Ethics, Boundaries, and Self-Care for Helping Professionals

This six-hour, in-person ethics training is designed for behavioral health and substance use disorder professionals seeking a practical, real-world approach to ethical practice.

Participants will explore ethical decision-making, professional boundaries, and the critical role of self-care in maintaining ethical and sustainable practice. Through discussion and real-life examples, the training will examine common ethical dilemmas, boundary challenges, burnout, and ethical risk, with an emphasis on prevention, accountability, and professional responsibility.

Info: Agenda
Ethics Boundaries and Self-Care
Six-Hour Training
8:30 AM-4:00 PM

Getting Started (10 min)
• Welcome and Housekeeping
• Review of Objectives
What is Ethics? (1.5 Hour)
• Who has seen and Who Has Reported Ethics Violations?
• Definition
• Ethical vs.Value Dilemma
Morning Break (15 Min)
Ethics Violations (.5 Hours)
• Common Ethics Violations
• Risk mitigation Strategies
Boundaries (1 Hour)
• Definition
• Individual Case Practice and Discuss
• Guidelines
• Social Media
Lunch (1 hour)
Boundaries Continued (.75 Hours)
• Challenges
• Large Group Discussion
Making Ethical Decisions (.75 Hours)
• Model and Steps
Afternoon Break (15 Min)
Conflict of Interest (.5 Hours)
• Scenario’s
• Examples of Conflicts of Interest
• Gifts
• Dual Relationship
Self-Care (1 Hour)
• Why is Self-Care part of ethics training?
• What is Self-Care and what it is not
• Buckets of Self-Care
• Individual Activity Self-Care Assessment
Questions, Surveys, and Wrap Up (15 Min)
Key takeaways

Know what’s Happening Next — before everyone else does.

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Host or Publisher Darla Belflower