Cultivating Reflective Practice: Ethics, Values, and the Use of Self in Therapy

 Earn 3 CE Contact Hours

This workshop focuses on the exploration of personal values and the therapist’s personal and professional presence in the therapeutic relationship.. Through playful, experiential, and reflective exercises, participants will examine the ethical dilemmas, intentions, and relational dynamics that shape their clinical interventions.

Together, we will create an honest and collaborative space to engage multiple perspectives, deepen self-awareness, and reflect on the responsibilities and values that inform ethical therapeutic practice.

This workshop is part of a free 2-part clinical conversation series focused on reflective, relational, and culturally responsive practice. Participants are welcome to attend one or both sessions.

Learning Objectives:

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

• Identify personal values, relational patterns, and aspects of the therapist’s presence that influence clinical interventions and therapeutic relationships.
• Explore ethical dilemmas through a systemic and experiential lens, considering the impact of multiple perspectives, power, and context in therapeutic work.
• Strengthen reflective clinical practice by increasing awareness of the intentions, responsibilities, and relational processes that inform ethical decision-making.

Who Should Attend:

Mental health professionals, therapists, social workers, counselors, case managers, students, community-based practitioners, and clinicians interested in reflective practice, ethical decision-making, relational therapy, and culturally responsive clinical work.

Meet Genoveva:

Genoveva Garcia, LCSW, is the Director of the Latinx Youth & Family Immigration Project (LYFIP) and a faculty member at the Ackerman Institute for the Family. She is a relational therapist in private practice with extensive clinical experience supporting individuals, couples, and families across diverse cultural and relational contexts.

Her work centers on helping clients strengthen relationships and transform experiences of struggle into narratives of resilience, agency, and healing. Genoveva specializes in substance use and addiction, trauma, parenting, immigration-related experiences, and life transitions. Drawing from systemic, relational, and experiential approaches, she is deeply committed to fostering conversations that reduce stigma, fortify family bonds, and empower individuals and communities in their path toward emotional well-being.