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San Antonio Group Psychotherapy Society
presents
The Al Riester Memorial Ethics Seminar
Dealing with Subpoenas
(Free to SAGPS members! Join Today!)
Floyd Jennings, JD, PhD, ABPP
Friday, January 20, 2012
Ecumenical Center for Religion and Health
Corner of Ewing Halsell and Wurzach
1:00-4:30 PM
Registration 12:30 PM
3 Ethics CEUS for
Psychologists, Social Workers, LPC’s and LMFT’s
What do you do when you receive a subpoena? Dr. Jennings writes, “Responding to
subpoenas is usually anxiety provoking and often frustrating.” Most of us do not know how to navigate
this legal instrument.
This workshop
is designed to provide a framework for mental health practitioners, to deal properly with subpoenas, including the pitfalls
to avoid, and tactics to handle such requests for information.
Learning Objectives:
1. Attendees will garner knowledge
of the rules appertaining to subpoenas in Texas.
2. Attendees will be able to distinguish a subpoena from a court
order and understand the differences.
3. Attendees will obtain specific procedures for responding to subpoenas when the client
has not given consent for release of information.
4. Attendees will acquire general knowledge of courtroom procedures,
and how to anticipate and how to respond on direct and cross examination.
About the Presenter: Floyd L. Jennings, J.D., Ph.D., ABPP is a Diplomat in Clinical
Psychology, as well as an attorney. Presently Special Mental Health Resource Counsel to the Harris County
Public Defender, he was in private practice for over 30 years and for some twenty years was on the clinical faculty of UT
Medical School –Houston. He is the author of over 30 publications, largely dealing with legal and ethical matters for
mental health practitioners. He also regularly lectures on topics of mental health law, competency and
sanity in criminal proceedings, as well as ethical and legal issues for mental health practitioners. He
is a graduate of UT Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, and the UH School of Law.
Please Note: Your 2012 SAGPS dues are to be
paid January 1, 2012. Please complete the form on the next page to pay your dues and sign up for this workshop.