Session 16: Ethics for Mental Health Professionals: A Novel Approach to the Issues

Egg Harbor, WI US
August 7, 2025 to August 8, 2025

This seminar will cover professional boundaries, confidentiality, and duty to warn/protect cases, as well as emerging ethical issues concerning electronic health records, interstate licensing requirements, social media, virtual therapy in a virtual world, and legislative updates. Dr. Anderson will review major ethical issues in mental health practice and will lead discussion including cases from participants. Focus will start with ethical principles, and methods for resolution of ethical dilemmas, and then will move to informed consent and to emerging issues in ethics for mental health providers. 

Psychology CE Credit Statement
The Medical College of Wisconsin is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Medical College of Wisconsin maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

This activity contains content or processes that may be potentially stressful.

Target Audience

  • Physicians
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Physician Assistants
  • Nurses
  • Pharmacists
  • Psychologists
  • Social Workers
  • Psychiatry Residents
  • Medical Students
  • Allied Health Professionals

Learning Objectives

Participants who engage in this education intervention will be able to:
 
  • Identify ethical issues including ethical principles, methods for resolution, informed consent, and virtual therapy issues.
  • Describe ethical issues in professional boundaries, confidentiality, and duty to warn/ protect cases.
  • Discuss emerging ethical issues concerning electronic records, interstate licensing requirements, social media, and legislative updates.
  • Discuss ethics cases from participants.
Additional information

Contact

Name: 
Caimen Masterson
Phone Number: 
+1 (414) 955-7250
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 8.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
    AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 8.00 APA
    APA credit.
  • 8.00 Hours of Participation
    Hours of Participation credit.
  • 8.00 NASW
  • 8.00 NP Contact Hours
  • 8.00 PA
    PA credit.
Course opens: 
01/10/2025
Course expires: 
08/06/2025
Event starts: 
08/07/2025 - 8:30am CDT
Event ends: 
08/08/2025 - 12:35pm CDT
Cost:
$402.00

Thursday:

  • Introduction
  • Analyzing and resolving ethical issues
  • Ethical principles of psychologists (and others) and code of conduct
  • Informed consent
  • Special roles of mental health professionals
  • Cases for discussion
  • Participants will have the opportunity to research ethical guidelines in topics of interest

Friday:

  • Professional boundaries and knowing your limits
  • Confidentiality and duty to warn
  • Licensure board and sanctions
  • Emerging issues
  • Electronic records, interstate licensing, new communication technologies, and legislative update
  • APA suggestions to avoid ethical problems
  • Virtual mental health care
  • Cases for discussion from the audience (participants will enact serving on an ethics committee)
The Landmark Resort
4929 Landmark Drive
Egg Harbor, WI 54209
United States
+1 (800) 273-7877

Lodging in July and August is in great demand; you must make reservations early. A block of suites has been set aside at the Landmark Resort. These suites will be held until June 6th, 2025, or until they are filled.

From its site on the bluff, the Landmark offers outstanding views of the waters of Green Bay with 294 units comprised of 1, 2, and 3-bedroom suites. Facilities include the Carrington Pub and Grill, 1 indoor and 3 outdoor pools, 2 tennis courts, whirlpools, steam rooms, and a fitness center and game room. The Landmark Resort is Door County’s largest and best full-service facility.

The Landmark Resort
4929 Landmark Drive
Egg Harbor, Wisconsin 54209

Reservations: (800) 273-7877
http://www.thelandmarkresort.com
To book through our discounted group rate, please call the Landmark reservation line at (800) 273-7877 and state that you are attending the Door County Summer Institute. No group code is required.
Group rates cannot be booked online.

Rebecca Anderson, PhD, is a retired Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Director of Integrated Mental Health in the Pain Management Center at MCW.  She is the author of over 70 peer-reviewed articles, 6 book chapters, and 3 books.  She is past Secretary of the WI Examining Board and is currently a board member of WPA.  Clinically she was a member of a comprehensive pain management program that encompassed musculoskeletal pain, neuropathic pain, and headaches working with Anesthesia, Neurology, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation teams.  She utilizes CBT, mindfulness, use of apps, imagery recordings, and biofeedback as part of an integrated approach to address adjustment and improve function and quality of life for patients. She served on the Froedtert Ethics Committee for 9 years and has lectured across the state of WI regarding issues related to Ethics.

Activity Director:
Carlyle H Chan, MD
Professor of Psychiatry and 
the Institute for Health and Equity-Bioethics and Humanities
Medical College of Wisconsin

Planning Committee Members:
Ellen Leitner, MSW, LCSW
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
Medical College of Wisconsin

Kevin Bozymski, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP
Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Science
Medical College of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy 
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
Medical College of Wisconsin

Kylie Lenz, PA-C
Physician Assistant 
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
Medical College of Wisconsin

Heather M. Smith, PhD, ABPP
Lead Psychologist
Director of Psychology Training
Milwaukee VA Medical Center
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
Medical College of Wisconsin

Marisa Stich, APNP
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
Medical College of Wisconsin

In accordance with the ACCME® Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, Standard 3, all in control of content must disclose any relevant financial relationships. The following in control of content had no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

  • Carlyle H Chan
  • Ellen Leitner
  • Kevin Bozymski
  • Kylie Lenz
  • Heather M. Smith
  • Marisa Stich 
  • Rebecca Anderson

Accreditation Statement:
The Medical College of Wisconsin is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation of Credit Statement
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this live activity for a maximum of 15 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Hours of Participation for Allied Health Professionals
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this activity for up to 15 hours of participation for continuing education for allied health professionals.

National Association of Social Workers Credit Statement
This program is pending approval by the National Association of Social Workers for continuing education contact hours.

American Association of Nurse Practitioners Credit Statement
The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. is approved as a provider of nurse practitioner continuing education by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners: AANP Provider Number 150930. This program has been approved for 8 contact hours of continuing education (which includes 0 hours of pharmacology). 

American Academy of Physician Assistants Credit Statement
This program is not yet approved for CME credit. Conference organizers plan to apply for 8 AAPA Category 1 CME credits from the AAPA Review Panel. The total number of approved credits is yet to be determined.

 

Available Credit

  • 8.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
    AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 8.00 APA
    APA credit.
  • 8.00 Hours of Participation
    Hours of Participation credit.
  • 8.00 NASW
  • 8.00 NP Contact Hours
  • 8.00 PA
    PA credit.

Price

Cost:
$402.00
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*All registrations will be assessed $27.00 non-refundable processing fee, per session.


Credit MUST be claimed before November 30, 2025.
We highly encourage you to complete the evaluation and credit steps before leaving on your last day!
 

Early Bird! Tuition for 5-day sessions will be reduced to $695 and $375 for 2-day sessions, if received by June 1, 2025Tuition for 5-day sessions (3 hrs/day) is $745.  Tuition for 2-day sessions (4 hrs/day) is $395. Graduate and medical students and resident physicians will have a discounted rate, so please contact Caimen at [email protected] to inquire about this discount.

To receive a refund, the request must be made 15 days before the requested session begins. If the refund request is received less than 15 days before the session begins, the registration fee will be forfeited. There is also a $50 cancellation fee, should the request be received within the allotted window. Each session is also charged a non-refundable $27 processing fee.   
 

2-Day Sessions

EARLY BIRD PRICING

PRICING AFTER JUNE 1st

$375

$395


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