Digital Ethics In Practice Promotion: A Heart-Centered Approach

Educational Objectives

• Describe how to maintain a website that meets ethical and legal requirements and reasonably adheres to professional guidelines
• Discover how the clinician shows up on the Internet and determine what ethical risks lie in his/her presence there
• Professionally and ethically navigate advice and marketing pressures related to promoting a 21st-century private practice, including online reviews from clients
• Navigate pitfalls of self-disclosure in light of an increasingly transparent society

Ethics/Legal Documents Cited

• AAMFT Code of Ethics (2012)
• ACA Code of Ethics (2005)
• APA Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct (2002)
• NASW Code of Ethics (2008)
• HIPAA Administrative Simplification (2006)