Description: This training will focus on complex ethical cases in both individual and group treatment modalities. The goal will be to "think ethically" using the principles of professional codes of ethics in more complicated situations.

This class will be highly interactive, and each student will be asked to bring one ethical dilemma to the class for discussion.

  • Approach and resolve complex ethics dilemmas; 
  • Address ethical challenges in group and family work settings;
  • Review "shades of grey" solutions that may include boundary crossings as opposed to boundary violations;
  • Overview how countertransference can impact ethical decision making

Audience: Provider, Substance Use Services, Employees, Employers/worksites, PWUD, People in recovery, General public

Sponsored by:  MA Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services & Adept Educational Institute, Inc.