Susan Lewis – Wyoming Legal & Ethical Issues for Mental Health Clinicians
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- Faculty:\sSusan Lewis
Duration:\s6 Hours 5 Minutes
Audio and video formats are available.
Copyright:\sMay 09, 2017
DescriptionIn this recording, Susan Lewis, psychologist and attorney, will prepare you for litigation issues which can put your client, your license and your practice at risk. You will learn how to structure your practice to limit exposure of risk, as well as discover simple records, notes and actions that will protect you in the event of a complaint. Susan will provide you with the following take-home tools to minimize risk:
Updates on HIPAA and Wyoming laws and regulations
Risk management strategies
How to avoid litigation dilemmas, complaints and malpractice actions
Best practices in the professional relationship, informed consent and office policiesYou will learn through problem-solving discussions that are representative of actual ethical decisions you encounter in your clinical practice. The blending of Susan’s experience as a lawyer, work within the court system and extensive clinical experience makes her a hands-on, knowledgeable instructor!
Handouts
Manual ZNM048120 (0.91 MB) (0.91 MB)
37 Pages Available after Purchase\sOutline
Clinician-Client Relationship
Law vs. ethics
Elements of legal informed consent
Nuts and bolts of office policiesRecords vs. psychotherapy notes
What to put in a record
Limitations on confidentialityWyoming case law & danger to others
Wyoming duty to warn potential victims
HIPAAThe latest updates you need to know
Practical Approach to Risk Management
Elements of consent
Competence & scope of practice
Boundary violations/crossings
Issues with modern technologyTexting, cell phones, e-mail, video psychotherapy
Perils of supervisionLitigation
Licensing complaints & malpractice lawsuits
Wyoming specific statues
Wyoming rules and regulations
Case law and how to find itNavigate the Legal System
Roles of attorneys
Confidentiality/privilege
Subpoena & disclosure of confidential information
Depositions, interrogatories, expert testimonyTreatment of Minors
Wyoming age of majority
Consent to treatment
Privilege/confidentiality
Separation & divorceCase Studies
Faculty\sSusan Lewis, Ph.D., J.D. Related seminars and products: 26
Susan J. Lewis, Ph.D., J.D., is a licensed clinical and forensic psychologist and lawyer. She has over 25 years of experience in clinical practice with unique populations that have included female sexual offenders incarcerated at a woman’s prison, self-injurious individuals, forensic patients and individuals who suffer from severe and persistent mental illness. In addition to clinical practice, Dr. Lewis has served in leadership roles as clinical director, program manager, and supervisor for psychiatry residents and post-doctoral psychologists.
Currently, Dr. Lewis teaches courses on Law and Ethics in Mental Health that are state specific to the laws of each state. She has also lectured nationwide on the DSM-5® and differential diagnosis. She taught courses at Harvard’s Extension School and Northeastern University on The Psychology of Criminal Behavior. She is the author of Legal and Ethical Issues for Mental Health Clinicians: Best Practices for Avoiding Litigation, Complaints and Malpractice (PPM, 2016) and her latest book From Deep Within: A Forensic and Clinical Psychologist’s Journey (2018). (2018).
A sought-after consultant, Dr. Lewis works with attorneys on controversial issues such as dangerousness, competence to stand trial, criminal responsibility evaluations, and civil and criminal commitment. She works with attorneys on strategies of how mental illness might impinge on legal decision-making. Dr. Lewis has been adjudicated an expert in almost all of the district and superior courts in Massachusetts.
Her extensive clinical experience makes her a hands-on, knowledgeable instructor. She is engaging and has a wonderful sense of humor, which she brings to her seminars.
Disclosures for Speakers:
Financial: Susan Lewis is in private practice. PESI, Inc. pays her a speaking honorarium.
Non-financial: Susan Lewis is a member of the American Psychological Association.
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