Therapists At Risk

includes the book Therapists At Risk: Perils of the Intimacy of the Psychotherapeutic Relationship by Lawrence E. Hedges, Ph.D., ABPP; Virginia Wink Hilton, M.S.W., Ph.D.; Robert Hilton, Ph.D. & O. Brandt Caudill Jr., J.D.
328 page book w/ two true/false tests / 6.0-12.0 C.E. Hours / $198

SPECIAL OFFER: Read Chapters 1-7 (157 pages) and complete the first post-test (49 T/F items) for 6.0 C.E. Hours this licensing cycle; then during your next licensing cycle, read Chapters 8-15 (146 pages) and complete the post-test (73 T/F items) for 6.0 C.E. Hours. Or, share the cost of the book with a colleague and you can each read part one or part two of the book and then complete the corresponding post-test. Thus, the cost of each course is only $99!

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Therapists are at risk, and the risk is increasing. Well-meaning practitioners used to believe that if they were adhering to the ethical codes, and doing their best, they didn't have to worry about being sued or brought before licensing boards. But, in today's litigious climate they are worried, and rightfully so. Their concern surfaces at the same time that the profession is learning better ways to help particularly troubled patients who have often been badly abused and traumatized. This course can help you deal with advanced clinical issues from a psychodynamic perspective.

• This course satisfies the California requirement that all licensed psychologists complete a law and ethics course each licensing cycle.

• This course satisfies the new requirement that all California-licensed MFTs and LCSWs complete six or more hours of continuing education in laws and ethics each licensing cycle beginning with renewals on/after January 1, 2004.

TESTIMONIALS

Here are some comments about the program taken from recent course evaluations:

The book was very informativef and of great value for my work.—Donna L. Sachs, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist

TOPICS

In this book, Dr. Hedges and his co-authors highlight:

The risks and the changing face of psychotherapy,

Part II: Touching, Sexuality, Dual Relationships, and Countertransference

• Touching in Psychotherapy (Hilton, R.)

• Sexuality in the Therapeutic Process (Hilton, V. W.)

• In Praise of the Dual Relationship (Hedges, L.)

• Countertransference (Hilton, R.)

Part III: Legal & Ethical Considerations by O. Brandt Caudill Jr., Esq.

• Documentation

•Vicarious Liability

• The Mind Business

Part IV:

• False Accusations (Hedges, L.)

• Therapists At Risk (Hilton, V. W. / Hilton, R. / Hedges, L.)

leading ethical and legal dilemmas in therapy today.

The management of malpractice exposure.

The nature of memories and recovered memories, and the causes of real and perceived abuse.

The trauma of psychotic transference and how to acknowledge and deal safely with sexuality.

The plight of the accused therapist and his/her response to the attendant stress.

The nightmare of legal claims and suits and the importance of support for the therapist.

GOALS

At the conclusion of this program you should be better able to:

• Clarify the issues, manage the dangers, and restore confidence in the psychotherapy process for clinicians who are experiencing fear, constriction, and loss of satisfaction in their work.

AUTHOR PROFILES

Lawrence E. Hedges, Ph.D., ABPP is a Psychologist (#PSY 3567) and Psychoanalyst in private practice specializing in the training of psychotherapists and psychoanalysts. He is a Diplomate in Clinical Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology, the director of the Listening Perspectives Study Center and the founding director of the Newport Psychoanalytic Institute. He holds faculty appointments at the California Graduate Institute, and the University of California, Irvine, Department of Psychiatry. He is the author of numerous publications on the practice of psychoanalytic psychotherapy, including the following texts Listening Perspectives in Psychotherapy, Interpreting the Countertransference, Strategic Emotional Involvement, Working the Organizing Experience, and Remembering, Repeating & Working Through Childhood Trauma. His books on professional issues, ethics, and risk management in psychotherapy include Therapists at Risk and Facing the Challenge of Liability in Psychotherapy.
Virginia Wink Hilton, Ph.D. (#LCS 12546) has taught and trained psychotherapists in the U.S. and numerous European countries. Her interests are sexual issues in the therapeutic process, professional ethics, and the relationship between sociological issues and personal process. Her publications include Working With Sexual Transference; Sexual Countertransference; On Being Fully Alive: The Masculine and Feminine Perspective; When We Are Accused; The Devil in America; and Therapists At Risk.
Robert M. Hilton, Ph.D. (#MFC 1215) is widely known as a therapist’s therapist. He is the Co-founder of and a Senior Trainer at the Southern California Institute for Bioenergetic Analysis. Dr. Hilton lectures throughout the U.S. and Europe as a faculty member of the International Institute for Bioenergetic Analysis. His publications include Touching in Psychotherapy; Countertransference: An Energetic Perspective; and Therapists At Risk.
O. Brandt Caudill Jr., Esq. is an Attorney At Law at the law offices of Callahan, McCune & Willis. He is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, and specializes in the defense of mental health professionals in civil litigation proceedings, ethics committee inquiries, and licensing board hearings. Mr. Caudill is a co-author of Therapists At Risk; and with Kenneth S. Pope, co-author of Law and Mental Health Professionals: California.