AARP, the American Association of Retired Persons, recommends that obituaries not include the deceased’s birth date, place of birth, last address or job. IF you want a public memorial, the Bridge Therapist, with input from the family representative, may decide to mention where you last worked. The…
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Here are just a few important tips as you begin to create your professional will. Tip #1 Ways to notify clients that you will be unavailable temporarily: If you are out of the office temporarily, or for an uncertain amount of time, change the outgoing…
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The best way to create your own Professional Will system, as I describe in detail in my e-book, The Psychotherapist’s Professional Will: Managing Planned and Unplanned Absence, is to put together a trusted group of colleagues who want to be on each other's Emergency Response…
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Dr. Steiner was interviewed for Socialwork Blog by Beard, F. (Aug 15, 2025) When Therapists Disappear: The Art and Ethics of Terminating Services. In this short blog, Faye Beard presents a concise overview of the benefits and challenges of termination, from therapist’s ghosting clients to…
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Dr. Steiner was interviewed by Elisabeth J. LaMotte LICSW and Mark Davila, LICSW: It’s Time: Write Your Professional Will, Fall/Winter, 2022, about the Therapist’s Professional Will for NASW’s magazine's Specialty Practice Section Connection. In this interesting conversation the interviewers invited me to do a deep…
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Featured on NASW’s podcast, Social Work Talks podcast, August, 2022. In this 38-minute conversation, Elisabeth Joy LaMotte, LICSW interviews Dr. Ann Steiner about the ethics code’s mandate for therapists to create a backup plan for those expected and unexpected absences. We discussed the benefits of…
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