Ethical Courage: Accessing Your Ethical Super Powers

Description

Ethical dilemmas in behavioral health care can be subtle, complex, and deeply personal—but your response doesn’t have to be paralyzed by fear or uncertainty. This course empowers clinicians to rise above hesitation and act with clarity, strength, and ethical purpose.

When faced with moral distress, harm, or high-stakes decisions, ethical courage isn’t optional—it’s essential. This self-paced course invites you to cultivate your “ethical superpowers” and confidently navigate even the most challenging ethical terrain.

Dayna Guido, MSW, LCSW, ACSW, brings over 40 years of clinical practice, supervision, and training experience to this engaging training. She’s a nationally recognized expert in ethical decision-making and creative instruction, and she serves on the NASW-NC Chapter Ethics Committee. Dayna’s work has empowered thousands of clinicians through a blend of deep clinical insight and experiential learning.

Rather than delivering a dry review of rules and codes, Dayna offers a bold, creative approach using storytelling, humor, and metaphor—introducing unique superhero “ethical personas” to help professionals reflect on their values, role, and responsibilities. Participants will be inspired to step into courageous ethical action through engaging examples and practical application.

Topics include the definition of ethical courage, how to recognize moral injury and distress, the intersection of trauma-informed care and ethics, and the Ethical Courage Decision Making Model. You’ll explore the impact of professional fear, learn to self-regulate in the face of ethical stress, and reconnect with your role as a values-based advocate for justice. The course emphasizes creativity, clinical relevance, and actionable insight tailored for behavioral health clinicians.

Key Takeaways:

• Define and apply ethical courage: Learn what it means to act with courage in clinical settings and why it's vital.

• Use an innovative decision-making model: Gain a practical tool for navigating ethical dilemmas with clarity and confidence.

• Commit to justice in practice: Reconnect with your profession’s moral mandate to pursue equity and integrity.

Why this course?

• A fresh and creative approach: Go beyond code memorization with imaginative tools and characters that make ethical training memorable and impactful.

• Expert-led instruction with real-world relevance: Taught by a trusted trainer and clinical supervisor who’s grounded in the ethics of care and lived clinical experience.

• Mission-driven education: Offered by the Telehealth Certification Institute, an organization committed to equipping clinicians with high-quality, practical CE rooted in integrity, wellness, and innovation.

Learning Objectives:

• Define Ethical Courage as it relates to ethical professional practice.

• Demonstrate how to use the Ethical Courage Decision Making Model in your practice.

• Explain how to incorporate the ethical standard of Social Justice when providing clinical practice.

Let this course be the moment you choose boldness over doubt, compassion over complacency, and ethical clarity over confusion. Your clients—and your profession—deserve nothing less.

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Format and Access

This is a non-interactive, self-study course. Instruction consists of 2 hours of video instruction and a post-test.

Course Details

Availability: 

From the time of registration, you have six months to access the coursework.

Who Should Attend: 

This course is intended for clinicians who provide behavioral health services.

Teaching Methods: 

This is a non-interactive, self-study course. Teaching methods for this course include recorded lectures, videos, a post-test, and a course evaluation.

How to Attend: 

Course access and completion instructions.

Instructor and Disclosures

Instructor

About Dayna Guido, MSW, LCSW, ACSW

Dayna Guido is a licensed clinical social worker, supervisor, consultant, and trainer. She has a private practice in Asheville, NC specializing in providing clinical supervision and consultation. Dayna has been providing training to professionals for 40 years and was an Adjunct Instructor in graduate programs for 22 years. 

Dayna became committed to combining the experiential teaching of ethics while providing quality clinical supervision after attending many didactic trainings which did not allow time as a participant to discuss at length, examine, and explore the topic being presented. Whether in her role as a clinical supervisor, trainer, or educator Dayna utilizes experiential learning techniques to engage professionals.

In her 4th decade working in mental health , Dayna is committed to sharing her clinical knowledge on a broader scope. Her book, Creative Ways to Learn Ethics was an effort to share some of her successful training techniques with helping professionals, educators, and trainers. The book includes 20 different trainings in an easy-to-read guide which can be adapted for professional trainings and work with individual clients, groups, and in supervision sessions. 

Dayna serves on the NASW-NC Chapter Ethics Committee. She co-authored the book, The Parental Tool Box for Parents and Clinicians. Dayna aspires to use her creative spirit supporting others in pursuit of healthy living.

Dayna Guido instructor information.

Disclosure Statement: 

The instructor(s) for this course receive compensation for their services. There are no reported conflicts of interest to disclose.

CE Hours

Credit Hours:

This course consists of 2 ethics continuing education hours of credit.

Counselors:

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No, 6693.  Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.  Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. 

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Mental Health Counselors. #MHC-0048.

Marriage and Family Therapists: 

Many MFT licensing boards accept our courses or one of the approvals which we have from professional associations.  You can check with your board to determine if your licensing board would accept this course.

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0135, effective May 8, 2025.

Social Workers:

Telehealth Certification Institute LLC, #1609, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 05/02/2024 – 05/02/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 2 ethics continuing education credits.

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Social Workers #SW-0435.

Addiction Professionals:

This course has been approved by Telehealth Certification Institute LLC, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #193104, Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is responsible for all aspects of the programming.

Psychologists:

Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Telehealth Certification Institute LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Psychologists #PSY-0128.

Art Therapists: 

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Creative Arts Therapists #CAT-0093.

Other Professionals:

This course qualifies for 120 minutes of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations.  Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.

This is a non-interactive, self-study course.

Accommodations and Policies

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