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Identification and Treatment of Professional Boundary Issues


Total Credits: 1.5 including 1.5 APA Credit, 1.5 NBCC Credit

Average Rating:
   1526
Speaker:
Lacey Herrington, Ph.D.
Course Levels:
Beginner, Introductory
Duration:
1.5 hours
Format:
Audio and Video
License:
Access for 6 month(s) after purchase.


Description

Description: 
Professional boundary concerns are consequential for all helping professions, but can be especially difficult to navigate for clergy, where maintaining their professional role across settings and navigating dual relationships with parishioners and staff is often required. If boundary concerns do arise, it can be difficult to determine what interventions may be most helpful to ensure that all boundary concerns are addressed, while providing individualized care to the clergy member. This presentation will provide an overview of professional boundary concerns, including differentiating between boundary crossings and violations, unique factors regarding treatment of professionals, and relevant treatment and return to work considerations.

Category of Education: D1.1 Assessment/ Evaluation, Intervention

Intended Audience: 

  • Students
  • Psychologists
  • Counselors, Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists, Addiction Counselors
  • Clergy/Religious
  • Medical professionals, M.D., P.A., Nurses

Content Learning Level: Beginner, Introductory

Learning Objectives:

  1. Identify assessment and treatment implications for professionals with boundary issues.
  2. Outline specific types of professional boundary crossings and violations.
  3. Discuss potential treatment and aftercare recommendations for professionals with boundary issues.

Schedule:

  • First 30: an overview of potential boundary issues for professionals, including specific information regarding the evaluation/treatment of professionals.
  • The second 30: provide information regarding specific problematic boundaries for professionals, including both boundary crossings and violations.
  • Last 30: review appropriate treatment and aftercare options.

Commercial support for the program or instructor(s) and other relationships that could be reasonably construed as a conflict of interest: None

The Catholic Psychotherapy Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Catholic Psychotherapy Association maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

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Dr. Lacey Herrington is the Director of Professional Programs at Pine Grove Behavioral Health & Addiction Services. Dr. Herrington oversees Pine Grove’s Evaluation Center, Professional Enhancement Program, and Professionals Recovery Track. She earned her Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Mississippi State University in Starkville, Mississippi, and her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Dr. Herrington completed her pre-doctoral internship at Tulane Medical School in New Orleans, Louisiana, and was licensed in 2017. Her primary interests include assessment, personality disorders, substance use disorders, forensic psychology, and trauma.


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Original Program Date: 05/02/2025