Gestalt Webinar: Ethics in the profession of psychotherapist(s) – Dr. Agnieszka Mościcka-Teske

Gestalt Webinar: Ethics in the profession of psychotherapist(s) – Dr. Agnieszka Mościcka-Teske

1. Foundations and sources of professional ethics

• Codes of ethics: overview of the most important guidelines (PTPG, EAGT, EAP, PTP, PTPSP) and their hierarchy with respect to Polish law.
• The rights of the client person versus the duties of the psychotherapist_x: the principle of acting for the benefit of the client person, professional responsibility, professional integrity and honesty, the principle of justice, respect for human rights.
• Supervision as a fuse: the ethical obligation to subject work to constant scrutiny.

2. Professional secrecy and its limits

• Absolute confidentiality: what does secrecy cover and how to talk about it in the first session?
• Critical situations: when the law imposes an obligation to break confidentiality (danger to life, health, crimes against minors).
• Medical records: how to keep notes to protect the therapeutic process and the privacy of the client person in case of a subpoena.

3. Informed consent and psychotherapeutic contract

• The contracting process: what the client person needs to know before starting work (methods, goals, costs, supervision).
• Consent of minors and incapacitated persons: legal and ethical pitfalls in working with systems.
• Managing expectations: realism vs. promises of a cure – the ethics of marketing therapy services.

4. Therapeutic relationship

• Dual relationships: why don’t we treat friends and is it okay to go for coffee with an ex-client?
• Sexual and emotional abuse: mechanism of boundary crossing and systemic ways to prevent abuse.

5. Cultural sensitivity and values

• Neutrality vs. commitment: how to deal with conflicting values (e.g., religious, political, worldview) between psychotherapist_x and client?
• Inclusive work: ethical obligation to expand cultural competence and avoid microaggressions.

6. Ethics versus AI in psychotherapy

• How to use ethically at Chata GPT – using technology with concern for customers

Gestalt Webinar: Ethics in the profession of psychotherapist(s) – Dr. Agnieszka Mościcka-Teske – about the presenter:

Psychologist, therapist, crisis interventionist, head of the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology at SWPS University in Poznan. She deals with issues of stress and ways of coping with it. She is the author of programs for the prevention of psychosocial risks and the author of scientific publications on stress, professional burnout and bullying, ways to counteract them and factors that support development and mental health.

Head of the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology in the Faculty of Psychology and Law at Poznan SWPS University. Graduate of the School of Trainers and Psychotherapists of the Gestalt Therapy Institute in Krakow. EMDR therapist. Ericksonian hypnotherapist. Consultant, interventionist, therapist and trainer in the topics of communication and assertiveness and coping with stress, professional burnout, aggression in the workplace, bullying and sexual harassment. Expert appointed to participate in Anti-Mobbing Committees. Creator and implementer of health promotion and psychosocial risk prevention programs.