethical decision-making
Apply 6 key steps to reduce ethical malpractice risk

The Cost of Being Too Available:

Boundaries, Burnout, and Ethical Red Flags in Private Practice

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