This three-hour training explores the ethical, clinical, and practical considerations involved in offering therapeutic services beyond the traditional individual therapy hour, including intensives, workshops, groups, programs, and retreats. As clinicians increasingly explore alternative formats for care, it is essential to understand how these services intersect with informed consent, scope of practice, documentation, screening, boundaries, clinical appropriateness, accessibility, and risk management.

Through teaching, case examples, and applied discussion, participants will examine how to distinguish therapy, psychoeducation, coaching, consultation, and wellness-oriented services; identify ethical concerns that may arise in nontraditional service formats; and develop decision-making strategies that protect clients, clinicians, and the integrity of the therapeutic relationship. This training is designed to help mental health professionals think critically and ethically about when, how, and whether to offer services beyond 1:1 therapy.

Upon completion of the webinar, participants will be able to:

• Identify ethical and clinical considerations involved in offering intensives, workshops, groups, and retreats as mental health professionals.
• Differentiate between therapy, psychoeducation, coaching, consultation, and wellness-oriented services in order to clarify scope, informed consent, and participant expectations.
• Describe key risk-management considerations for alternative service formats, including screening, documentation, boundaries, confidentiality, crisis planning, accessibility, and referral procedures.
• Apply an ethical decision-making framework to determine the clinical appropriateness of a nontraditional service format for a given client population or presenting concern.