Navigating Legal and Ethical Pitfalls in Private Practice
Presented by Micah Perkins, LPC, LADC
In this workshop participants will learn the unique challenges of operating a private practice. Participants will also learn the most common types of civil lawsuits and licensure board complaints (regardless of setting). Last, participants will review required legal documentation needed in private practice.
Objectives
- Participants will learn unique challenges to practitioners in private practice.
- Participants will learn the most common reasons for licensure board complaints and civil lawsuits.
- Participants will learn required documentation needed in private practice.
About Micah Perkins
Micah Perkins M.S., L.P.C, L.A.D.C. completed his Bachelors of Science and Master of Science in Behavioral Sciences both from Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma. He is a recognized Certified Reality Therapist from the William Glasser Institute and has completed Advanced Training in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy at the Albert Ellis Institute in New York. His experience includes working with children and teens in therapeutic foster care and in acute and residential treatment programs. In addition, he has also worked with adults in a community mental health center. In 2010 he started his own private practice Perkins Counseling and in 2014 founded Edmond Counseling and Professional Development, LLC whose mission is to provide evidenced based counseling to children, teens, and adults and training to mental health professionals through it's Oklahoma Counseling Institute.
