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Georgia State University
College of Education & Human Development
Department of Counseling & Psychological Services
Jeff Ashby, Ph.D., ABPP
Presents:
Ethical Decision-Making in a Changing World
An Online Workshop
Friday, June 21, 2024 - 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Workshop Description:

Ongoing clinical practice often contributes to a kind of ethical “drift”. In addition, the internet, social media, telehealth, artificial intelligence, and other technological changes have offered new ethical challenges for mental health clinicians. Using case examples, discussion, and lecture, participants in this workshop will consider how the ethical codes apply to the changing world of clinical practice. Special emphasis will be placed on developing clinicians’ understanding of decision-making processes used in arriving at ethical courses of action in the context of a changing world. The workshop will highlight issues of informed consent, competence, confidentiality, and boundaries/multiple relationships. Using case studies and vignettes, clinicians will be invited to consider what might be the best course of action in a variety of scenarios presenting ethical dilemmas.
Learning Objectives:

  1. Discuss the assumptions and theories behind ethical decision-making models.
  2. Identify and explain a practical model for ethical decision-making.
  3. Explain how ethical decision-making models can apply to issues of informed consent.
  4. Explain how ethical decision-making models can apply to issues of competence.
  5. Explain how ethical decision-making models can apply to issues of confidentiality.
  6. Explain how ethical decision-making models can apply to issues of dual relationships.
Biographical Sketch:
  Jeff Ashby

Dr. Jeff Ashby is a Professor in the Department of Counseling and Psychological Services at Georgia State University. He is a licensed psychologist, a Diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology, and the Co-Director of the GSU Center for the Study of Stress, Trauma, and Resilience. Dr. Ashby has taught ethics at the graduate level for over 20 years and has served as Chair of the Ethics Committee of the International Association of Play Therapy, an ethics content expert with the State of Georgia Psychology Board and is a current member of the Georgia Psychological Association Ethics Committee. He has made over 150 presentations at professional conferences and authored/co-authored more than 120 articles in refereed journals, numerous book chapters, and three books.

Number of Continuing Education Contact Hours Offered:

This is an ONLINE workshop and offers 6.0 hours of continuing education credit for counselors, social workers, marriage and family therapists, and psychologists.
Consistent with Rule 510-8-.02 (State Board of Examiners of Psychologists) and Rule 135-9-.01 (Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists), the accredited psychology and counseling programs in the Department of Counseling and Psychological Services provide approved continuing education programs for psychologists and counselors licensed in the State of Georgia.

Costs/Registration Fees Per Workshop:
 
 
Affiliation Cost
Professional $125.00
CPS Alumni $85.00
Student $35

Ethical Decision Making in a Changing World

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