Understand how devices may be intruding into the therapeutic space
Presented by Dr. Lisa Wenninger, LPCC, NCC, BC-TMH
2 CEs available
Free for Marin CAMFT members and RECAMFT reciprocal chapter members
This training will not be recorded. Please plan to attend the "live" session on Zoom if you are interested in this learning activity.
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PLEASE NOTE: After you sign up here, you'll be sent instructions on how to complete a separate registration step with Zoom, which is how you will get your Zoom link. You can do that in advance, or right before the meeting begins. This registration step lets us more accurately track attendance in the Zoom meeting for our compliance purposes as a CE provider.
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Workshop Description
This workshop came about following a post on the RECAMFT listserv on this topic from Diane Gleim, LMFT. That post was shared with the Marin CAMFT listserv too. This generated a robust discussion among colleagues who expressed concerns and raised questions about technology in the therapy room, which inspired this program to be created. Thank you, Diane, for starting the conversation! RECAMFT members are able to join this Marin CAMFT training for free through the reciprocal benefits between both chapters.
This 2-hour training for therapists offers a practical explanation for how technology works in the world around us, with a focus on everyday devices such as cell phones, home security, and speaker systems that might be listening in on our sessions or tracking our behaviors. Participants will think through the implications of privacy and confidentiality together, and gain concrete guidelines for how to integrate awareness of technology into the therapeutic frame. The training will spell out what therapists' obligations are under the HIPAA Privacy Rule, with specific recommendations for telehealth practice. Using real-world examples, the training will walk through how ambient recording, cloud storage, and data subpoenas may function in practice. A core component of the training focuses on building awareness within clinicians for how specific client populations such as Black and Brown clients, religious minorities such as Muslim clients, or clients with presenting concerns involving experiences of paranoia or even milder distrust, may be differently affected by the realities of surveillance, with emphasis on sensitively offering psychoeducation and informed consent based on client culture and identity.
Educational Goals
This training is designed to increase awareness of the infiltration of surveillance technology into modern life, and the potential impact on privacy and confidentiality in the treatment room. The intention behind this training is to equip therapists with information needed to possibly change their own use of certain technology within the therapeutic space, and give them confidence in speaking with at-risk clients about digital privacy.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this workshop, participants should be able to:
- Describe the difference between confidentiality and privacy, and explain what a therapist is obligated to protect.
- Identify at least 3 ways that modern technology may be tracking all of us in everyday life, including in the therapy room.
- Name at least 3 specific aspects of client identity, lived experience, or presenting concern to consider before discussing surveillance technologies with clients.
- Explain the topic of digital surveillance to clients and the implications of technology within therapy in a culturally-sensitive way.
Presenter Dr. Lisa Wenninger
Dr. Lisa Wenninger, LPCC, BC-TMH has a PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision from Antioch University Seattle, an MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Northwestern University, and an MBA from Columbia University. She holds the NBCC Board credential as a telemental health provider. She is a National Certified Counselor and is licensed in California, Washington, Idaho, and Virginia, with a telehealth-only social justice counseling practice working with individuals with marginalized identities. Dr. Wenninger serves on the Board of Counselors for Social Justice, which is a division of the American Counseling Association. She is also Founder and Executive Director of Resonant Equity, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that offers innovative equity-forward continuing education, mentorship, and advocacy, supervised practicum experiences, and trainee-facilitated counseling groups to support those being affected by the complexities of our chaotic world.
Registering for this Zoom training does not include access to any recording or an on-demand version.
You will be sent instructions on how to register with Zoom to get your personal Zoom link to use for attendance. Please read the email confirmation you receive after signing up on the Marin CAMFT website for these instructions.
Attendance at the live event in full and completion of the evaluation at the end qualifies for 2 hours of Continuing Education (2 CEs).
Date: Friday, May 8
Time: 12:00 to 2:00 pm Pacific
Cost: Free for current Marin CAMFT members and reciprocal chapter members (registration code required), $40 for non-members.
Location: Online via Zoom. Instructions for registering with Zoom, in order to receive your Personal Zoom Join Link, will be sent in your confirmation message from Marin CAMFT. You will need to complete that second Zoom-registration step in order to receive your Zoom Link by email.
Additional Information about Marin CAMFT CE Programs
For more information about the Friday Continuing Education Series or about joining the Marin CAMFT Continuing Education Committee, please contact our Director of Programs.
- Continuing Education: This workshop meets the qualifications for 2 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LEPs and/or LPCCs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. These CEs will be provided by Marin CAMFT (CAMFT Provider # 56895), which is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and LEPs. We regret that at this time we are not able to provide CE credits for Licensed Psychologists. Participants must attend the full duration of the program (on Zoom, or in person, per event details above) and complete the course evaluation to receive the CE completion certificate. Marin CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program and its contents. Contact our Director of Programs for more information.
- Continuing Education Goal: Marin CAMFT is committed to offering continuing education courses to train LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and LEPs to treat any client in an ethically and clinically sound manner based upon current accepted standards of practice.
- Refund Policy: Our refund policy for paid registrations requires a $20 processing fee, and we must be notified in advance of the event if you would like to cancel. We do not provide refunds in case of non-attendance by the registrant. Please allow up to a week from requesting the refund to it being processed. Participants who register for free may choose to cancel by emailing info@marincamft.org if they will not be attending, though this is not necessary. Please contact our Director of Programs with any questions.
- Request for Accommodations: If you need accommodations for this event, please contact the Director of Programs.
- Grievance Procedure: Marin CAMFT will respond to complaints in a reasonable, ethical and timely manner, when submitted by program attendees in writing to the Director of Programs.
- Anti-Discrimination Policy: Marin CAMFT shall not discriminate against any individual or group with respect to any service, program or activity based on gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, creed, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, ability, or other prohibited basis. Marin CAMFT does not require attendees to adhere to any particular religion or creed in order to participate in training. Marin CAMFT will not promote or advocate for a single modality of treatment that is discriminatory or likely to harm clients based on current accepted standards or practice.
Continuing education credits are available for attendance in the Zoom presentation. You must stay on the Zoom meeting for the entirety of the training and complete the course evaluation afterward in order to receive a completion certificate. Because of the requirement to attend the training in full, if you attempt to log in to the Zoom late, after the training is already underway, you may not be admitted. Please log onto the event promptly at the listed start time.
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