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Dual Relationship Distress: Minimizing Burnout for Therapists Working with Teens & Their Families

CE Hours 1.5

About this course

Teen therapists and family therapists are at greatest risk for burnout because of the multiple roles they inherently have to navigate with the families they treat. Together, participants will learn strategies for mitigating this burnout by minimizing the dual relationship distress. We will also discuss a phasic approach for working with teens and families to improve clinical outcomes, protect rapport with both teens and parents alike, and collaborate with other professionals to support our work in this area.

Learning Objectives

  • Define and list the multiple roles that therapists play when treating adolescents and their families.
  • Analyze and discuss the clinical implications and burnout risks associated with dual relationships in adolescent therapy.
  • Utilize 10 strategies for minimizing burnout from dual relationships in adolescent therapy.
  • Assess and adapt the efficacy of their current treatment approaches using a model that implements these strategies.

Learning Levels

  • Intermediate

Target Audience

This training is intended for therapists, counselors, clinical social workers, or other relevant mental healthcare providers who treat children and adolescents and/or their families. The nature of our conversation will include some themes of systemic work and/or clinical burnout at intermediate-to-advanced learning levels. Beginning learners in the field of child and adolescent mental health are still welcomed and encouraged to attend!

Course Instructor(s)

  • Laura Goldstein, LCMFT

    Laura Goldstein is a licensed clinical marriage and family therapist in Rockville MD. She is the founder and Executive Director of Montgomery County Counseling Center and the founder of TheraCourses! She has worked across multiple settings including in-home behavioral health services, IOPS for adolescent dual diagnosis treatment and young adults struggling to launch, and her private practice. 

    Laura is trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) from Behavioral Tech and has been fine tuning the application of DBT into individual therapy, parent coaching, and family therapy. She also trained in 2017 with The Gottman Couples Method, which is a seamless integration of DBT concepts when working with couples. With over 12 years of experience in the field, Laura has established herself as a local expert in relationship therapy, public speaking, and therapy practice management.

    In 2022, she launched TheraCourses, an e-course platform with innovative solutions to address the obstacles of accessing affordable psychoeducation that parents need in order to prevent and/or treat the adolescent mental health crisis we face today.

Disclosure

Financial Conflict of Interest: Laura Goldstein, LCMFT is the trainer for this presentation as well as the owner of Montgomery County Counseling Center and TheraCourses. The first hour and a half of this training is strictly educational and therefore eligible for CEs. The last 30 minutes of this training is an introduction to TheraCourses, an e-courses platform that serves as a resource to solve some of the issues discussed throughout the training. Laura Goldstein, LCMFT receives financial benefit from purchases of both this training as well as any TheraCourses purchases that may result from this marketing opportunity.

References

  • Ryder, R. and Hepworth, J. (1990), AAMFT ETHICAL CODE: “DUAL RELATIONSHIPS”. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 16: 127-132. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-0606.1990.tb00833.x
  • Caring for People We Know: An Unrecognized Risk for Burnout? (2022) Sue E. Morris, Anna C. Revette, Douglas E. Brandoff, Richard E. Leiter, Timothy S. Sannes, and Jane deLima Thomas Journal of Palliative Medicine 0 0:0
  • Moleski, S.M. and Kiselica, M.S. (2005), Dual Relationships: A Continuum Ranging From the Destructive to the Therapeutic. Journal of Counseling & Development, 83: 3-11. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1556-6678.2005.tb00574.x
  • American Counseling Association. (2014). 2014 ACA code of ethics. https://www.counseling.org/docs/default-source/default-document-library/2014-code-of-ethics-finaladdress.pdf
  • Knauss, L. K., & Knauss, J. W. (2012). Ethical issues in multiperson therapy. In S. J. Knapp, M. C. Gottlieb, M. M. Handelsman, & L. D. VandeCreek (Eds.), APA handbook of ethics in psychology, Vol. 2. Practice, teaching, and research (pp. 29–43). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/13272-003
  • Kotera Y, Maxwell-Jones R, Edwards AM, Knutton N. Burnout in Professional Psychotherapists: Relationships with Self-Compassion, Work-Life Balance, and Telepressure. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(10):5308. Published 2021 May 17. doi:10.3390/ijerph18105308
  • Simionato, G., Simpson, S., & Reid, C. (2019). Burnout as an ethical issue in psychotherapy. Psychotherapy, 56(4), 470–482. https://doi.org/10.1037/pst0000261

CE Process Info

Content

  • Materials
    2 parts
    • DRD Slides
    • DRD Video
  • Association of Social Work Boards

    Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)

    Montgomery County Counseling Center Provider #1935, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continue Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continued education credit. ACE provider approval period: (7/22/2024-7/22/2025). Social workers completing this course receive 1.5 clinical continuing education credits.

Dual Relationship Distress: Minimizing Burnout for Therapists Working with Teens & Their Families
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  • Publication Date
    Sep 27th, 2024

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