Speaker 1: All right, right now we're in the final category, which
we're going to be talking about ethics. So ethical legal
professional issues contain about sixteen percent of the E triple P,
making it one of the most heavily weighted domains on
the exam, which is kind of ironic because you have
another ethics exam to take as well for licensing. The
APA Ethics Code has two layers. The general principles are aspirational,
meaning their values that guide the spirit of ethical work,
but are not enforceable on their own. The ethical standards
are enforceable.
Speaker 2: Rules.
Speaker 1: The actual conduct you can be held accountable for standards
two three, four, sixty nine and ten are the most
frequently tested and most applied in clinical work. Again, the
ethical standards are the enforceable rules standards two three, four,
six' nine.
Speaker 2: Ten let's take the five general.
Speaker 1: Principles, first beneficence and non maleficence meanings strive to help avoid.
Harm if you're disclosing a diagnosis to a, client the
principle says do it clearly and, compassionately not abruptly or
in cold clinical.
Speaker 2: Language fidelity and.
Speaker 1: Responsibility it means being, trustworthy honor your professional, obligations if
you promise and supervise the weekly, supervision you.
Speaker 2: Show up for.
Speaker 1: It integrity means promote honesty and. Accuracy you don't stretch
outcomes in a treatment summary to satisfy a referring agencies,
expectations even under pressure to show progress that isn't fully.
There justice means insure fairness and equal access to psychological.
Services you don't decline a low income client because their
presentation looks more complex or time consuming than a client
with better.
Speaker 2: Insurance And, finally.
Speaker 1: Respect for people's rights and dignity means, value, privacy, autonomy and.
Diversity if a client refutes a psychological test and you
think and you think would sharpen your diagnostic, clarity you
honor that, refusal even if it frustrates your. Process these
principles are not enforceable in themselves or the moral backdrop
to the ethical. STANDARDS Icco standard number two is competence,
practice which are qualified to practice nothing. More psychologists must
work within their boundaries of competence based on, education, training and.
Consultation they must obtain additional training or supervision before moving
into new clinical.
Speaker 2: Territory they need.
Speaker 1: To recognize the limits of their cultural competence and consolet
or refer when they hit the limit and they need
to understand the implications of personal, impairment meaning illness or
distress that compromises their ability to function. Professionally the e
triple pe twist here is a scenario where a clinician
is tempted to wing it or keep seeing a client
outside their specialized area without proper. Training the correct answers
almost always referral or. Supervision Ethical standard three is human
relations and it houses several critical subareas and form. Consent
standard three point one must be obtained using in language
understandable to the, client not clinical jargon that technically informs
but functionally. Confuses multiple Relationships standard three point zero five
and a psychologist and another role with the person's in
a relationship with someone closely associated.
Speaker 2: With the client or promises to enter a second role
in the. Future not all dual roles are.
Speaker 1: Unethical we're about to become unethical if they impair, objectivity,
competence or. Effectiveness picture a therapist who ends up treating
their daughter's best friend's mother even while.
Speaker 2: Attention that creates role. Confusion that's ethically.
Speaker 1: Risky Ethical standard Force privacy and confidentiality the heart of
trust in the therapeutic. Relationship keep what's private private unless
clear exceptions. Apply the limits of confidentiality include harm to
self or, others suspected abuse of a, child, elder or
a dependent, adult a court order or legal, obligation and
supervision or. Billing situations that require minimal. Disclosure confidentiality should
be discussed at the start of treatment and revisited if circumstances.
Change electronic records need to be protected with an encryption
and access.
Speaker 2: Controls in group therapy.
Speaker 1: Or family, work you need to clarify upfront who the
client is and what confidentiality actually means in that.
Speaker 2: Configuration here's an.
Speaker 1: EXAMPLE a teenager reveals suicidal ideation and family therapy and
the parents ask to see the. Notes what do you
do While you protect privacy where you, can but you
address the safety issue first while considering legal guardianship rights
and main titled parents and certain information regardless of the teen's.
Preference ethical standard six is record keeping in. Fees maintain accurate,
timeling secure records that support service, quality continuity of, care
and comply with study in federal laws LIKE hippa fee
practices must be agreed upon in, advance must avoid exploitation
like surprise billing or, overcharging and sliding scales are fine
only if offered consistently and fairly rather than. Arbitrarily ethical
standard nine is. Assessment assessment isn't just about giving, tests
about using them. Responsibly that means using valid and reliable
instruments appropriate for the purpose and, population providing explanations and
feedback to and understandable, language never basing decision on outdated
norms or irrelevant. Tools guarding against, misuse especially by third
parties or in high stake. Settings the red flag the
exam loves diagnosing a client based on only ON mmpi
results without a clinical. Interview that's an ethic on a face.
Value the test score alone never substitutes for clinical. Judgment
ethical standard ten is when is therapy and it starts
with consent and continues through termination inform consentautor ten oh
one addresses, methods, risk confidentiality and. Alternatives ten two requires
clarifying roles under couples and family, work who's actually the
client and who has access to records at how conflicts
of interests will be Managed group therapies under TEN oh
three requires discussing, confidentiality expectations and group norms at the,
outset since privacy in a group setting is fundamentally different
than an individual. Work interruption and termination under ten oh
nine ten ten requires a plan for client care if
therapy must be, interrupted and a firm rule against. Abandonment
you terminate only when goals are met or continue treatment is,
inappropriate and you provide referrals if. Needed when you hit
an actual ethical dilemma on the, exam use a structured
decision making. Model first identify the, problem what's the, Dilemma
what principles and standards are at? Stake consult the code
and laws for number. Two Three consult colleagues or. Supervisors,
four evaluate potential courses of. Action five consider consequences for all,
stakeholders not just the client in front of. You Six
document the reasoning and action. Taken, Seven reflect and revise
for the. Future THE e TRIPLE p tip worth. Memorizing
the wrong answer is usually doing nothing or deciding in.
Isolation the right answer almost nearly always involves, consultation, documentation
and a rationale.
Speaker 2: Rooted in the.
Speaker 1: Code last piece risk management and digital. Practice because technology
changes the application of ethics even when the underlying principles
stay the. Same, psychology ensure platform security that's hip a
compliant and form consent specific to online. Delivery awareness of
the client's, location whether your licensure actually covers that, jurisdiction
and an emergency plant case of disconnection or crisis mid.
Session on professional, liability maintain malpractice insurance document, clearly, thoroughly
and respectfully when in. Doubt on social media and digital,
boundaries don't friend, clients don't post identifiable client, content and
keep your professional presence separate from your personal. One and
here's the last thing to leave. With The Ethics code
is more than a list of. Don'ts it's a structure
for knowing what to do when the situation gets. Complicated
the exam will ask you whether you know the, rules
but more than, that whether you can apply them when the,
ford when the road, forks because that's when ethics stops
being a guide becomes your liability. Shield hopeful that helps
everyone