Ethical Decision-Making in a Changing World

The Brattleboro Retreat
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM 
Friday, September 22, 2017
Brattleboro, Vermont 

Jeff Ashby, PhD, ABPP

What 2015 attendees said about Dr. Ashby's conference, "Making Professional Ethics Practical":

"A very well informed, interesting presenter with much needed information on the application of traditional ethics and the electronic, social media world."
 
      "This was the best ethics workshop I have been to in many, many years.  Presenter clearly explained information in a direct, concise manner with a great sense of humor." 

"Jeff Ashby was terrific.  His high energy and excellent sense of humor made the time pass quickly."
 
"Well organized, focused, practical, and lively. Can clearly be applied to my practice.   Brought up factors I hadn’t considered.  An exceptional presentation."
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"Fantastic.  Lots of relevant applications and take-aways."   

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Ongoing clinical practice often contributes to a kind of ethical “drift”.  In addition, the internet, social media, and other technological changes (including meeting the requirements of HIPAA) have offered new ethical challenges for psychologists.  Participants in this workshop will consider how mental health clinicians’ ethical codes apply to the changing world of clinical practice.  Special emphasis will be placed on developing clinicians’ understanding of decision-making processes used in arriving at ethical courses of action in the context of a changing world.  Dr. Ashby's workshop will highlight issues of informed consent, competence, confidentiality, and boundaries/multiple relationships.  Using case studies and vignettes, psychologists will be invited to consider what might be the best course of action in a variety of scenarios presenting ethical dilemmas. 

Learning objectives
At the end of this conference, participants will be able to:

            1. Explain the assumptions and theories behind ethical decision making models.
            2. Identify and explain a practical model for ethical decision-making,
            3. Summarize how ethical decision-making models can apply to issues of informed consent,
            4. Summarize how ethical decision-making models can apply to issues of competence,
            5. Summarize how ethical decision-making models can apply to issues of confidentiality,
            6. Summarize how ethical decision-making models can apply to issues of dual relationships.

Jeff Ashby, PhD, ABPP, is a Professor in the Department of Counseling and Psychological Services at Georgia State University.  He is the Director of Georgia State’s Counseling Psychology doctoral program, a licensed psychologist, and a Diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology.  Dr. Ashby has taught ethics and supervision for mental health professionals for over 20 years and has served as a committee member and the Chair of the Ethics Committee of the International Association of Play Therapy.  He has also served as an ethics content expert with the State of Georgia Psychology board.  He regularly presents at professional conferences and has authored/co-authored over 90 articles in refereed journals, numerous book chapters, and two books.