Informed Consent: New Additions

The context of professional mental health care is continually changing, and with that changing context comes a variety of new issues that therapists should consider and clients should be informed about. This course encourages you to revisit your informed consent with a skeptical eye, looking for what isn’t there. Specifically, you should be considering additional disclosures regarding legal exceptions to confidentiality beyond the “big four,” telehealth, social media, animals (including your policies about Emotional Support Animals and animals in the office), clients recording sessions, therapist emergency, therapist safety, and personal values.

1 hour CE. Recorded video format (non-interactive)

ESTIMATED COURSE LENGTH: 1 hours 

CE CREDITS: 1.00 continuing education/contact hours for social workers, psychologists, counselors, and marriage and family therapists

TARGET AUDIENCE: Mental Health Practitioners

LEVEL OF INSTRUCTION: Intermediate

PREREQUISITE(S): None

INSTRUCTIONAL METHOD: Recorded video format (non-interactive)

ACCESSIBILITY ACCOMMODATIONS: Closed captioning of audio components. In order to request further accessibility accommodations, please email support@psychhub.com.

COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS: To obtain your CE certificate, learners must complete a pre-test (not scored), progress through all course segments, complete a participant evaluation, and obtain a score of 80% or higher on a post-test. Learners are expected to complete the quiz within 3 attempts. If unable to do so, the learner will need to re-review the course segments.

FINANCIAL/COMMERCIAL SUPPORT STATEMENT: This course has no commercial support.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST:  This course has no potential conflict of interest or outside commercial support. Psych Hub's conflict of interest statement is found in the footer of the training center.

GRIEVANCE AND REFUND POLICIES: Grievance and refund policies are found in the footer of the training center.

PARTICIPATION COSTS:  The cost to participate in this CE activity is included in the subscription registration fee.

COURSE CREATION DATE: 1/27/2020

 

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Describe at least two changes in the context of mental health care that suggest needs for updates to informed consent
• Develop policy language related to the participant’s and their clients’ use of telehealth, social media, and digital devices in the therapy process
• Integrate at least four new components into their informed consent process

1. The purpose of informed consent
   1. Case law
   2. Practical impact
2. Informed consent is a moving target
   1. Your practice changes (location, clientele, etc.)
   2. Context of practice changes
   3. The world around us changes
3. New Issues to consider
   1. Additional exceptions to confidentiality
   2. Telehealth
   3. Social media
   4. ESA letters
   5. Animals in the office
   6. Clients recording sessions
   7. Therapist emergency or incapacitation
   8. Threats and harassment 
   9. Personal values
4. Will clients actually read it?

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Included resources

• Telehealth: Best Practices and Additional Resources
• Draft Language: Informed Consent Additions to Consider