The Modern Therapist's Survival Guide with Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy

That's Unethical!


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Curt and Katie talk about people who yell “That’s Unethical” whenever they disagree with what someone else is doing. It could be ethics, but it might actually be legal, clinically relevance, values, morals, what “should” be done or what has always been done – and how to navigate messy decisions.

It’s time to reimagine therapy and what it means to be a therapist. To support you as a whole person and a therapist, your hosts, Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy talk about how to approach the role of therapist in the modern age.

In this episode we talk about:

  • The tendency of people to yell "That's Unethical!" when they disagree with what you're doing (even if it doesn't relate to an ethic)
  • The differences between laws, ethics, clinically relevance, personal morals and values, and “shoulds” or what we’ve always done
  • #citethestatute
  • Being thoughtful about how we make decisions as a therapist
  • Emotional versus wise mind arguments
  • The messiness of reality – things don’t always stack up related to laws, ethics, clinical relevance, etc.
  • The need to discuss these things, so we can make change when needed
  • How to sort through the muddiness of real world scenarios where laws, ethics, and clinical interventions don’t line up.
  • The need to sort through in a case by case basis
  • Developmental stages of navigating the complexity of these differentiations
  • Your own values, limitations
  • The importance of consultation
  • Facebook group consultation – pros and cons
  • Seeking consultation on ethical, legal, and clinical complexity
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    Resources mentioned:

    We’ve pulled together resources mentioned in this episode and put together some handy-dandy links.

    Dr. Ben Caldwell with Ben Caldwell Labs

    Other Relevant Episodes:

    Dual Relationships

    Dating as a Therapist

    Social Media and Video Marketing for Therapists

    Managing Your Online Reputation

    How Much is Too Much? (on limit setting, talking politics with clients, etc.)

    The Brand Called You

    What Clients Want (on the therapeutic relationship)

    Our Take on Texts

     

    Our event this year:

    The Therapy Reimagined Conference in Los Angeles in October 2018!!

    Our new consultation services:

    The Fifty-Minute Hour

    Credits:

    Voice Over by DW McCann https://www.facebook.com/McCannDW/

    Music by Crystal Grooms Mangano http://www.crystalmangano.com/

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