- Determine the importance of both personal and professional boundaries for self-care.
- Identify how the NASW, APA, AAMFT and ACA Code of Ethics applies to boundary setting and self-care in the outpatient clinical setting.
- Develop strategies that minimize burnout.
- Develop a self-care plan that supports healthy boundaries.
- Analyze predictive factors of burnout.
- Choose strategies to communicate personal and professional boundaries.
Protect Your Practice by Protecting
Yourself
The burnout, the sleepless nights, the irritability that creeps into your work and your life — these aren’t just personal struggles. They’re professional risks. Ethical missteps, clouded judgment, and compromised client care all follow when clinicians run on empty.
That’s why we brought in ethics expert Adrianne Sturtevant, LICSW, who’s trained clinicians across the country on the one skill set most of us were never taught: how to say no, set firm boundaries, and actually protect yourself without sacrificing the clients who depend on you.
And here’s the best part. This training is absolutely FREE.
This isn’t a feel-good seminar about bubble baths and journaling. This is practical, ethics-grounded training that will give you the tools to safeguard your well-being, your practice, and your license.
Through engaging discussion, real-world activities, and hands-on skill building, Adrianne will show you exactly how boundaries and self-care are ethically intertwined — and what the latest ethics codes actually require of you.
You’ll walk away equipped to handle it all, including:
- Setting and maintaining boundaries with confidence
- Applying ethical decision-making frameworks rooted in your own values
- Navigating the latest ethics codes and guidelines on self-care
- Integrating boundary-setting into your treatment planning
- Using proven techniques to prevent burnout for the long haul
Leave this training feeling refreshed and reinvigorated, with a personalized ethical self-care plan you can rely on for years to come.
At no cost, you can join this training without risking a thing.
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Boundaries, Self-Care, and Professional Ethics
Clinical
Strategies to Prevent Burnout, Uphold Personal Values & Adhere to Ethical Guidelines
Presented by Ethics Expert
Adrianne Sturtevant, LICSW
Live Online
• December 28, 2026 • 10:00am – 6:00pm Central
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Boundary violations, burnout, and ethical missteps don’t always announce themselves.
They can look like relief when a client cancels, a documentation note that gets vaguer as discomfort with a case grows, or a small scheduling exception that quietly becomes the norm. For many clinicians, these warning signs go unnoticed until the damage is already done.
Ethics expert Adrianne Sturtevant, LICSW, draws on years of training clinicians nationwide to deliver a practical, engaging deep-dive into the intersection of self-care and professional ethics. She’ll offer real-world guidance on how personal well-being directly impacts your clinical judgment, your client relationships, and your compliance with the ethical codes that govern your practice.
Leave with concrete skills to set and maintain firm boundaries, navigate the latest ethics guidelines on self-care, and build a sustainable approach to your own well-being that holds up under the pressures of everyday clinical work.
You’ve given so much to your clients and your career. Don’t let neglecting yourself be the thing that puts it all at risk.
You’ll get:
- A full day of live expert-led training
- Interactive Q&A
- Opportunities to connect with colleagues
- The complete set of course materials
- Upgrade to receive up to 6.25 live or self-study ethics CE hours
This unique opportunity for free boundaries and professional ethics in behavioral health training may not come again…
And at no cost, you’ve got nothing to lose… And SO much to gain!
See What Your Colleagues Are Saying About This
Training!
“Have taken nearing 20 Ethics programs through my nearing 40 years of practice. This was by far the best!!!”
–Kevin C.
“This training was excellent and should be required for all new therapists!”
–Holly J.
“Very good organization and content. I got a lot out of it especially reminders in both aspects that made me realize some areas I need to sharpen up on. This presenter gave excellent examples and references.”
–Susan B.
“Adrianne made this training very interactive and was attentive to questions and comments from participants.”
–Ashley M.
“This workshop was excellent. It was very well prepared and delivered. One of the best most practical ethics workshop I have attended.”
–Maureen G.
“Very organized. Very appropriate title of the presentation and focus: Self care as a dimension of ethics.”
–Tom R.
“Excellent presentation; will recommend to colleagues. Thank you!”
–Lori W.
Boundaries, Self-Care, and Professional Ethics
Clinical
Strategies to Prevent Burnout, Uphold Personal Values & Adhere to Ethical Guidelines
Presented by Ethics Expert
Adrianne Sturtevant, LICSW
Live Online
• December 28, 2026 • 10:00am – 6:00pm Central
$249.99 Value
Can’t attend live? We’ve got you! Register anyway for 3-day FREE access to the
training!
*After you register, upgrade to receive up to 6.25 CE hours and/or get the lifetime access recording.
*After you register, upgrade to receive up to 6.25 CE hours and/or get the lifetime access recording.
Meet Your Trainer!
Adrianne Sturtevant, LICSW, is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker with over 15 years of experience across a diverse range of therapeutic settings. She earned her Master of Social Work from San Diego University, where she focused her thesis on predictive factors for college graduation among low-income youth. Currently, Adrianne operates an online private practice, delivering evidence-based therapy to adolescents and adults in multiple states. In addition, she consults with organizations seeking to enhance their telehealth services by developing infrastructure to support clinician recruitment and multi-state operations.
Adrianne’s extensive experience prior to her telehealth practice includes work in emergency foster care, wilderness therapy, and community-based settings, where she has developed and implemented clinical processes for remote teams, trained and supervised staff, and provided evidence-based healthcare. She attributes her career success to maintaining healthy boundaries that allow her to balance professional and personal commitments, including participating in endurance events such as Ironman-distance triathlons. With a robust clinical background and a passion for promoting mental health, Adrianne remains a valuable resource for her clients and a leader in the mental health community.
See what your colleagues are saying about Adrianne
Sturtevant!
“Adrianne was very engaging with the participants. I enjoyed the course.”
— Ellen P.
“Adrianne was engaging and made this Workshop interesting. Enjoyed the break out groups and
how this presenter delivered the information, and her pleasant demeanor.”
— Nina M.
“She (Adrianne) was a wonderful presenter and I look forward to attending other CEUs by
her.”
— Elli M.
“Great presenter — excellent adjustment to challenging conditions! She is very
well-versed in this topic.”
— Celeste C.
“I was very impressed by the presenter’s knowledge, expertise and
delivery.”
— Margaret W.
“Presenter (Adrianne) was engaging and easy to listen to! I learned a lot!”
— Sarah W.
“The presenter of this course was excellent. She did a great job balancing giving her talk
while also answering questions and inviting participants to contribute.”
— Mirella R.
Boundaries, Self-Care, and Professional Ethics
Clinical
Strategies to Prevent Burnout, Uphold Personal Values & Adhere to Ethical Guidelines
Presented by Ethics Expert
Adrianne Sturtevant, LICSW
Live Online
• December 28, 2026 • 10:00am – 6:00pm Central
$249.99 Value
Can’t attend live? We’ve got you! Register anyway for 3-day FREE access to the
training!
*After you register, upgrade to receive up to 6.25 CE hours and/or get the lifetime access recording.
*After you register, upgrade to receive up to 6.25 CE hours and/or get the lifetime access recording.
What You’ll Learn During This Free
Training
Boundaries: The What and the Why
- Personal v. professional boundaries
- Types of professional boundaries
- Self-disclosure
- Dual relationships
- Telehealth
- Documentation
- Countertransference
- Law vs code of ethics
- How the latest codes and standards inform boundaries
- Duty to report colleagues – importance of this ethical standard
- Identify personal values and how they related to boundaries
- Connections between personal values and professional ethics
- What to do if your values don’t align with ethical standards
- Protect your clients: Self-determination, values, and more
- Protect yourself: Burnout, ethical and legal obligations, and more
Ethical Self-Care and Its Importance for the Modern
Clinician
- How investing in self-care is upholding our professional ethics
- Compare areas from the code of ethics (NASW, APA, ACA, AAMFT)
- Difference in professional self-care and personal self-care
- Pillars of self-care: Emotional, psychological, physical, spiritual, professional, and relational
- Build a self-care plan to support healthy boundaries
- Teach boundaries to clients as a form of self-care
- How and when to say no
- Listen to client’s needs rather than imposing our own
- Teach clients reframing of obligations as a choice
- Identify client values to facilitate their building their own boundaries
- Recognize and manage transference and countertransference
- When to refer out a client due to transference issues
- Self-care specifically for therapists
- Eliminate unethical dual relationships
- Prevent burnout
- Have structure of healthy boundaries around work
- Support colleagues in being ethical
- Accept or reject employment based on your needs
- Supervision and peer support
- Continuing education
- Moral disengagement as result of poor work environment
Prevent Burnout
- Predictive & protective factors of burnout
- How environment of workplace contributes
- Strategies for preventing burnout
- Personal strategies
- Seeking support
- Use stress inventory
- Time management
- Explore what boundaries are needed to prevent burnout
Integrate Boundary Teaching Into Treatment Planning
- Limitations, risks, and scope of practice
- Examples on how to phrase treatment goals
- Recognize personal boundaries within the clinical relationship
- Use values and boundaries work with clients
- Stay objective when our values don’t match our client’s values
- Relevant ethical codes and us working in our client’s best interests
- Intervention strategies if a client’s views are harmful vs. when they are different from our own
- Communication skills for holding clients to established boundaries
- Framework for interactions with clients
- Consent and other paperwork that starts conversation
- Boundaries on how and when to communicate
- Teach clients about emergency services
- Recognize differences in client needs without compromising self or acting unfairly to others
- Modes of communication and limitations of each
Boundaries, Self-Care, and Professional Ethics
Clinical
Strategies to Prevent Burnout, Uphold Personal Values & Adhere to Ethical Guidelines
Presented by Ethics Expert
Adrianne Sturtevant, LICSW
Live Online
• December 28, 2026 • 10:00am – 6:00pm Central
$249.99 Value
Can’t attend live? We’ve got you! Register anyway for 3-day FREE access to the
training!
*After you register, upgrade to receive up to 6.25 CE hours and/or get the lifetime access recording.
*After you register, upgrade to receive up to 6.25 CE hours and/or get the lifetime access recording.
Frequently Asked Questions
If you are a clinician who finds yourself stretched thin, struggling to hold professional boundaries, or uncertain how the latest ethics codes apply to your day-to-day practice, this training was built for you. It takes a practical, applied approach to the intersection of self-care and professional ethics, giving participants concrete tools for setting and maintaining boundaries, navigating current standards across NASW, APA, ACA, and AAMFT, and building a personalized self-care plan that holds up under real clinical demands.
This training is designed for:
- Counselors
- Social Workers
- Psychologists
- Case Managers
- Therapists
- Marriage & Family Therapists
- Other Mental Health Professionals
- Physicians
No catch. Over the last few years, thanks to the generosity of our expert speakers and the
support of therapists like you, we’ve had the amazing opportunity to provide
professional training to more therapists than ever.
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$249.99) — only available for those who register here and purchase before the end of
the webinar.
Yes! Just register above and then click the “Self Study” CE button on the next
page and purchase the recording package. You’ll get unlimited access to the training
and will be able to earn self-study CE.
YES! You’ll be able to engage with the presenter and chat with colleagues throughout
the presentation.
December 28 from 10:00am – 6:00pm CT. There will be a 70-minute lunch and two
15-minute breaks; one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Lunch and break times will be
announced by the speaker at their discretion. A more detailed schedule is available upon
request.
Yes, anyone who registers will get 3 days access to watch the archived recording once it is
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Boundaries, Self-Care, and Professional Ethics
Clinical
Strategies to Prevent Burnout, Uphold Personal Values & Adhere to Ethical Guidelines
Presented by Ethics Expert
Adrianne Sturtevant, LICSW
Live Online
• December 28, 2026 • 10:00am – 6:00pm Central
$249.99 Value
Can’t attend live? We’ve got you! Register anyway for 3-day FREE access to the
training!
*After you register, upgrade to receive up to 6.25 CE hours and/or get the lifetime access recording.
*After you register, upgrade to receive up to 6.25 CE hours and/or get the lifetime access recording.
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