When Therapy Gets Complicated: Navigating Legal & Ethical Issues in 2026 and Beyond

SFH CAMFT Presents an In-Person Law & Ethics Workshop

When Therapy Gets Complicated: Navigating Legal & Ethical Issues in 2026 and Beyond

Friday, November 6, 2026
8:30 AM – 3:45 PM | 6 CE Credits

Location:
Canyon View Community Center
471 Maidu Drive
Auburn, CA

Please join Sierra Foothills and Sacramento Valley Chapter in an interactive, engaging in-person training.  CE Certificates will be provided immediately after the training. 

Sierra Foothills Chapter will provide refreshments, pastries, sandwiches during lunch break, water, tea, and coffee. 

Fees:  Early Bird Discount is 50% by September 12, 2026.  Late Bird Discount is 75% by October 10, 2026.  Regular fee is $100 Licensed, Associate $80, Student $68, Non-Member $120.   

Our maximum training is capped at 50 participants so please sign up now!

Training Description

Regardless of the types of patients you work with or your practice setting, you never know when a current or former patient (or even a colleague) might throw an ethical or legal curveball your way. In this 6-hour in-person presentation, CAMFT Staff Attorney Kristin Roscoe will provide attendees with a brief update on some of the legal changes coming in 2027 before we dive into the full day. We will work together to unpack recent BBS enforcement actions and administrative citations to better understand risks around topics such as therapist disclosure, dual relationships, and writing letters before delving further into the many issues that might arise when dealing with the court system.  By the end of the day, attendees will have a better sense of how to better navigate some of those more legally and ethically challenging scenarios when vignettes play out later in real life.

Training Measurable Learning Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

·     Identify new California laws that may change the landscape for Marriage and Family Therapists in 2027. 

·     Identify boundary and dual-relationship risks that can arise with current and former clients and apply strategies for managing those risks.  

·     Evaluate requests to write letters, provide opinions, or communicate with third parties and distinguish clinically appropriate documentation from communications that may create legal or ethical exposure.  

·     Apply legal and ethical principles to common interactions with courts, attorneys, subpoenas, court orders, and requests for records or testimony. 

Presented by CAMFT Staff Attorney Kristin Roscoe

Kristin W. Roscoe, Esq.

CAMFT Staff Attorney

Kristin takes CAMFT member phone calls regarding law and ethics issues and contributes articles on those subjects to the Therapist. Before joining CAMFT’s legal team, Kristin represented healthcare professionals in medical malpractice litigation. Since entering the legal profession, Kristin has worked in various capacities presenting to and advocating on behalf of her clients both in and outside of the courtroom. In her free time, Kristin loves spending time with her family outdoors and serves as the Secretary on the Board of Directors for CalWild, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Kristin received her B.A. in Political Science from The College of Wooster in 2006 and graduated from The American University Washington College of Law with her J.D. in 2012. Kristin is licensed to practice law in California and Washington, D.C.