Record Keeping in Psychotherapy and Counseling

This book is grounded in contemporary challenges, emphasizes protecting the therapeutic and supervisory relationship through offering an essential framework for thoughtful record keeping within legal, ethical, supervisory and clinical contexts.

Informationen zum Autor Ellen T. Luepker, MSW, BCD, is a licensed psychologist and clinical social worker in private practice and Psychiatry Instructor in the University of Minnesota Medical School. She was honored by the National Academy of Practice as a Distinguished Practitioner and by the National Association of Social Workers as a Social Work Pioneer, and received Smith College's Day Garrett Award for her contributions to professional standards in mental health. Klappentext This book is grounded in contemporary challenges, emphasizes protecting the therapeutic and supervisory relationship through offering an essential framework for thoughtful record keeping within legal, ethical, supervisory and clinical contexts. Zusammenfassung This book is grounded in contemporary challenges, emphasizes protecting the therapeutic and supervisory relationship through offering an essential framework for thoughtful record keeping within legal, ethical, supervisory and clinical contexts. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. A Decade in the Making: Ethical Decision-Making, Record Keeping, and the Therapeutic Relationship in Extraordinary Times 2. Purposes of Clinical Records 3. Documenting Informed Consent 4. Characteristics and Contents of Good Records 5. Confidentiality 6. Exceptions to Confidentiality 7. Developing Policies and Procedures for Protecting Confidentiality and Managing Its Exceptions 8. Boundary Challenges: Impact of Digital Communication on the Therapeutic Relationship 9. Inactive Records: Access, Retention and Destruction 10. Using Patients' Records as Therapeutic Tools 11. Clinical Supervision Records 12. Teaching Record Keeping 13. Sailing in Choppy Waters: Therapists Navigating in the Legal System 14. Planning for Interruptions or Closures of Psychotherapy Practices 15. Using Principles of Ethical Decision-Making: Case Studies

Autorentext

Ellen T. Luepker, MSW, BCD, is a licensed psychologist and clinical social worker in private practice and Psychiatry Instructor in the University of Minnesota Medical School. She was honored by the National Academy of Practice as a Distinguished Practitioner and by the National Association of Social Workers as a Social Work Pioneer, and received Smith College's Day Garrett Award for her contributions to professional standards in mental health.

Inhalt

1. ****A Decade in the Making: Ethical Decision-Making, Record Keeping, and the Therapeutic Relationship in Extraordinary Times 2. Purposes of Clinical Records 3. Documenting Informed Consent 4. Characteristics and Contents of Good Records 5. Confidentiality 6. Exceptions to Confidentiality 7. Developing Policies and Procedures for Protecting Confidentiality and Managing Its Exceptions 8. Boundary Challenges: Impact of Digital Communication on the Therapeutic Relationship 9. Inactive Records: Access, Retention and Destruction 10. Using Patients' Records as Therapeutic Tools 11. Clinical Supervision Records 12. Teaching Record Keeping 13. Sailing in Choppy Waters: Therapists Navigating in the Legal System 14. Planning for Interruptions or Closures of Psychotherapy Practices 15. Using Principles of Ethical Decision-Making: Case Studies