Ethical dilemmas with jack blackburn, MA, LMT
This class is an experientially based approach to ethics. You will examine principles and terminology that underlie professional ethical guidelines and how they apply to your practice and personal sense of ethics. We will be examining the challenges and benefits of long-term therapeutic relationships, and we will draw upon ethical dilemmas from our practices, rather than hypothetical ones.
Ethical Dilemmas is a heartfelt look at problems that arise in human interactions, how to get help from our peers and mentors, how to fill in our own missing pieces, and how to provide an ethical context that is safe and nurturing for you and your clients.
Please note that this class is not about learning a set of ethical precepts in order to avoid lawsuits.
Goals of the Workshop
Explore ethical problems of therapeutic relationships such as:
・Transference, countertransference, dual relationships, personal boundaries
・Explore the ethical differences between giving care and taking care
・Learn and practice basic principles of peer supervision
・Develop greater comfort in working with difficult client issues
・Develop more appropriate boundaries with clients
・Explore how our ethics change as our roles change
・Explore the dynamics of compulsive caretaking
・Look at the sources of ethical guidelines
“I have come to believe that there are minimum requirements for providing stability and safety that underlie any attempt to examine any ethical dilemma that arises in our practice. In order to reach an ethical solution we have to be honest with ourselves. We develop that honesty by being wiling to look at the unknowns in our own personal make-up. Life experience is an invaluable tool for discovering our own beliefs, vulnerabilities, and mistakes. ‘Do not trust anyone who has not made mistakes’ is a good axiom in discovering a true basis for ethics.” ~ Jack Blackburn
“Being ethical is not limited simply to knowing and following ethical codes, laws and regulations. Ethical behavior also involves striving to bring the highest values into one’s work and aspiring to do one’s best in all interactions: doing the right thing in the right manner for the right reasons and with the right attitude.” ~ The Ethics of Touch by Ben Benjamin and Cherie Sohnen-Moe
Recommended Reading: The Educated Heart by Nina McIntosh, and The Ethics of Caring: Honoring the Web of Life in Our Professional Healing Relationships by Kylea Taylor.
Jack Blackburn, LMP, (WA license #MA3470) has a Master's in Theological Studies, is a Certified Spiritual Director, and specializes in body centered spiritual growth and healing. He has been a Trager practitioner since 1986, a Trager tutor since 1993, has taught Trager electives classes since 1996, and teaches a variety of classes to caregiving professionals. Jack is an NCBTMB-approved Continuing Education provider and AMTA National Presenter. He is a Focusing Trainer and teaches Bodywork Focusing classes for professionals. Jack is also a Reiki Master and teaches levels I, II, III and Advanced Reiki for Bodyworkers.
Jack’s website: https://presencingsource.com
Instructor: Jack Blackburn
CE hours: 4 (NCBTMB-approved for CE credit, and satisfies the WA ethics requirement)
Date and Time: Wednesday, July 23rd, 6pm-10pm
Tuition: $75, with a $25 non-refundable deposit. The remaining balance will be paid directly to Jack Blackburn prior to the course via PayPal or credit card.
Payments are non-refundable and non-transferable. You will need to be on either a laptop or a desktop (not a cellphone) with a good internet connection to attend and participate. Students are expected to leave their cameras on and fully participate in class.
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