An Online Course: <a class="mi" href="/course/standard-of-care/">Standard of Care in Psychotherapy &amp; Counseling</a>
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<li><a class="mi" href="/standard-of-care-therapy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Standard of Care in Psychotherapy and Counseling: Bringing Clarity to an Illusive Standard</a></li>
<li><a class="mi" href="https://zur-institute.sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/migrated/media/touch_standardofcare.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Standard of Care on Physical Touch in Psychotherapy</a></li>
<li><a class="mi" href="/risk-management/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Risk Management v. Standard of Care</a></li>
<li><a class="mi" href="http://www.williamspsychologicalservices.com/SAdocs/bv.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boundary violations: Do some contended standards of care fail to encompass commonplace procedures of Humanistic, Behavioral, and Eclectic Psychotherapies?</a> By Martin Williams, Ph.D.</li>
<li><a href="/free-resources/course-resources/">Resources regarding multiple aspects of the Standard of Care, including touch, confidentiality, termination and much more</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.apa.org/practice/guidelines/index.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">APA Professional Practice Guidelines</a>     * <a href="http://www.apa.org/practice/guidelines/psychological-evaluations.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Professional Practice Guidelines for Occupationally Mandated Psychological Evaluations</a>     * <a href="http://www.apa.org/practice/guidelines/role-work-career.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Professional Practice Guidelines for Integrating the Role of Work and Career Into Psychological Practice</a>     * <a href="http://www.apa.org/practice/guidelines/index.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">More Guidelines</a></li>
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