2 CE Hours
Consent, Power, and Boundaries: A Counselor's Clinical Guide
A graduate-level ethics course examining consent across legal, clinical, and relational dimensions; the operation of power in sexual relationships and the therapy room; and evidence-informed interventions for boundary and consent violations. Counselors build practical skills in assessment, documentation, coercive-control recognition, and ethical integration aligned with the ACA Code of Ethics and NBCC standards.
2
CE Hours
What you'll learn
- Differentiate the legal, clinical, and relational dimensions of consent and apply each to counseling practice.
- Analyze how power asymmetries shape sexual relationships and the therapeutic alliance, including recognition of coercive control.
- Apply evidence-informed clinical interventions for clients who have experienced boundary and consent violations.
- Implement ethical decision-making and defensible documentation aligned with the ACA Code of Ethics and NBCC standards.
- Integrate consent, power, and boundary frameworks into trauma-informed, culturally responsive treatment planning.
Approval & credit
CounselorReady is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP #7760). This course awards 2 NBCC-approved CE hours; a certificate is issued on completion. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CounselorReady is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.