Educational Objectives
- Describe how to maintain a website that meets ethical and legal requirements and reasonably adheres to professional guidelines
- Discover how the clinician shows up on the Internet and determine what ethical risks lie in his/her presence there
- Professionally and ethically navigate advice and marketing pressures related to promoting a 21st-century private practice, including online reviews from clients
- Navigate pitfalls of self-disclosure in light of an increasingly transparent society
Ethics/Legal Documents Cited
- AAMFT Code of Ethics (2012)
- ACA Code of Ethics (2005)
- APA Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct (2002)
- NASW Code of Ethics (2008)
- HIPAA Administrative Simplification (2006)