Please join us for this valuable presentation that will allow us to see a view from the lawyers’ perspective when psychologists call lawyers. This program will identify the major types of calls attorneys typically receive from psychologists.
OBJECTIVES
Attendees will be able to identify:
1. The most frequent areas of psychology practice that cause psychologists to seek legal advice
2. The two most frequently utilized options for dissatisfied patients/clients who wish to act on complaints
3. The most effective ways for psychologists to respond to patient/client complaints
Our Presenter is: A. Steven Frankel, Ph.D. J.D.
Steve Frankel is an ABPP Certified Clinical and Forensic Psychologist and an Attorney at Law, who practices both professions in San Francisco’s East Bay. A past Director of Clinical Training and current Clinical Prof. of Psychology at USC, he began recognizing childhood trauma in his adult patient case-load in 1980 and has specialized in working with that population ever since. He joined the Int’l. Society for the Study of Trauma & Dissociation in the 1990s and was the consultant to the Trauma Program at Del Amo Hospital from 1993 until 2001. He was President of the ISSTD in 2002 and has been active in developing and teaching courses in law/ethics and trauma treatment as well as publishing chapters and articles in books and professional journals. As an attorney, he represents health care professionals involved in licensing board actions and consults with mental health colleagues facing a variety of legal challenges. He developed Practice Legacy Program, LLC, for transitioning practices of colleagues upon retirement, death or disability, and has spearheaded an effort to protect health care professionals who suffer from degenerative neuro-cogntive disorders from ending their careers with licensing board actions. He received the California Psychological Association’s Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Profession in 2015.