Dual Relationships
Do you know the difference between an ethical dual relationship and an unethical dual relationship? Does your licensing board know the difference? Are all dual relationships unethical? Are some dual...
View ArticleConfidentiality – Some Basics Revisited
For those who care about their profession as a psychotherapist, marriage and family therapist, mental health or professional counselor (whatever the description), they too should focus upon...
View ArticleHow therapists can get more private pay clients with Mentaya
As a therapist with a business background, I am a fierce advocate for therapists earning a good living. From my vantage point, that means limiting time spent on insurance and other admin tasks so that...
View ArticleConfidentiality – Disclosures to Patients
It is critical to know which exceptions to confidentiality, if any, must be disclosed to the client prior to the commencement of treatment. The post Confidentiality – Disclosures to Patients first...
View ArticleThe Alphabet Revisited
Avoid using testimonials – or be careful - they may send the wrong message. Although testimonials are generally not prohibited by law or ethical standards, they do present some problems and do require...
View ArticleEthics Complaints
Licensed mental health practitioners are (or should be) aware of their possible vulnerability as targets of malpractice claims or lawsuits brought by disgruntled or harmed clients, sometimes resulting...
View ArticleEthics – Enforcement
Avoiding Liability Bulletin – January 2024 Note: This article was first published on the CPH and Associates’ website in December 2016. It appears below with minor changes. The article published last...
View ArticleAmending/Correcting Records
It is a fundamental, well-accepted principle that patient treatment records should be accurate, for several reasons. Most importantly, records should be accurate because subsequent treatment providers...
View ArticleRECORDKEEPING – How Much? What content?
How much detail, and what kind of content, should be in your treatment records? This is a question that many have asked over the decades, and the answer is neither simple nor singular – and that is...
View Article“Predicting” and Preventing Suicide
I was reading something published by a national organization representing a mental health profession, and in a chapter dealing with client suicide a statement is made to the effect that these mental...
View ArticleChild Abuse Reporting – A Dilemma Fully Explored
Avoiding Liability Bulletin – May 2024 NOTE: This article was first published on the CPH website in September of 2013. It appears below with minor changes. Child abuse reporting responsibilities are a...
View ArticleAlphabet Soup (A through M) – A Potpourri of Issues/Questions
The following questions and information are intended to stimulate thought, research, and discussion. The post Alphabet Soup (A through M) – A Potpourri of Issues/Questions first appeared on CPH Insurance.
View ArticleBreach of Confidentiality Claims
Avoiding Liability Bulletin – July 2024 NOTE: This article was first published on the CPH website in July 2017. It appears below with minor and non-substantive changes. Confidentiality is the...
View ArticleDisclosure – How Much? How Direct?
Avoiding Liability Bulletin – August 2024 NOTE: This article was first published on the CPH website in April 2015. It appears below with minor changes. Making specific disclosures to patients is...
View ArticleDISCLOSURE TO PATIENTS –“NO COURT FOR ME”(?)
Avoiding Liability Bulletin – September 2024 NOTE: Last month’s article addressed the issues surrounding disclosures to patients, some of which are required and some of which are up to the sound...
View ArticleBrief Reminders/Questions
Avoiding Liability Bulletin – October 2024 NOTE: This article was first published on the CPH and Associates’ website in January 2017. It appears below with minor changes. The purpose of these brief...
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