Bram Fridhandler, Ph.D.--Links to Resources

Links

Document or Website	Notes
AAMFT 2001 Code of Ethics	Current Ethics Code for members of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.
American Psychoanalytic Assn. Principles and Standards of Ethics for Psychoanalysts (2001)	The American Psychoanalytic Association's ethics code.
Amer. Psychological Assn. (2002). Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct	Used by Board of Psychology experts and the Board in evaluating consumer complaints, per section 2936 of the Business and Professions Code.
Amer. Psychological Assn. (2000). Guidelines for Psychotherapy with Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Clients	Developed by a Joint Task Force of the APA, adopted by APA Council of Representatives in Feb. 2000. Also published in American Psychologist, 55, 1440-1451, Dec. 2000.
Amer. Psychological Assn. (2009). Guidelines for Child Custody Evaluations in Family Law Proceedings	Used by some California Board of Psychology experts in evaluating complaints against psychologists doing child custody evaluations. Approved by APA in 2009.
Amer. Psychological Assn. (2007). Record Keeping Guidelines	The most authoritative document on record keeping for psychologists.
ASPBB Certificate of Professional Qualification in Psychology (CPQ)	Makes it much easier for psychologists to obtain licenses in many U.S. States and Canadian provinces.
"Are mandated reporters required to report past incidents of child abuse of persons who are now adults?"	An "informal opinion" issued by the California Attorney General's Office in 1987 and not revised. Available to the public through the Attorney General's Office. I have posted it here on my website for your convenience.
Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS)	California licensing board for MFT's and LCSW's. Much pertinent information. It's a good idea to browse this site every few months.
BBS Continuing Education requirements	A convenient chart summarizing CE requirements for license renewal as an MFT or LCSW.
Board of Psychology (BoP)	California licensing board for psychologists. Much pertinent information. It's a good idea to browse this site every few months.
CAMFT Ethical Standards	Ethics Code for members of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. Used by California BBS experts evaluating complaints against MFT's.
California Legal Code	You can search the entire California legal code. Find a specific law by entering the number and confining the search to a single Code (e.g., Business and Professions Code). To browse the chapter on psychology, go to table of contents for Business and Professions Code by checking it and leaving search field blank, then scroll down to Division 2 (Healing Arts) Chapter 6.6 (Psychologists).
California Code of Regulations	If you want to find a regulation (i.e., passed by the BBS or BoP, not the legislature), you can search the California Code of Regulations (CCR). It's a little difficult to find things, though. The summaries prepared by the boards are a better source (see links above). This CCR search site is most useful for finding regulations that are so new they aren't in the boards' summaries yet. If you know the approximate section number, you can go straight to it if you remember that the regulations for our professions are in Title 16.
Caudill, Brandt. (date unknown). Malpractice & Licensing Pitfalls for Therapists: A Defense Attorney's List	Very concise and direct statement of potentially dangerous practices, written by one of the top therapist defense attorneys in California. He is co-author of Law and mental health professionals: California and was the attorney for the updated CPA Division I Expertise Series.
Manesse, J., Saito, G., & Rodolfa, E. (2004). Diversity based psychology: What practitioners and trainers need to know. Board of Psychology.	A statement about cultural competence on the Board of Psychology website.
Donner, Michael, and the Expertise Series Task Force (2008). Reporting of Suspected Child Abuse.	Article from the Division I Expertise Series on child abuse reporting, updated by Dr. Donner and published by the Board of Psychology. For the entire issue of BoP update, click here.
HIPAA information from the federal government	Copious, authoritative, up-to-date information on the two HIPAA Rules most relevant for practitioners.
HIPAA Covered Entity Decision Tool	Federal government resource (CMS) explaining who must comply with HIPAA.
HIPAA information from APA	HIPAA resources from the American Psychological Association.
International Psychoanalytical Assn. Ethical Principles and Procedures	The International Psychoanalytical Association's ethics code.
NASW 2017 Code of Ethics	Current Ethics Code for members of the National Association of Social Workers. Used by California BBS experts evaluating complaints against LCSW's.
National Center for Youth Law on consent and confidentiality for minors	Helpful summaries focused on teens' ability to consent to their own treatment and decide who receives information from their treatment.
“Professional Therapy Never Includes Sex”	Adobe Acrobat version of pamphlet that primary supervisor must give to every psychology supervisee and that therapists must give to patients if they report "sexual contact" with a therapist. Revised in 2009.
VeraCrypt	Free open-source disk encryption software for Windows, Mac OSX and Linux. Although it's is free, they ask you to donate if it works out for you.