Workshop Description:

All professionals working in the mental health field are subject to emotionally charged reactions to
work with clients. Among our most important ethical mandates as clinicians is to provide services to
clients in ways that maximize the likelihood of positive treatment outcomes and minimize possible
harm. Unacknowledged and/or inadequately managed countertransference has the potential to
negatively impact the treatment process, and working with addictive/compulsive populations may be
especially challenging at times related to issues such as stigma, value conflicts, personal history,
recidivism, etc. This presentation will focus on the identification and ethical management of clinicians’
reactions when working within these specialized fields.

Objectives:

• Participants will be able to explain countertransference as an ethical issue within the treatment
  process.
• Participants will be able to define key countertransference concepts and potential
  manifestations when working with addictive disorders (e.g., substance use, sexual behaviors).
• Participants will be able to identify specific strategies for managing countertransference
  reactions in an ethically sound manner.

About the speaker:

Dr. Greg Futral is a licensed psychologist and the Director of the Gratitude residential treatment
program at Pine Grove Behavioral Health & Addiction Services. His expertise and clinical focus areas
include the assessment and treatment of addictive/compulsive and/or problematic sexual behaviors.
He has been working with the Gratitude program since 2009, having previously worked as a clinician
in residential substance use, inpatient psychiatric, and inpatient dual diagnosis units.

Target Audience and Instruction Level:

The target audience for this intermediate-level presentation will consist of clinicians, psychologists,
and related professionals in the mental health and addiction fields. Target Audience: Mental Health

Continuing Education:

Psychology: 1 CE Hour (Ethics): Pine Grove Behavioral Health & Addiction Services is approved
by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Pine
Grove Behavioral Health & Addiction Services maintains responsibility for this program and its
content.

Mississippi Social Work: (1 CE Hour) Pine Grove Behavioral Health & Addiction Services is
approved as a provider for continuing education by the Mississippi Board of Examiners for Social
Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists. Social workers will receive 1 continuing education CE hour in participating in this course. (Clinical _1/ Supervision /Cultural Competency/
Ethics /General/ Mandatory Reporting_)

Mississippi LMFT: (1 General Hour): (Provider #TCE0003). Approval # ; Pine Grove
Behavioral Health & Addiction Services (TCE 0003) is approved as a provider for continuing
education by the Mississippi Board of Examiners for Social Worker and Marriage & Family
Therapists; approval period: 1/01/2026- 12/31/2026. Marriage and family therapists will receive
_ General CE hour in participating in this course. (Clinical/ Supervision_/ Cultural
Competency_/ Ethics_/ General_ 1_/Mandatory Reporting_).

NBCC: (1 CE Ethics hour) Pine Grove has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing
Education Provider, ACEP No. 6392. Programs thaf do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly
identified, Pine Grove is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Participants must stay logged in for the entire duration of the workshop in order to receive credit for
completion of the workshop: partial credit for partial participation will not be awarded.

Ethical and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Disclosures for Speaker:

1. Greg Futral is an employee of Pine Grove Behavioral Health and Addiction Services (Forrest
   General Hospital).
2. There is no commercial support of the speaker, the content of the talk(s) or anything that might
   be a conflict of interest beyond the speaker being paid by Pine Grove.
3. The speaker is not promoting any books, medications or training that will be for sale at the talk
   that might constitute a conflict of interest.
4. The speaker will cover any potential limitations and risks of the treatment or topics being
   discussed during the talk.
5. Some of the material covered is of a sensitive nature about addictions, ethical dilemmas and/or
   other clinical disorders.
6. No generative artificial intelligence (AI) was used in the creation of this program.

Disability Statement: Pine Grove Behavioral Health & Addiction Services complies with the ADA. If
you require special accommodations, please contact the organizer of this program by calling Samuel
Rosa (601-288-4915) prior to the event.

If you have questions or concerns about the program content, references or content evaluation,
registration, facilities or program administration, please contact the organizer of this program by
calling Samuel Rosa (601-288-4915) prior to the event.

Grievance Procedure: Please contact Samuel Rosa (601-288-4915) at Pine Grove Behavioral
Health & Addiction Services, 2255 Broadway Drive, Hattiesburg MS 39401 to submit a complaint, or if
you have additional questions.

Refund/Cancellation Policy:
There is no cost for participation in this event.

Artificial Intelligence Statement:
No generative artificial intelligence (AI) was used in the creation of this program.