2023-2024 Graduate Catalog

CMH 630 Professional Issues, Laws & Advanced Ethics in Clinical Mental Health

This course will help clinical mental health counseling students explore the relationship between the law, the framework of ethics, and clinical mental health counseling. Legal duties and the rights of clients and providers will be discussed. The course will also provide a forum for the exploration and analysis of ethical questions and dilemmas encountered by managers and clinicians in clinical mental health counseling. An advanced look is taken of individual state legal requirements as well as well case law impacting counseling ethics.

Credits

3