It’s a Small World, After All: Navigating Dual Relationships and Boundaries with Clients

No matter how big the world may seem, we are constantly surprised by how small it can feel. What happens when you run into a client in public? As people continue to seek therapists with similar backgrounds and perspectives to feel seen and understood, therapists are increasingly faced with navigating dual relationships and setting boundaries. Boundaries are not barriers and cannot support both sides of a relationship. Sylvia Corcoran, LCSW, MCEd. will facilitate a discussion with space to reflect on guidelines and engage with case examples with her trademark humor. This training will meet the requirements for Ethics continuing education credits for counselors and social workers. Registrants will view the training and complete a quiz, which must be passed with 80%. The quiz can be taken an unlimited amount of times and once passed, will share a link which will generate a CE certificate.

Sylvia Corcoran is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker committed to providing highly competent, compassionate therapeutic services to those managing the many challenges of life. She specializes in working with those living with depression, anxiety, issues related to spirituality, survivors of trauma, and those in recovery from racism and other forms of oppression. She has been an active member of the Planning Committee of the Naomi Ruth Cohen Institute (NRCI), which sponsors an annual mental health conference in early June for lay people and mental health professionals since 2006. She actively partners with clients supporting them in the process of rewriting their narrative and becoming their best selves and live their best life.

Define boundaries in clinical practice. | Identify how to engage with appropriate boundaries in clinical practice. | Identify how to engage with dual relationships in clinical practice. | Practice case conceptualization with boundaries and dual relationships.

Please contact our Training Coordinator, Maeve Raphelson, at maeve@inclusiveinsight.net with any questions, concerns, grievances or accessibility needs. Registrants are eligible for refunds by request prior to the date of the training. To participate in this training, you will need an updated Zoom application and audio access. Participants will receive an evaluation to complete after the program, which will generate their CE certificate. Inclusive Insight Psychotherapy and Consulting, provider number 2389, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 8/15/25-8/15/26. Social workers completing this course receive 2 Cultural Competence continuing education credits. Inclusive Insight Psychotherapy and Consulting has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7833. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Inclusive Insight Psychotherapy and Consulting is solely responsible for allaspects of the programs. Inclusive Insight Psychotherapy and Consulting is approved as a CEU provider by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (License #159.001482, expires 11/30/2025)

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