Syllabus
- Why do we even have to worry about cross-border/interjurisdictional practice?
- The role of licensing boards in the US.
- When and how foreign licensing board rules come into play
- Concrete risks in illegal cross-border/interjurisdictional practice.
- Coaching vs. Counseling
- 3 Types of Cross-Border Practice
- Client is in a foreign jurisdiction
- Therapist is in a foreign jurisdiction
- Client and therapist are both in foreign jurisdictions
- Getting answers about practice in foreign jurisdictions
- The info items a therapist needs to know about practice in a foreign jurisdiction to determine if it is legal to work from there or with clients there
- A process for getting these answers from US states
- A process for getting these answers in nations outside the US
- Documenting due diligence and permission to practice
- Current and Future Efforts to Reduce Interstate Practice Barriers
- PSYPACT
- The Counseling Compact
- The Social Work Compact
- Working with clients in foreign nations
- The difference between practice being permitted and practice not being forbidden.
- A demonstration of finding potential information sources in nations where government websites are not written in English, or where information about practice licensure/registration is not findable.
- What about clients on US military bases?
- Working with clients in US states where one is not licensed
- Some specific state boards without any temporary practice allowance of any kind, and how we discovered that fact.
- Some specific state boards with temporary practice allowance rules, and how we discovered that fact.
- Some specific state boards that restrict the ability of therapists to work with clients while the therapist travels out of state.