Ethics and Boundaries: Embracing the Gray in Post-Pandemic Practice

**Choose from 2 Sessions:**
Sessions Available	Time	Location
October 4, 2024	8:30am - 12:30pm CST	Holiday Inn Pewaukee-Milwaukee West, Lake Nagawicka and Lake Okauchee rooms N14 W24140 Tower Place Pewaukee, WI 53072
February 7, 2025	8:30am - 12:30pm CST	Zoom

Fee: $15 full members only

Trainer(s): Dana Johnson, MSW, CAPSW

Continuing Education Hours: 4.0

Course Description

Boundaries have been blurred, the landscape of our professional practice have encroached upon our personal lives, and the relationships with our clients and colleagues have changed. The pandemic asked much of us by way of flexibility and adaptation; much of it to best serve our clients, but at what cost? Is virtual practice blending into your home life? Do you feel like the clear and rigid boundaries you once had created to protect dual relationships have crumbled or blurred? Have colleagues gotten a glimpse into your world via the virtual space, perhaps sharing more than what seems comfortable? We will explore all the new gray areas in our practice and collegial spaces. Uniquely, participants in the session will provide examples of ethical dilemmas they have faced and will walk through the challenges to learn how to best embrace, or color the gray, to improve ethical decision making when circumstances arise.

Learning Objectives:

Explore and learn how to apply an ethical decision-making model in everyday practice.
Discover the importance of focus; learning to be fully present and request what you need to maintain healthy boundaries with clients and colleagues.
Understand and apply varying forms of intelligence when setting healthy boundaries and settling ethical disputes.
Learn and understand the ‘Art of Listening in a Healing Way.’
Recognize and embrace the gray of personal decision making when ethical dilemmas are presented.

Note: The workshop will require participants to submit case scenarios/case studies at the time of submission. Each scenario/study will be incorporated into a future workshop to be examined, reviewed using an ethical screening tool, and consensus formed as to the best approach forward. Half or more of the session will be in the discussion of case scenarios/studies that encourage significant study, practice, and use of an ethical screening tool, as well as a review of the American Counseling Association ethical code and best practice.

About Your Trainer

Dana Johnson, MSW, CAPSW

Dana Johnson, MSW, CAPSW holds a Master of Social Work degree in the State of Wisconsin. He has over 12 years of direct practice and senior level management experience in county human services, educator in 2 and 4-year higher education institutions and operates a consulting and professional development business for adult learners. His experience in organizational leadership, supervision of teams, conducting agency and culture change, policy analysis, LEAN process, continuous quality improvement and organizational effectiveness; has enhanced and transformed organizations. His areas of expertise include leadership development, innovation, child welfare services and reform, ethics and boundaries, trauma-informed care, strategic planning, and diversity, equity and inclusion.