The Trust | Assessing and Managing Risk in Psychological Practice: An Individualized Approach

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New Ethics and Risk Management Continuing Education
Independent Learning Program
Assessing and Managing Risk in Psychological Practice: An Individualized Approach
SECOND EDITION

Authors:
Samuel Knapp, Ed.D., ABPP; Jeffrey N. Younggren, Ph.D., ABPP; Leon VandeCreek, Ph.D., ABPP; Eric Harris, J.D., Ed.D.; and Jana N. Martin, Ph.D.

New Information in the Second Edition:

Many new areas of practice have emerged along with new methods of communication between therapists and patients since the introduction of this popular book and independent learning course. Some of these changes have resulted in uncertainty for psychologists regarding ethics and professional liability. With its goal to provide psychologists with helpful and relevant risk management guidance in mind, The Trust has gathered experts to research new issues facing the profession and to present a variety of practical strategies.

With the Second Edition of Assessing and Managing Risk in Psychological Practice: An Individualized Approach, The Trust has updated its core ethics and risk management principles and provided important new information — all designed to help psychologists identify and understand some of the ethical and legal implications of psychology practice today. Topics include:

Emerging areas such as forensic services and coaching
Digital forms of interaction and social media
Privacy, confidentiality, and privileged communications
Multiple relationships and boundaries
Working with couples, families, and children
Psychologists in the courtroom
Psychological assessment and testing
Potentially suicidal or dangerous patients
Business, retirement, and insurance concerns

What you should know:

Eight CE Credits and a 10% savings: Earn 8 ethics continuing education credits and a 10% savings off your Trust Sponsored Professional Liability Insurance premium at your next renewal by reading this publication and passing an online exam.
Free eBook downloads for Trust insureds: Download a FREE Second Edition eBook (PDF, ePub, or Mobi) through your account at the Trust Online Service Center.
Hard copies: Trust insureds needing a printed copy of the Second Edition can request one here ($8.95 shipping and handling). Those not insured through The Trust can purchase the eBook or printed publication and CE exam on this secure site using their credit card.

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you read the first edition book, took the exam, and earned the CE/discount in a previous policy period; you are eligible to complete this new independent learning course and earn 8 CE credits and a 10% savings based on new content and a new exam.

Are you a student and need the book? The Trust recommends that students purchase Trust Sponsored Student Liability Insurance for $35, get one year of coverage, and become eligible to download the FREE eBook.

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This independent study program is designed to help readers:

	Identify the contexts or circumstances that increase the risk of a disciplinary complaint;
	Integrate risk management strategies (documentation, informed consent, and consultation) based on overarching ethical principles into practice;
	Adapt patient-focused risk management strategies according to Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning;
	Describe unique ethical and legal risks and practice concerns when considering issues of competence, multiple relationships, and confidentiality;
	Describe unique ethical and legal risks and practice concerns when treating couples, children or families, patients who threaten to harm themselves or others, or other difficult patients;
	Describe unique ethical and legal risks and practice concerns when engaging in assessment, court appearances, or acting as a consultant or supervisor; and,
	Describe unique ethical and legal risks and practice concerns when billing for services, considering retirement, or purchasing professional liability insurance.

- The APA Insurance Trust ("the Trust") was formed in 1962 by the American Psychological Association ("APA") as a separate and distinct legal entity from the APA. The Trust is legally recognized as a business trust that provides financial security programs for the members of the APA and other affiliated individuals as well as risk management and other consultative services related to the Trust Insurance Programs.