Droste Trainings

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CEU Trainings

CEUs

HERE is a site where people can sign up Earn CE Certificates for Viewing Live or Recorded edWebinars.

Recommended Resources

Free Resources For Clients

Free Apps: see the App Library on the NYC Well website
12-Step Resources: List of 12-Step Programs
Psycho Education: NAMI website

Termination

Best Practices

HERE is an article from GoodTherapy.org with some helpful guidance on how best to terminate work with a client

How To Terminate a Client (Therapy Notes, and other files)

If you terminate with a client, you must complete a Termination Note.

If a client doesn’t respond to outreach and an initial session hasn’t been completed, document that you notified the client of case closure and how to reach out again if they are interested in a contact note. No termination note is necessary as clinical work was not initiated.

Safety Planning

Complaints

How to handle Client Complaints

1) It is of great importance of check-in with clients on how things are going, especially if something is off

2) clients should know who your supervisor is – please clearly communicate it.

3) clients can reach out to Executive Director (Sarah Strole) with complaints. However, preference is always for clients to talk with therapist about issues.

Ethical complaints: Executive Director (Sarah Strole) will address (NASW Code of Ethics)

Therapist Satisfaction:

-Clinician should open up this conversation and invite feedback. talk about how to do this

Giving and Receiving Gifts

Droste policy is that therapists should not give client gifts. If there is a unique circumstance with a client where you believe it is in the best interest of the client and the clinical work to give a gift, discuss the situation with your supervisor and the Executive Director.

Droste also recommends that therapists do not accept gifts. This is because giving and receiving gifts can complicate the professional boundaries we are required to uphold by the Code of Ethics. That being said, there are times when accepting a gift from a client is warranted. Droste’s policy, if you do accept a gift from a client, is that the gift should not have significant financial value (think anything over $20) and there should always be a discussion about the gift with the client reiterating professional boundaries.

When you are making your ethical judgment call around deciding if you are going to accept a gift from a client, HERE is a framework to utilize as well as an additional discussion of ethical decision making HERE. Focus on the potential benefits and risks, ask yourself if accepting the gift is inline with our beneficent responsibility, and consider if there could be any harm in accepting the gift. Bottom line: Ask yourself, who benefits?