This practical and thought-provoking training designed to help clinicians navigate the often-overlooked challenges of managing time effectively within clinical sessions. Whether struggling with clients who habitually go over time, feeling pressure to cover too much in limited minutes, or managing transitions and closures with care, clinicians frequently face time-related dilemmas that impact therapeutic outcomes and professional boundaries. This webinar offers actionable strategies for enhancing time awareness, maintaining therapeutic pacing, and setting clear boundaries—while also examining the ethical implications of time mismanagement, including issues related to equity, consent, and burnout. Participants will leave with tools to foster both clinical presence and time-bound structure, in service of deeper and more sustainable therapeutic work.
Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to
- Identify common time-related challenges that arise in psychotherapy sessions and their potential impact on therapeutic effectiveness and boundaries.
- Apply at least three concrete strategies to manage time more effectively within sessions, including tools for pacing, transitions, and respectful closure.
- Analyze ethical considerations related to time management, including informed consent, fairness across clients, and therapist self-care.
Syllabus:
Introduction
Objective #1: Identify common time-related challenges that arise in psychotherapy sessions and their potential impact on therapeutic effectiveness and boundaries.
- Client factors
- Clinician factors
- Structuring a session
Objective #2: Apply at least three concrete strategies to manage time more effectively within sessions, including tools for pacing, transitions, and respectful closure.
- Communication
- Pacing
- Different types of transitions
Objective #3: Analyze ethical considerations related to time management, including informed consent, fairness across clients, and therapist self-care.
- Informed consent
- Equity
- Therapist self-care
Summary/Q&A
Social workers completing this course receive 2 Ethics asynchronous continuing education credits.
For other board approvals, this course qualifies for 2 Ethics continuing education training.
Instructor: Dreya Blume, LCSW
Recording Date: January 21, 2026
CEUS On-Demand, LLC, provider #2274, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 08/7/2026 - 08/6/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 2hrs Ethics continuing education credits.
CEUs On-Demand, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7091. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CEUs On-Demand, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
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