CAMFT Ethics Code Update

Curt and Katie talk about the updates to the Ethics Code for CAMFT that was approved in December, 2019. We talk about the new guidance on testimonials, marketing to each other’s clients, and duplication of services. We look at what we can do and what we probably still shouldn’t do.         

It’s time to reimagine therapy and what it means to be a therapist. To support you as a whole person and a therapist, your hosts, Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy talk about how to approach the role of therapist in the modern age.

In this episode we talk about:

• The California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT) Code of Ethics Update
• Solicitation of testimonials – clarifying who you can ask for testimonials
• Re-evaluating clients, looking at how they have their own agency and autonomy
• Defining “undue influence,” seeking legal definition to aid the understanding what should be considered within the ethics code change
• Looking at how the perceived or actual power differential impact can be considered
• Even if we can, should we solicit testimonials?
• Appropriate tactics for asking for testimonials
• Looking at antitrust and other reasons for these changes
• Why we can now compete for each other’s clients
• How we can see each other’s clients
• Do what makes sense and don’t be a jerk