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Ethical Theory for Psychosexual Therapy

Previously Recorded
Daniel N. Watter
$59.99

This class provides IAPST credits which are eligible for credits toward Certification as a Sex Therapist.  See iapst.org/certification

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Most ethics workshops have focuses primarily on the essential elements of risk management. While such concepts are clearly important, they represent only a fraction of what ethics and ethical practice should be about.  Indeed, most ethics workshops encourage sex therapists (and other healthcare practitioners) to think more like lawyers than as clinicians.

This workshop will take participants beyond the typical admonitions of “bad behavior” and focus on the ethical nuances that clinicians face when dealing with the complex realities of actual clinical practice.  Topics to addressed will include: dealing with the ethical dilemmas inherent in the increased medicalization of sex therapy, the ethical perils and pitfalls in diagnosing sexual disorders, the vagaries of managing sexual feelings in psychotherapy, and the challenges of practicing ethically in a healthcare environment that constantly assaults and tests the integrity of sex therapists and other healthcare professionals.

 

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About the Presenter


Dr. Watter is a member of several professional organizations, and has been elected to leadership positions in many. He has recently completed two terms on the New Jersey Psychological Association’s Ethics Committee where he spent two years as the Committee’s chairperson. He has also served as the President of the Society for Sex Therapy and Research (SSTAR), where he previously served as Secretary/Treasurer and Membership Officer. Dr. Watter is also the former chair of the Diplomate Certification Committee, and the Ethics Committee for the American Association for Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT). In 2009, Dr. Watter was appointed by New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine to the State Board of Psychological Examiners, and later re-appointed by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. A frequent lecturer at professional meetings throughout the United States, Dr. Watter is also the author of several professional articles and book chapters on topics such as sexual function and dysfunction, and ethics in healthcare practice. He the author of the recently released text, The Existential Importance of the Penis: A Guide to Understanding Male Sexuality (Routledge).

Learning Objectives:

  1. 1. Identify the four principles underlying healthcare ethics codes;
  2. 2. Understand how the four principles can be utilized to create ethical policy and resolve ethical dilemmas;
  3. 3. Identify the ethical complexity and impact of diagnosis on the sex therapy process;
  4. 4. Identify the ethical complexity and impact of an increased use of medical and pharmaceutical interventions on the sex therapy process;
  5. 5. Identify the ethical complexities of sexual feelings that occur within the process of sex therapy.

Agenda:
HOUR 1
Introduction and overview of the day’s agenda
Principlism as the foundation of ethical decision-making
HOUR 2
The ethical perils and pitfalls of diagnosis, and the ethical dilemmas related to the increased use of medical/pharmaceutical interventions.
HOUR 3
Current challenges to the ethical practice of sex therapy.
Conclusion/Wrap Up.

This workshop offers 3 Continuing Education Credits
This webinar is recorded and will not grant live credits.

This presentation is open to:
  • Social Workers
  • Professional Counselors
  • Therapists
  • Psychologists
  • Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
  • Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
  • Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
Course Level: intermediate
Level of Clinician: intermediate
  • New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
  • Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
  • Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
  • Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives

Participants will receive their certificate electronically upon completion of the webinar and course evaluation form.

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