This course is a live, interactive webinar held on September 5, 2025, from 1pm-2:30pm Eastern Daylight Time.
This reduced price webinar does not offer CE Credits. The same live event is available for purchase and offers 1.5 Ethics CE hours for behavioral health clinicians. See "related products" below.
Registration closes at midnight (EDT) the day before the event
As AI-assisted documentation tools rapidly enter mental health settings, many clinicians face uncertainty around how to ethically and legally implement these technologies. This course addresses that critical gap by focusing on how to use AI-generated clinical notes in alignment with the APA, NBCC, NASW, and AAMFT Ethics principles, their recommendations, as well as HIPAA regulations. It centers the potential risks around client consent, data privacy, and documentation integrity, especially as AI platforms vary widely in how they store, use, and secure client data.
This training is designed for licensed mental health professionals, clinical supervisors, and advanced-level graduate trainees who are using, or considering using, AI documentation tools in private practice, training clinics, or agency settings. Participants should have foundational knowledge of ethical and legal standards in clinical practice and be seeking clarity on how those standards apply to the integration and use of AI note-taking platforms.
Based on comparative analysis and testing of six leading AI note-taking tools, this course covers how each of the platforms handled informed consent, data retention, and HIPAA compliance. Participants will engage with details concerning the documentation output, security features, and consent limitations, so they can more critically evaluate whether and how to ethically adopt these tools in their own clinical settings.
This course is ideal for behavioral health providers who wish to embrace AI-powered clinical documentation without compromising their ethical responsibilities or client trust. As the mental health field evolves, therapists must be able to integrate new tools with transparency, integrity, and a clear understanding of the legal frameworks that protect client confidentiality and professional accountability.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify key legal and ethical risks when using AI clinical documentation tools
- Demonstrate how to have meaningful informed-consent conversations about AI note-taking tools with clients
- Evaluate AI note-taking vendor claims regarding HIPAA compliance and data use
Schedule: (listed in Eastern Daylight Time)
- 1:00 pm - 1:35 pm Lecture
- 1:35 pm - 1:45 pm Q&A
- 1:45 pm - 2:20 pm Lecture
- 2:20 pm - 2:30 pm Q&A
How to Attend: Instructions for attending and completing a course can be found here.
Who Should Attend: This course is intended for clinicians who provide behavioral health services.
Teaching Methods: This is a live, interactive webinar. Enrollment includes access to live event(s) but does not include recordings of the presentations.
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Sofia Georgiadou, PhD, LMFT-S, LPC-S (Texas)
Dr. Sofia Georgiadou is an Assistant Professor and Internship Coordinator at the University of Houston at Clear Lake’s MA in Family Therapy Program. Additionally, she teaches as an Adjunct for the Family Institute at Northwestern University and Capella University's fully online Master's in Family Therapy program. She is also the administrator of COAST’s Educators Division, the Society for the Teaching of Marriage and Family Therapy (www.stmft.coastmft.org).
Originally from Greece, Sofia develops culturally responsive MFT and Counseling courses, using an intersectional approach in her teaching and supervision. Her research experience centers on qualitative/mixed methods and survey design. Sofia seeks to understand the lived experiences of diverse groups to better support international students, immigrants, and individuals from equity-deserving communities.
Disclosure Statement: The instructor(s) for this course receive compensation for their services. There are no reported conflicts of interest to disclose.
This reduced price webinar does not offer CE credits, just great content.
The same live event is available for purchase and offers 1.5 Ethics CE hours for behavioral health clinicians. See "related products" below.
Participants may request a printed version of their certificate of attendance to be delivered by mail. A shipping/handling fee of $6.95 will be charged per request. Shipping internationally may require an additional charge.
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24 hour notice is required if you are not able to make it to a live event. Recordings are not provided to webinar registrants.
To update and test using Zoom.us/test before the event to ensure you are ready for the event.
Since this is a live interactive event it means that your interaction during the event is expected. Your name and image will be visible to other participants during the live event. You will NOT be included in any recording made.
An evaluation must be completed within one week of the event. Continuing Education credit(s) cannot be issued unless you attend the event and the evaluation is submitted. (Evaluation is not mandatory for APA hours)
Partial CE credits are not possible; therefore you are required to be present throughout the event in order to receive CE credits.
Respect all other participants during the event as though you would if you were sitting with the other attendees at a conference table:
- Dress appropriately
- Be in a private location void of distractions
- Do not multitask
- Do not drive during an event
- Remain on mute unless you are sharing with the group
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