Supervision, Law, and Ethics Training

with 

Rachel Michaelsen, LCSW

Supervisors have ethical responsibilities to supervisees, clients, and the profession, and are guided by laws regarding client care and employment. This course provides the latest legal and ethical information to supervisors working in mental health settings. Topics include: ethical decision making, ethics of supervision, the difference between psychotherapy and supervision, laws that impact supervisors and supervisees, telemental health supervision, documentation, liability risk and risk prevention, supervisory competency expectations, ethical expectations of supervisees, termination of employment, dual relationships. Material will be covered through lecture, discussion, and vignettes.

Rachel Michaelsen, LCSW, is a clinical social worker who has worked in HMOs, public agencies, and private practice as both a mental-health provider and a supervisor for over thirty years. She is a CAMFT certified supervisor and has a Certificate in Advanced Supervision from Smith College School for Social Work. She teaches courses in clinical supervision, law and ethics, diagnoses, telemental health, time management, vicarious traumatization and energy psychology at universities, conferences, and mental-health agencies. She is a past chair of the Association for Energy Psychology’s Humanitarian Committee. Rachel maintains a clinical practice and provides group and individual consultation and supervision.

Schedule

9:00am - 9:15am - Introductions and Logistics
9:15am - 9:30am - Ethical Decision Making
9:30am - 9:45am - Ethical Supervision
9:45am - 10:45am - Laws that impact supervisors and supervisees/mandatory reporting issues
10:45am - 11:00am - Break
​11:00am - 11:15am - Supervision Via Telehealth
11:15am - 11:30am - Documentation 11:30am - 12:15pm - Supervisor Liability and Liability Risk Reduction
12:15pm - 12:45pm - Lunch
12:45pm - 1:30pm - Ethical expectations of supervisees
1:30pm - 2:00pm - Termination of Employment
2:00pm - 2:15pm - Break
2:15pm - 4:00pm - Dual Relationships

Date:        August 22nd, 2025
Time:       9am-4pm PDT
Location: Zoom
Cost:        $150 (licensed), $75 (pre-licensed/students)

Registration coming soon!

For more information about the Supervision, Law, and Ethics Training, please call(415) 488-6122 or email info@sf-bacc.org.

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