This presentation examines that types of professional acts which result in loss of license, probation and lawsuits. We review data samples of actions against professionals, with an eye toward issues that EMDR specialists should particularly know…
This presentation focuses on legal/ethical developments that have taken place over the past two years or are developing now. The program emphasizes changes to child abuse reporting laws, laws concerning the reporting of danger to self and others,…
This workshop reviews the areas of professional functions that have been most associated with regulatory problems for mental health professionals, including sexual and non-sexual boundary violations, “law-psych” interfaces, competence, “moral”…
If a witness asks for therapy during the course of prosecution You must inform the prosecutor and police of the request. You must discuss the nature of the therapy with the prosecutor so decisions may be made on how to proceed. The prosecutor…
Shapiro (2001) notes that, “if a crime victim, witness or police officer is being treated for a critical incident, it is essential to establish whether a legal deposition or any specific kind of trial testimony is or may be required of the…
I am a recovering victim of the Family Law "injustice" system. I am an EMDR Senior Trainer. These two worlds will be forever intertwined in my life, as I could not have survived these last five years of "legal violence and abuse" perpetrated on me by…
As a result of the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal's decision in R v Tillott & Ors on 1 September 1995 it has become important to provide procedural guidelines for obtaining evidence of witnesses who have undergone hypnosis or Eye Movement…
This paper reviews the issues with which EMDR practitioners need to be familiar when working with EMDR in a legal context. It will cover issues relating to good practice in the legal context including consent, reliability of evidence and expert…
