More Than One Hat: Navigating the Ethics of Multiplicity in Professional Relationships
September 5, 2025 | 8:30am to 11:45am CT | 3.0 CE credit hours
Virtual (via Zoom)
*Registration for this course CLOSES on Tuesday, September 2, 2025at 5pm CT*
CE/CEU credits included: 3.0 (see below for approval details). You must attend 90% of this webinar to receive continuing education credits (partial credit not awarded). Attendance is monitored.
Format: Live virtual workshop via Zoom. If you are interested on the on-demand version of this course, click here.
Investment: Early registration rate (through August 8, 2025) is $78, and the price increases to $119 thereafter.
- Bulk pricing is available for 10+ seats purchased by an organization for their employees. Contact us for details.
Presenter: Erin Haugen, PhD, LP, CMPC (see bio below)
Abstract:
Mental health professionals frequently encounter scenarios in which they need to ethically navigate multiple/dual relationships to maintain safety and security for those they serve. Multiple relationships can range from unavoidable, common, or even mandatory in some situations (Zur, 2017). At the same time, non-sexual dual relationships are among the most common ethical violations for mental health professionals (ASPPB, 2024; Rollins & Grames, 2022; Wilkinson et al., 2019). Therefore, it is important to not only have reliable ethical decision-making frameworks to use when navigating these tricky situations but also consider a variety of risk management strategies to potentially shrink future ethical dilemmas. This webinar focuses on elements, including important cultural considerations, that mental health professionals can evaluate when navigating multiple/dual relationships. The presenter will discuss ethical codes from various disciplines and offer a variety of risk mitigation strategies that can be used. Finally, an ethical decision-making model grounded in positive psychology (Knapp & Fingerhut, 2024) will be presented and applied to at least one ethical scenario. Overall, participants will leave this webinar with a better understanding and effective tools to ethically navigate dual and multiple relationships as mental health professionals.
Objectives:
- Describe three elements to consider regarding multiple/dual relationships as a licensed mental health professional (LMHP)
- Identify two ethical codes that apply to multiple/dual relationships as a LMHP
- Describe two risk mitigation strategies to use for ethical challenges related to multiple/dual relationships
- Explain an ethical decision-making model grounded in positive psychology and apply to at least one ethical challenge
Non-Discrimination:
HPC and ATAGF do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, disability, military status, sexual orientation, or age.
Conflict of Interest Statements:
There is no known commercial support for this program, nor are there any relationships between the CE sponsor, presenting organization, presenter, program content, research, grants, or other funding that could be construed as conflicts of interests. Dr. Haugen is the Founder & CEO of Haugen Performance Consulting, PLLC. There is also no commercial support or benefits for endorsement of products (e.g., books, training, drugs).
The presenter will inform participants of the utility and validity of content discussed (including the basis for statements about utility/validity), as well as limitations of the approach and the most common and severe risks, if any, associated with program content.
Requests for Accommodations:
HPC and ATAGF are committed to accessibility and non-discrimination in all aspects of its continuing education activities. Participants with special needs should contact program organizers so reasonable accommodations can be made.
To request accommodations, contact ATAGF's Continuing Education Vice Chair, Christine Boulton-Olson, PhD, LP, at [email protected].
Presenter: Erin Haugen, PhD, LP, CMPC
Dr. Haugen is a licensed psychologist and consultant specializing in clinical & sport psychology. She has a PhD in clinical psychology and is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant ® (CMPC) through the Association for Applied Sport Psychology.
Dr. Haugen is a nationally sought-after speaker in athletic training and sport psychology. She presents regularly at the annual meetings of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA), Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP), American Psychological Association (APA), and the invitation-only CCSPA/Big Sky Sport Psychology Conference. She presents nationally about athlete mental health, interdisciplinary care, ethics, and performance psychology. She authors articles and book chapters related to athlete mental health, sport psychology, ethics, and supervision.
Dr. Haugen is a former member (2017-2019) and past-president (2018-2019) of the North Dakota State Board of Psychologist Examiners (NDSBPE) and is the Founder & CEO of Haugen Performance Consulting, PLLC.
Course Curriculum
Continuing Education Approvals (CE/CEU)
This course is available for 3.0 continuing education hours. You must attend 90% of the course to receive credit, and attendance is monitored. Credit will not be given for partial viewing/attendance.
This course is co-sponsored by Assessment and Therapy Associates of Grand Forks, PLLC.
Psychologists: Assessment and Therapy Associates of Grand Forks, PLLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Assessment and Therapy Associates of Grand Forks, PLLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
ND Licensed Social Workers: Assessment and Therapy Associates of Grand Forks, PLLC, is approved by the North Dakota Board of Social Work Examiners (NDBSWE) to sponsor continuing education for social workers in North Dakota (approval through 4/5/26, provider #P-217). This course is listed on CE Broker for 3.0 continuing education hours in ethics.
ND Licensed Counselors: This course will be submitted to the North Dakota Board of Counselor Examiners (NDBCE) for 3.0 continuing education hours in ethics.
ND Licensed Addiction Counselors: Assessment and Therapy Associates of Grand Forks is an approved continuing education provider for the North Dakota Board of Addiction Counseling Examiners (NDBACE; approval through 1/29/26).
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