Promises, Promises, Let's Talk About Sex -- Are You Informed of the Legal and Ethical Implications of Sexual Misconduct? Webinar (4 CE's - Ethics)

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Too often, we read that counselors are sanctioned for sexual misconduct. While sexual dynamics of any sort can be complicated, Counselor-Client sexual dynamics can put your job at risk, and leave a career hanging by a thread. In this presentation, Frances Schopick, JD, MSW invites attendees to gain familiarity with a range of dynamics that can result in such sanctions. We will consider the unintentional sexualization of the therapy space, hormonal responses to gratitude from feeling “heard” for the first time, triangulation and client responses to authority, sexual attraction that feels like “true love,” and predation. Anyone can be at risk for these dynamics. In fact, your greatest risk may be thinking you’re not at risk! Join Fran Schopick for an interactive presentation that aims to give attendees a chance to contemplate factors that may create unwanted vulnerability, as well as resources that may be protective to manage risk.

Objectives:

• Attendees will gain awareness of WA State laws, regulations, and sanctions pertaining to sexual misconduct.
• Attendees will gain familiarity with relevant Codes of Ethics and ethical implications of sexual relations with current and former clients.
• Attendees will be able to identify risk factors and safeguards correlated with therapist/client sexual interactions.

About the Presenter:

Frances Schopick, JD, MSW, is a Washington licensed attorney an extensive background in Social Work and Psychology. Prior to becoming an attorney, she was a therapist and later a psychiatric researcher on the faculties of Psychiatry at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in NYC and Harvard Medical School in Boston. She also worked in family practice with toddlers, children, teens, and adults in individual, group, and family constellations of all sorts.

Currently an attorney with clients throughout the State of Washington, Fran’s legal practice focuses on representing healthcare licensees who are under investigation by the WA State Department of Health (DOH). She also consults to healthcare providers for ethics, best practices, and risk management issues, and provides Law and Ethics continuing education to counselors and lawyers (CEUs and CLEs). Her background gives her unique insight to understand that risk management methods can help providers improve clinical services to individual children, teens, and adults, as well as to groups, couples, and families.

Fran completed her education at Barnard College at Columbia University (AB), Hunter College School of Social Work (MSW), both in NYC, and the University of New Hampshire School of Law (JD), in Concord, NH.