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When Legal, Ethical, and Political Concerns Collide

Interactive workshop on navigating political, ethical, and legal dilemmas (e.g abortion, gun safety) using practical decision-making models.

These are uncertain and challenging times. The COVID-19 pandemic, racial tensions, climate change, and political turmoil affect psychologists and our clients. This highly interactive workshop invites participants to consider ethical dilemmas raised by potential conflicts between political, ethical, and legal issues (e.g., abortion, gun safety). Discussion will focus on practice strategies for responding to these difficult issues. This workshop will also involve the participants in the application of ethical decision-making, and participants are invited to discuss their own ethical dilemmas.

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:

Recognize typical ways of perceiving political issues.
Develop a strategy for responding to contentious issues using psychology’s overarching ethical values.
Identify strategies for considering how to handle potential conflicts between legal and ethical issues.

Presenter

Linda K. Knauss, Ph.D., ABPP is a Professor Emerita at Widener University’s Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology. Dr. Knauss is the Past-chair of the American Psychological Association’s Ethics Committee, the American Board of Professional Psychology’s Ethics Committee, the Pennsylvania Psychological Association’s Ethics Committee, and has served as Co-chair of the Philadelphia Society of Clinical Psychologists’ Ethics Committee. In 2024, Dr. Knauss received the American Psychological Association Ethics Committee Lifetime Award for Accomplishments in Ethics Education. Dr. Knauss taught courses in ethics at Widener University, Immaculata University, and the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. She has authored several book chapters and journal articles on ethics and has taught many continuing education workshops on a variety of ethical issues.

Audience

For any and all therapists, licensed and non-licensed.

For any students wanting to expand their understanding of this area.

Training Benefits

3 NBCC credits

Training can be applied toward required ethics hours for licensure.

Confidence handling charged clinical topics
Training directly addresses how to respond to sensitive and polarizing issues (e.g., abortion, gun safety, sociopolitical stressors) in a way that is clinically grounded, ethical, and professionally defensible.

Practical frameworks, not abstract ethicsClinicians are taught concrete decision-making models they can apply in real time, especially when there is no clear “right” answer and multiple systems (client needs, law, ethics, organization) are involved.

Improved clinical judgment under pressureThrough case discussion and application exercises, participants build the ability to slow down, think critically, and make sound decisions in emotionally charged or ambiguous situations common in IOP and PHP work.

Stronger boundary-setting and risk managementTraining helps clinicians identify where ethical responsibility ends and legal obligation begins, reducing uncertainty, burnout, and liability-related anxiety.

Increased self-awareness around bias and perceptionParticipants learn to recognize how personal beliefs, political views, and emotional reactions can unconsciously influence clinical judgment—and how to manage that impact professionally.

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Virtual

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February 4, 2026

9AM-12PM

Approved by the National Board of Certified Counselors

Sanare Today has been approved by the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC) as an Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP)! We value our staff's continuing education and want to enhance every clinician's ability to learn and grow their own skills while also offering excellent clinical services. This is why we have taken this next step to be an ACEP, which will allow us to provide regular, monthly CEU trainings for all Sanare staff and the community. If you have any questions, please reach out to Lauren Rudolph, lrudolph@sanare-today.websitepro.hosting.

Sanare Today welcomes any clinician who is eligible for Continuing Education Trainings. Our training environment is geared toward inclusivity, and we welcome all ages, abilities, cultures, ethnicities, races, gender identities, sexual orientations, and religions.

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If you have a disability that you feel may impede your ability to participate in this training, please contact us at least 3 weeks in advance of the training in order for us to provide reasonable accommodations. We cannot ensure accommodations without adequate prior notification.

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We want to provide equal access to our training. If you are in need of any kind of accommodation to attend this training, please reach out to us so we can work with you to set up any accommodations needed. lrudolph@sanare-today.websitepro.hosting.

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Confidentiality Statement: All participant identifying information will be kept confidential upon registration of this training. Each participant can choose what name and identifying information to present on their Zoom screen.

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Sanare Today, LLC maintains responsibility for all aspects of this program and its content.

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There is no known commercial support for this program.