Brand-New!
Law & Ethics CEs!
Burnout Prevention: The Ethics of Self-Care in Clinical Practice
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Wednesday, October 28th, 2026 | 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours (NBCC and NASW-WA Approved): 3 Law & Ethics CEs | $99.00
Burnout prevention is not a luxury — it is an ethical responsibility embedded in competent clinical care.
This continuing education workshop invites clinicians to examine burnout through the lens of professional ethics, exploring how chronic stress, overextension, compassion fatigue, and systemic pressures impact clinical judgment, attunement, documentation quality, and client safety. Grounded in professional codes of ethics and supported by research on clinician impairment and occupational stress, this experiential training moves beyond surface-level “self-care tips” to address sustainable boundaries, workload realities, values alignment, and structural inequities in the field.
Participants will engage in reflective exercises, case analysis, and practical planning to develop ethically grounded, prevention-focused strategies that protect both client welfare and clinician longevity.
Workshop Objectives:
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
- Identify ethical standards related to clinician competence, impairment, and self-monitoring, and explain how burnout can compromise clinical effectiveness and client welfare.
- Analyze the impact of chronic stress and occupational burnout on therapeutic presence, decision-making, boundary clarity, and risk management.
- Apply at least three ethically grounded burnout-prevention strategies that support sustainable practice, including boundary-setting, workload calibration, and systemic advocacy.
- Develop a personalized, values-aligned burnout prevention plan that integrates ethical responsibility with realistic professional demands.