Ethics and professional conduct CPD
About the course
This CPD explores the basics and some of the more challenging aspects of ethical practice. By attending this course, you will:
- increase your understanding of your responsibilities as a therapist in terms of legal and ethical issues
- increase your awareness of potential dilemmas
- gain confidence in dealing with issues of an ethical and professional manner
This module will help you to understand:
- What is ‘ethics’ and why do we need it?
- What are the key principles of ethical practice and how does that work with SFH?
- What are the therapist’s responsibilities to the client? E.g. the therapeutic relationship, consent, risk assessment, safeguarding, discrimination, confidentiality, data protection, contracts
- What are the therapist’s other responsibilities? E.g. supervision, record keeping, self-care, professional development
- The course content will refer to Ethics and the Law, and to professional codes of conduct provided by various bodies such as AfSFH, NCH, CNHC.
The course will include group discussions around potential ethical dilemmas and how to respond to them. Research and legal references and recommendations for further reading will be provided where appropriate.
About the presenter
Jane Fox, BSc (Hons), MSc, AHD, HPD, DSFH, SFH Sup (Hyp), MNCH (Acc), MAfSFH (Reg), MNCH (Reg).
Prior to training as a hypnotherapist, Jane worked in the pharmaceutical industry for 30 years as a Clinical Research Associate, monitoring clinical trials for new medications and medical devices. In this role, she was responsible for writing research documentation such as ethics committee applications, MHRA research applications and Patient Information and Consent Forms.
She trained with CPHT in Manchester achieving the DSFH and HPD in 2014. Further studies enabled her to become a Solution Focused Supervisor in 2018 and she achieved the Advanced Hypnotherapy Diploma in 2022.
Jane is Senior Lecturer for CPHT Sheffield and currently runs two CPDs for CPHT – the Psychoneuroimmunology module of the AHD and the Back-to-Basics refresher CPD.
Since leaving clinical research, Jane continues to have a strong interest in research and ethics and has set up a research programme for CPHT to evidence the efficacy of solution-focused hypnotherapy.
Booking
To book your place on this CPD, and browse other CPD events, please visit CPHT.
NB: This CPD event is for qualified hypnotherapists only.