What is the ethic of
clinical practice and Christian discipline? What are the guidelines we use to make ethical decisions? What are the priorities we choose, and how do we determine priority?
10:30 Break
10:45 Christian interventions in clinical treatment
a. How do we choose Christian interventions consistent with clinical standards of practice?
What are our resources for establishing good practice when using Christian interventions?
b. What are the purposes of using prayer as a clinical intervention? When is it
appropriate and not appropriate?
c. What are some of the ethical issues we face in working with "pathological religion"?
12:00 Lunch provided by Marie Joseph Center
1:00 Ethical challenges in dealing with sexuality and intimate relationships
a. What is the ethic for decision of the therapist dealing with sexuality?
b. What are the ethical
issues that arise in working with a homosexual or transsexual client? What is good standard of practice?
2:30 Break
c. What are the ethical issues that arise in
working with intimate heterosexual relationships? What are good standards of practice?
4:00 Closing
6 contact hours are available through Sunrise Seminars.
Recommended readings before the seminar include the AACC code of Ethics (available on the AACC website) and the professional ethics of your licensing board.
