Law and Ethics - Navigating Gray Areas with Confidence: A Helpful Overview of Dual Relationships, Coaching Considerations for Therapists, and Soliciting Reviews and Testimonials from Patients

Law and Ethics

Navigating Gray Areas with Confidence: A Helpful Overview of Dual Relationships, Coaching Considerations for Therapists, and Soliciting Reviews and Testimonials from Patients

Friday, February 6, 2026

9am-12pm

with Bradley J. Muldrow, Esq., CAMFT Staff Attorney

3 CE credits

Online via CAMFT website (Zoom)

(click on on webinar series link or register now button below)

Description

Learn from CAMFT's expert attorneys in a Law and Ethics webinar series to support your practice.

Ever wonder why a lawyer’s favorite answer to just about any legal question is: “it depends”? Complex legal rules often create “gray area” scenarios which can be difficult to navigate without adequate guidance. In this three hour workshop, CAMFT staff attorney Bradley Muldrow, Esq. will provide helpful tips for navigating three law and ethics topics that are well known for encompassing multiple gray areas: dual relationships, coaching considerations for therapists, and soliciting reviews and testimonials from patients.

Educational Goals

Participants will learn how to recognize and navigate issues involving dual/multiple relationships. Participants will understand key legal and ethical issues therapists should consider when offering coaching services (in addition to their therapy services). Participants will recognize how the CAMFT Code of Ethics has changed to allow MFTs to solicit testimonials, and impliedly reviews, from certain patients, in appropriate circumstances. Participants will understand the concept of “undue influence” and how that understanding should shape their approaches to soliciting testimonials and reviews.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

1. Name three key ethical issues to assess when determining the appropriateness of continuing treatment despite the presence of dual/multiple relationships.
2. Distinguish the primary function of therapy malpractice liability insurance from that of coaching liability insurance.
3. State which patients MFTs may solicit testimonials, and impliedly reviews, from in appropriate circumstances.

Presenter

Bradley J. Muldrow, Esq., CAMFT Staff Attorney takes member phone calls regarding law and ethics issues and contributes articles on those subjects to CAMFT's publication, the Therapist. Prior to joining CAMFT’s legal team, Brad worked on litigation and regulatory matters as an attorney for San Diego Gas & Electric Company. Since becoming an attorney, Brad has given law and ethics presentations to attorneys and judges as a member of the J. Clifford Wallace Inn of Court. He has also served as a board member for the Earl B. Gilliam Bar Foundation, a San Diego-based nonprofit.

Other Details

Cost: 

Chapter members: $60

CAMFT members: $65

Non-member $85

Members of a local chapter will receive a $5 discount on the Law and Ethics webinars. It's our way of saying thank you for being a valued part of the chapter community.

Can't attend the webinar? No problem! Be sure to register until the day of the webinar as it will be recorded and your registration will have access to the recording for 2 months and you will still be able to earn your CEs.