Ethics as Care: A Decolonized Approach to Ethical Practice

Ethics as Care: A Decolonized Approach to Ethical Practice

2-Hour Ethics Training | Facilitated by Nicole Taylor, DMFT, LMFT

This training invites clinicians to rethink ethics beyond fear-based, punitive models and toward an approach grounded in care, accountability, and real-world complexity.

Designed for mental health professionals across disciplines, this workshop explores how ethical practice shows up in everyday clinical work within relationships, systems, culture, power, and documentation. Rather than focusing only on what not to do, the training centers how to navigate ethical dilemmas while maintaining therapeutic care, clarity, and integrity.

Facilitated by Dr. Nicole Taylor, this training reflects IHC’s commitment to decolonized, community-centered clinical education that names the realities often missing from traditional ethics coursework.

What this training will cover

• Reframing ethics as relational, preventative, and care-forward

• Navigating dual relationships, power, and boundaries in real community context

• Ethical decision-making around scope of practice, documentation, and representation

• Integrating cultural context, systems, and power into ethical reasoning

• Using consultation, reflection, and repair as ethical supports, not surveillance

Learning Objectives

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

1. Describe ethics as a relational, preventative, and care-forward practice rather than a solely risk-management framework.

2. Identify how power, culture, systems, and context shape ethical decision-making in clinical work.

3. Apply ethical principles to common clinical dilemmas involving dual relationships, boundaries, scope of practice, documentation, and representation.

4. Integrate consultation, reflection, and repair as ethical supports that strengthen accountability and care.

5. Demonstrate ethical decision-making strategies that maintain therapeutic integrity while navigating real-world complexity.

   
   

The training includes case examples, guided reflection, and practical frameworks professionals can apply directly to their work.

Who this training is for

• Licensed and pre-licensed mental health professionals and practitioners

• Supervisors, educators, and program leaders

• Therapists seeking ethics training that reflects lived realities and cultural context

  
  

This training meets ethics continuing education requirements and aligns with IHC’s values of accessibility, cultural responsiveness, and collective care.

About the Facilitator

Dr. Nicole Taylor is a licensed Doctor of Marriage and Family Therapy, an AAMFT Approved Supervisor, therapist, educator, and organizational development consultant committed to relational, culturally responsive, and decolonizing approaches to ethical practice. In addition to clinical training and supervision, she designs systems, policies, and programs for mental health and wellness organizations, supporting therapy providers and teams in navigating complexity with integrity, accountability, and care.

Learn more about her at www.drntaylor.com