Ethics: Ethical Considerations in Child and Family Therapywith Kaleigh Boysen-Quinata LMFT

Learning objectives

• 1) Participants will be able to identify and describe at least three ethical guidelines for working with children/minors and their families 2) Participants will be able to describe how they approach confidentiality with children, teens, and caregivers and when it might be ethically appropriate to break a minor client’s confidentiality or not.

About the presenter

Kaleigh Boysen-Quinata (she/her) is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and parent educator and the owner/director of Family Roots Therapy in Portland, OR. Her mission is to help families learn to improve their relationships through connection and compassion. She specializes in family therapy, perinatal mood disorders, and Child Parent Psychotherapy, a counseling method focused on attachment and healing parent-child relationships after exposure to trauma or violence in children ages birth-6. She has practiced for 12 years in a variety of settings, including community mental health agencies, crisis response, and school-based settings. She has also taught a course in child and adolescent counseling at Lewis & Clark College. In addition to counseling, Kaleigh is a Certified Positive Discipline Parent Educator and helps parents enhance their skills and knowledge by teaching parenting classes and workshops, as well as speaking engagements. She also is an AAMFT Approved Supervisor and provides supervision and training for other therapists. You can contact Kaleigh or find more information about her practice at www.familyrootstherapy.com