66th Annual Conference
Thursday,
February 19
Morning
Workshops
10:00 A.M. – 12:30
P.M.
Workshop
15
Sex,
Drugs, and Technology: Ethical, Liability, and Practice Issues in
Adolescent Group Psychotherapy
Presented
under the auspices of the AGPA Child and Adolescent SIG
Chairs:
Seth
Aronson, Psy.D., Supervising Analyst, The William Alanson
White Institute, New York, New York
Thomas K.
Hurster, M.S.S., CGP, Instructor, Bryn Mawr College Graduate School
of Social Work and Social Research, Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
Viewed through
the lens of potential ethical and legal issues, this workshop will
focus on common clinical challenges and dilemmas encountered in
therapy groups with teens. An ethical framework to guide discussion
and highlight difficult behavioral situations encountered in working
with troubled youth will be presented. The clinical responses and
ethical/legal ramifications of shared vignettes will be discussed.
didactic-sharing of work experiences-experiential-demonstration
Learning
Objectives:
The attendee will be able to:
1. Distinguish
between ethical principles, professional codes, and state
regulations and how they apply to work with adolescents.
2. Discuss the
limits of confidentiality in group psychotherapy, and the merits of
signed informed consent forms with both adolescents and their
families.
3. Identify
methods of working clinically with difficult and potentially
destructive behaviors and decisions of adolescent group therapy
participants.
4. Recognize the
impact of the ever-changing technological world on the clinical
realities of working with youth.
Course References:
1. Aronson, S.,
and Scheidlinger, S. (2002). Adolescent Group Treatment in
Context. Madison, CT: International Universities Press.
2. MacNair-Semands,
R.R. (2005) Ethics in Group Psychotherapy. New York: American
Group Psychotherapy Association.
3. Koocher, G.
(2003) “Ethical Issues in Psychotherapy With Adolescents”. Journal
of Clinical Psychology 59: 1247-56. |
