Please join us in a new event focused on Ethics!
Content:
- Have you ever felt unsure about what to do or how to address a tricky client situation?
- Can you easily differentiate between regulations guiding care, such as HIPAA and confidentiality regulations?
- You think you need to make a mandated report, but you are not sure.
- How do you understand dual relationships, undue influence, and potential detriment?
- You've been subpoenaed. Now what?
- Most importantly, how are you safeguarding your professional sense of self so that you can make the best ethics-based decisions?
- How can you combine who you are as a provider with the guiding principles and values of your profession?
Speaker Bio:
Amanda Baker, LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) has been providing support services to individuals and families for more than 20 years. With bachelor's degrees in psychology and sociology from the University of Wyoming and a Master's in Social Work, Amanda has been honored to work with hundreds of clients. Amanda has been awarded certification in Perinatal Mental Health from Postpartum Support International—she is the first in the Pikes Peak Region to be certified as an EMDR and Ketamine psychotherapist and an approved EMDRIA consultant.
Her current therapy practice focuses on enhancing the experience of expectant and postpartum families. Amanda uses a variety of therapeutic techniques to support client growth and healing. Amanda uses her EMDR certification, along with Brainspotting, DBT, CBT, strengths-based perspectives, mindfulness, somatic experiencing, and Internal Family Systems, to hold space for clients' healing work.
Amanda also provides expert consultation to social workers and other mental health professionals at all levels. This work focuses on ethics, best clinical practice, and navigating the nuances of maintaining a professional sense of self while experiencing the high psychological and physical demands of caregiving work.
