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Therapists in Therapy: Confidentiality, Dual Relationships, Self-Disclosure & Other Ethical Issues
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- Faculty:
- Rachel Millner, PsyD, CBTP®, CEDS-S
- Duration:
- 3 Hours 15 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
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Mar 14, 2025
- Product Code:
- POS150062
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar - Also available: Digital Seminar
Description
Many therapists are clients themselves. And working with them is different.
Therapist-clients know the strengths and pitfalls of many of the approaches or techniques you might use...
They may be more hesitant to truly share their struggles due to fears of judgment or of being seen - and reported - as an impaired provider...
And they may attend the same conferences, trainings, and peer consultation groups as you.
It's easy to feel uncertain and nervous when you treat therapist-clients - and the risks of making a damaging ethical misstep are high.
In this training, Dr. Rachel Millner, eating disorders expert with extensive experience providing psychotherapy to other therapists, will give you the skills you need to navigate the unique challenges and ethical considerations of treating a therapist, including:
- Keys to establishing a strong alliance when a client is also a colleague
- How to approach disclosure and parallel process
- Strategies for managing imposter syndrome
PURCHASE TODAY so that you can best support therapists in therapy
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Handouts
| File type | File name | Number of pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual - Therapists in Therapy (1.2 MB) | 28 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Faculty
Rachel Millner, PsyD, CBTP®, CEDS-S Related seminars and products
Rachel Millner, PsyD, (she/her) is a psychologist in private practice in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Millner has over 19 years’ experience working with clients in a clinical role. She has specialized in working with people with eating disorders throughout her career and recognized a common theme of providers who were struggling with their own eating disorders, but hesitant to seek treatment due to stigma and the challenges of finding a provider with whom they would not have a dual relationship. Dr. Millner has supervised and trained other therapists throughout her career and noticed a pattern of supervisees reaching out due to uncertainty about working with other therapists. She noticed that many of the therapists expressed imposter syndrome and concerns that their own insecurities meant the clients were not getting the best possible care. Additionally, as Dr. Millner became a more prominent and well-known psychologist in the eating disorder field, increased numbers of therapists reached out to begin treatment with her. Due to these experiences, Dr. Millner developed a particular interest in understanding both the barriers providers have when working with other providers. Dr. Millner quickly discovered the lack of research in this area and initiated conversations around this topic in clinical spaces. In response to these conversations, Dr. Millner and a colleague began a group for providers struggling with their own eating disorder and she has given talks about this issues including the keynote presentation at the MEDA conference in 2023.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Rachel Millner maintains a private practice. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Rachel Millner is a member of the Academy of Eating Disorders.
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Objectives
- Appraise the unique barriers to treatment mental health professionals face.
- Modify informed consent and assessment procedures when working with mental health professionals in therapy.
- Utilize ethical decision-making for at least two ethical dilemmas that can arise when therapist are clients.
- Address countertransference and bias when working with clients who are therapists.
Outline
Common Barriers to Therapists Seeking Care
Stigma and Other Hurdles
- Assess and decrease stigma
- Address concerns about being judged negatively
- Determine overlap of professional communities
- When treatment approaches collide
- Disparities in healthcare for providers
From Intake to Termination
Ethical Issues When the Client is a Therapist
- Informed consent considerations
- Assessment strategies/modifications
- Trust issues and how to increase openness and vulnerability
- Parallel process between therapist-client and therapist
- Self-disclosure issues
- Navigate dual relationships and boundaries
- Invite challenges to clinical decision-making
- When to break confidentiality
- Respond to substance use issues and other provider impairments
- Considerations for when therapy is required/mandated
- Case examples
Additional Clinical Considerations
Common Issues When Providing Care for Therapists
- “Imposter syndrome” and anxiety in the therapist of therapists
- Countertransference when your client is a therapist
- Manage internalized stigma of the therapist
- How to develop a specialty as therapist of therapists
- Limitations of the research and potential risks
Target Audience
- Counselors
- Social Workers
- Psychologists
- Psychiatrists
- Marriage & Family Therapists
- Addiction Counselors
- Other Mental Health Professionals
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