Legal & Ethical Issues, Part IV - David Jensen, JD

In this new workshop, Dave Jensen will review the ten things that the psychotherapy profession comes down to and the following subjects:  the standard of care; the differences between one's right to privacy and a therapist's duty to maintain confidentiality of patient information, including both mandated and permitted exceptions to confidentiality; and, the fundamentals of reporting elder and dependent adult abuse.

Dave Jensen has been a Staff Attorney with CAMFT since April 2002. He was born in Flint, Michigan, but was raised in Tustin, California. Dave graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor’s Degree in History, and he received his law degree from the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, California. Dave passed the California bar examination in February 1999, and he did it on his first try! Before joining CAMFT, Dave worked for Foley & Lardner, a large national law firm, where he regularly established and advised nonprofit organizations. As an attorney with CAMFT, he consults with its members regarding their legal and ethical dilemmas, and he is a regular contributor to The Therapist magazine.  Dave gives numerous law and ethics presentations to chapters, schools, and agencies, and his popular What Does the Law Expect of Me? series, which includes Parts I, II, III, and IV, have helped therapists to better understand their legal and ethical obligations.