CSL 2057 - Professional Ethics II

Provides participants with an overview of ethical and risk management issues related to addiction treatment services with an emphasis on professional conduct, professional boundaries, boundary crossings, boundary violations, dual relationships, and an appropriate use of counselor self‐disclosure. Class will focus on issues of professional distance, modeling and maintaining healthy therapeutic boundaries. The ethics of delivering professional counseling to persons of culturally diverse backgrounds will be discussed along with issues of professional readiness and professional development.