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Session 1: Discovering and Addressing the Underlying Issues ticket
Wed, Oct 21, 9am - 12:15pm CDTSubstance use is rarely the whole story. It is often the solution a person found for a problem no one else noticed. This workshop helps counselors, peer specialists, and recovery professionals look beneath presenting behaviors to what drives them: unresolved trauma, grief, shame, co-occurring mental health conditions, and unmet relational needs. The session also asks a harder question: what do we owe the people we serve when we see only the surface? Participants will examine the ethical duty to assess thoroughly, the limits of their own competence, and when failing to refer becomes a failure of care. They will also cover the legal obligations, such as mandated reporting, that can surface once underlying issues come to light. You'll leave better equipped to treat causes, not just symptoms, and to recognize when a problem belongs in someone else's hands. This session takes apart the moment a session stops working why the right intervention lands wrong, why insight bounces off some people, and why the client who agrees with everything is often the furthest away. You will leave with a way to read the room before you read the file.
Substance use is rarely the whole story. It is often the solution a person found for a problem no one else noticed. This workshop helps counselors, peer specialists, and recovery professionals look beneath presenting behaviors to what drives them: unresolved trauma, grief, shame, co-occurring mental health conditions, and unmet relational needs. The session also asks a harder question: what do we owe the people we serve when we see only the surface? Participants will examine the ethical duty to assess thoroughly, the limits of their own competence, and when failing to refer becomes a failure of care. They will also cover the legal obligations, such as mandated reporting, that can surface once underlying issues come to light. You'll leave better equipped to treat causes, not just symptoms, and to recognize when a problem belongs in someone else's hands. This session takes apart the moment a session stops working why the right intervention lands wrong, why insight bounces off some people, and why the client who agrees with everything is often the furthest away. You will leave with a way to read the room before you read the file.
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Session 2: A Match Made in Recovery ticket
Mon, Nov 2, 9am - 12:15pm CSTRecovery works best when the right person meets the right support at the right time. When the match is wrong, the result can be harm instead of help. This workshop looks at what makes a match work: the helping relationship, the fit between a person's needs and their level of care, and the pathway that suits their story. It then examines where a poor match crosses the line. Examples include placing someone in a level of care that doesn't meet their needs, pairing a client with a provider or peer who can't serve them safely, and referring for convenience, funding, or relationship rather than fit. Participants will explore the ethical principles at stake, including nonmaleficence, competence, and conflicts of interest. They will also learn when a harmful placement or referral can create legal exposure, from negligent referral to improper referral arrangements. The session is essential for clinicians, peer specialists, case managers, and anyone who connects people to care.
Recovery works best when the right person meets the right support at the right time. When the match is wrong, the result can be harm instead of help. This workshop looks at what makes a match work: the helping relationship, the fit between a person's needs and their level of care, and the pathway that suits their story. It then examines where a poor match crosses the line. Examples include placing someone in a level of care that doesn't meet their needs, pairing a client with a provider or peer who can't serve them safely, and referring for convenience, funding, or relationship rather than fit. Participants will explore the ethical principles at stake, including nonmaleficence, competence, and conflicts of interest. They will also learn when a harmful placement or referral can create legal exposure, from negligent referral to improper referral arrangements. The session is essential for clinicians, peer specialists, case managers, and anyone who connects people to care.
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Session 3: Whose Story Is in the Room? ticket
Wed, Nov 18, 9am - 12:15pm CSTEvery session holds more than one story: the client's, the helper's, and the histories each brings to the room. This workshop explores how a professional's own experiences, assumptions, and lived recovery shape the work, sometimes as a strength and sometimes as a blind spot. Participants will examine countertransference, cultural humility, and the ethics of self-disclosure, including when sharing lived experience helps and when it takes the focus away from the person being served. The session also addresses where boundary drift becomes a boundary violation, such as dual relationships, over-involvement, and personal needs met through the helping role. It also covers the confidentiality and licensing consequences of telling a client's story, even with good intentions. The session is especially valuable for peer specialists and counselors in recovery. It offers a practical framework for keeping the client's story at the center and your practice on solid ground.
Every session holds more than one story: the client's, the helper's, and the histories each brings to the room. This workshop explores how a professional's own experiences, assumptions, and lived recovery shape the work, sometimes as a strength and sometimes as a blind spot. Participants will examine countertransference, cultural humility, and the ethics of self-disclosure, including when sharing lived experience helps and when it takes the focus away from the person being served. The session also addresses where boundary drift becomes a boundary violation, such as dual relationships, over-involvement, and personal needs met through the helping role. It also covers the confidentiality and licensing consequences of telling a client's story, even with good intentions. The session is especially valuable for peer specialists and counselors in recovery. It offers a practical framework for keeping the client's story at the center and your practice on solid ground.
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Session 4: The Ethical Use of AI in Counseling, Therapy, and Peer Support ticket
Mon, Nov 30, 9am - 12:15pm CSTAI tools are already showing up in charting, screening, scheduling, and clients' own pockets. The ethical and legal questions are arriving faster than the guidance. This workshop gives behavioral health professionals a clear framework for using AI responsibly. Topics include confidentiality and HIPAA risk, informed consent, bias in automated tools, documentation accuracy, and the limits of technology in a relationship-based field. Participants will also consider who is accountable when an AI tool gets it wrong. They will examine how a professional's ethical and legal responsibility stays with them no matter what software they use. Real scenarios, including clients who turn to AI chatbots for support, anchor the discussion. No technical background is required.
AI tools are already showing up in charting, screening, scheduling, and clients' own pockets. The ethical and legal questions are arriving faster than the guidance. This workshop gives behavioral health professionals a clear framework for using AI responsibly. Topics include confidentiality and HIPAA risk, informed consent, bias in automated tools, documentation accuracy, and the limits of technology in a relationship-based field. Participants will also consider who is accountable when an AI tool gets it wrong. They will examine how a professional's ethical and legal responsibility stays with them no matter what software they use. Real scenarios, including clients who turn to AI chatbots for support, anchor the discussion. No technical background is required.
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Session 5: When the Law Comes for Your Notes ticket
Wed, Dec 16, 9am - 12:15pm CSTA subpoena, a court order, a request from probation, or a call from an attorney can land on any counselor's desk. How you respond protects your client or exposes them, and it can do the same for your license. Drawing on his legal training and clinical experience, Dr. Archie walks participants through federal confidentiality protections under 42 CFR Part 2 and HIPAA. He explains the difference between a subpoena and a court order and what makes a release valid. He also covers what to do and what not to do when records are requested, and how to write notes that are accurate, defensible, and respectful of the person they describe. The session also takes on the tension professionals feel most: what to do when a legal demand and an ethical duty seem to point in different directions. It is essential for anyone who documents care in SUD, mental health, or justice-involved settings.
A subpoena, a court order, a request from probation, or a call from an attorney can land on any counselor's desk. How you respond protects your client or exposes them, and it can do the same for your license. Drawing on his legal training and clinical experience, Dr. Archie walks participants through federal confidentiality protections under 42 CFR Part 2 and HIPAA. He explains the difference between a subpoena and a court order and what makes a release valid. He also covers what to do and what not to do when records are requested, and how to write notes that are accurate, defensible, and respectful of the person they describe. The session also takes on the tension professionals feel most: what to do when a legal demand and an ethical duty seem to point in different directions. It is essential for anyone who documents care in SUD, mental health, or justice-involved settings.
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Ethics & the Law in Behavioral Health Workshop Series ticket
Inclusions
- 1 × Session 1: Discovering and Addressing the Underlying Issues
- 1 × Session 2: A Match Made in Recovery
- 1 × Session 3: Whose Story Is in the Room?
- 1 × Session 4: The Ethical Use of AI in Counseling, Therapy, and Peer Support
- 1 × Session 5: When the Law Comes for Your Notes
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