Overview

As integrative mental health approaches become increasingly visible in health and mental health care, practitioners must uphold the standards outlined in the Psychology Board of Australia’s Code of Conduct. This presentation examines the ethical challenges psychologists face when considering complementary and integrative mental health approaches in their practice — within the scope of psychological practice. Key areas of focus include maintaining professional boundaries, ensuring informed consent, avoiding role confusion, and evidence informed practice. The session will offer practical strategies for ethical decision-making and risk mitigation. The presentation aims to support psychologists, educators, and supervisors in exploring these complex intersections while maintaining client safety, professional integrity, and regulatory compliance.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this webinar attendees will:

• Have a better understanding of ethical challenges psychologists face when considering complementary and integrative approaches within the scope of practice
• Learn where to access guidance and resources to support ethical practice
• Take away practical strategies for navigating ethical issues and managing risk

Presenter(s)

Dr. Carrie Thomson-Casey

About the presenter(s)

Drawing on nearly three decades of experience in mental health care, Dr. Carrie Thomson-Casey is a clinical psychologist and an academic dedicated to the intersection of psychology and integrative mental health. Her work bridges conventional psychological practice with evidence-based lifestyle interventions, and her research has been published in leading Q1 journals. As an approved supervisor and academic lead, Carrie is passionate about empowering her colleagues and students and has supervised research projects exploring integrative mental health, integrative medicine, and lifestyle medicine. Carrie also holds qualifications in naturopathy and nutrition. Her goal is to provide practitioners with the clinical confidence to integrate modalities like nutritional psychiatry and mind-body interventions ethically and effectively, supporting the professional development of psychologists and allied health professionals.

Notes

Target Audience

This event is aimed at psychologists, educators and supervisors.

Duration of Access

This event will be recorded. The recording will be emailed to all registered within 2 weeks post event and available for viewing up to 90 days.

CPD

It is up to attendees to assess and determine how learning from this event aligns with the requirements of their learning plan. The providers accordingly do not make any representation that the event counts towards attendees’ CPD learning requirements. If an attendee determines themselves that the learning they complete aligns to their learning plan, then they can decide to count those hours towards their CPD requirements for the registration cycle.

The information in this presentation has been prepared in good faith and for educational purposes only. Therefore, the information is general in nature and should not be relied upon in the treatment of any condition and you should seek your own independent professional and/or legal advice concerning any specific issue. The APS accepts no responsibility for any errors, omissions or decisions relating to the information. The content should not be reproduced without permission or unless permitted by law.

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