The Ethics of Collaboration and Referrals with Sheila Addison
Friday, August 21, 2026
1-4pm ET/10am-1pm PT
Sexuality professionals often encounter consumers who would benefit from the services of more than one type of provider in addressing their concerns and needs. Discipline-specific training often develops professional expertise in one’s practice area while neglecting information about others’ specialities, and may even create misunderstandings about how other providers operate. Both licensed/regulated and unlicensed/unregulated professionals lack information about the skills and services offered by other types of practitioners, and the guidelines each profession uses to determine ethical and responsible practices. Skills and knowledge for effective collaboration are often left to the professional to develop on their own in the course of their practice. This can result in a lack of clarity about areas of responsibility, the goals for treatment, and appropriate boundaries around treatment subsystems. This presentation will rely on the AASECT Code of Conduct and other professional guidelines to show how sexual health professionals can collaborate ethically and effectively to promote consumer welfare. Bring your questions about how to make the most of interprofessional collaboration and professional referrals!
Learning objectives include:
After participating in this session, attendees should be able to identify ethical and professional
issues that should be attended to when collaborating with other professionals.
After participating in this session, attendees should be able to describe multiple models of
collaboration with other professionals providing different modalities of care.
After participating in this session, attendees should be able to apply principles from the AASECT
Code of Conduct and other relevant professional guidelines to help guide decision-making when
collaborating with other professionals.
About the presenter:
Sheila Addison, PhD, LMFT, CST (she/her) is a therapist practicing in California, Washington, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. In addition to being a therapist, Sheila is core faculty at Antioch University, founder of Margin to Center Consulting, and an AAMFT Supervisor. She has also published in the journal Family Process, as well as contributions to Multicultural Couples Therapy and Clinical Casebook of Couple Therapy. You can find out more about Sheila at https://drshielaaddison.com or follow her on Linked in or Facebook.
Join us Friday, August 21, 2026 from 1-4pm ET/10am-1pm PT for the live recording of “The Ethics of Collaboration and Referrals” with Sheila Addison.
This training is centering those practicing Surrogate Partner Therapy and other professionals are welcome to attend.
3 AASECT CEs will be available for this training.
This training will be recorded and made available for purchase in the future. Please adjust your name and turn off your camera if you want to ensure your privacy in the future.
Since this is a live event, please plan to arrive on time. Those that arrive late may not be able to join the live recording but will have access to the recording once is available.
We are offering this training at three levels of financial support. Please choose the level that feels best to you. We are committed to making this training available to all surrogate partner professionals. Please email us at info@embracespt.org if additional support is needed.
Note that we have paid for this presenter to craft this training specifically for us, the surrogate partner therapy community. Your financial support will help cover their fees and any additional fees will help support our mission of advancing the field of surrogate partner therapy as well as our building a Client Access Fund to provide financial support in participating in surrogate partner therapy. You can learn more about our mission here.
*Note that you will receive an email reciept and that Zoom details will arrive in your inbox in the hours before the event.
