Friday, August 9, 2024 11 am - 1 pm

$50 per person includes 2 hours Continuing Education credit for Core Ethics hours for LMFT, LPC and LCSW.

Course Description:
In AAMFT’s Code of Ethics, Sub-principle 1.3 addresses the issue of the possible exploitation of and the misuse of power and influence involved when multiple relationships are occurring. In our LMFT and LPC training and education, we were all encouraged to avoid multiple relationships, but were NOT well trained in HOW to manage these relationships when they are present.  This two-hour workshop will focus on the challenges that therapists often face with their clients, their supervisors, their colleagues, and their work supervisors when multiple relationships are unavoidable and attempt to offer ethical guidelines and possible therapeutic guidelines that decreases the likelihood of doing harm. Finally, this workshop will also explore what the possible benefits are when multiple relationships foster healthy human development.

Presenter Bio: Michael L. Chafin, M. Div., M. Ed, LMFT

Mr. Chafin is a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and Pastoral Counselor who has practiced psychotherapy for over 40 years.  He is a Clinical Fellow and Approved Supervisor with the American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy (AAMFT), a Fellow with the American Association of Pastoral Counselors, and a member of the Atlanta Group Psychotherapy Society.  He has practiced at the Brookwood Center for Psychotherapy since 1989, specializing in working with depressed men, couples, families, and individuals with existential life crises. Facilitating groups is one of his favorite professional activities. He has served as Treasurer of AAMFT, President of GAMFT, Chair of AAMFT’s Ethics Committee, and was President Elect – President – Past President of AAMFT from 2011 to 2015. He has presented workshops at local, regional, and national conferences on Symbolic-Experiential Psychotherapy, Supervision, and Ethics.

Learning Objectives

1.     Participants will learn how to identify when multiple relationships are present and what role/roles each person is playing.

2.     Participants will explore the possible ways in which the misuse of power can be harmful and how to avoid these situations.

3.     Participants will explore the possible therapeutic benefits that arise from having multiple relationships.