When the Gift is Pressure: Ethical and Clinical Gift-Giving Considerations

Explore gift-giving pressure through culture, ethical decision-making, client-directed planning, and a blackout poetry art experiential.

When the Gift is Pressure: Ethical and Clinical Considerations Around Gift Giving

Sunday, December 6, 2026 | 10:00–11:30 a.m. Pacific / 1:00–2:30 p.m. Eastern
Live virtual continuing education via Zoom

Giving and receiving can bring connection, appreciation, obligation, and pressure. Join Ariel Landrum and Lindsey Jonin to explore the cultural messages and personal rules that shape these experiences, both in clients’ lives and in the therapeutic relationship.

Through discussion, three interactive scenario polls, and a blackout poetry art experiential, we will examine ethical gift decisions, consultation and disclosure, documentation, and safeguards for client-created artwork. We will also explore ways to support a client-directed plan for navigating gift-giving expectations.

CE Hours

1.5 NBCC CE Hours | 1.5 ATCB CE Credits
This 90-minute training includes ethics content. Full attendance and completion of the required program evaluation are required for CE credit. Partial credit is not available. Participants should verify credit acceptance with their own licensing board.

Learning Objectives

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

1. Identify one cultural influence on gift-giving expectations.
2. Apply two ethical considerations to gift-giving decisions.
3. Identify one safeguard for handling client-created artwork.
4. Distinguish ethical consultation from inappropriate disclosure.
5. Develop one client-directed plan for navigating gift-giving expectations.

What We’ll Explore

• Cultural rules of giving and receiving, including care, duty, gratitude, reciprocity, and pressure.
• Ethical gift decisions, clinician reactions, consultation, appropriate disclosure, and documentation.
• Blackout poetry: selecting words from existing passages to explore giving, receiving, or pressure, with discussion of artwork safeguards and adaptations.
• Client-directed communication, realistic choices, and support during the gift-giving season.

Presenters

Ariel Landrum, LMFT, ATR
Ariel is a licensed marriage and family therapist, registered art therapist, clinical director, educator, clinical trainer, and AAMFT-approved supervisor. Her work integrates culturally responsive care, narrative approaches, expressive arts, and trauma-informed practice.

Lindsey Jonin, LPC, LPAT, ATR-BC, ACS
Lindsey is a licensed professional counselor, licensed professional art therapist, board-certified registered art therapist, and approved clinical supervisor. She owns Lily Counseling and Art Therapy, LLC and Abstract and Aligned, LLC.

Who This Training Is For

Licensed and pre-licensed mental health professionals and graduate students. No art therapy credential or artistic experience is required to participate. Completing this training does not confer an art therapy credential or establish competence in a new intervention.

Participation and Materials

A laptop or desktop computer is encouraged for the interactive activities. No physical art supplies are required. You may also reflect privately, use paper, observe, or pass on an experiential activity. Submitted responses may be displayed to the group. Do not share client names, identifying details, or confidential clinical material.

Recording

This webinar is recorded and may be used for home-study education, including responses displayed on screen. Attendee cameras and microphones will be off. By remaining in the webinar, you consent to this recording and use. Chat is saved for internal training improvement; the transcript will not be distributed. Registration is for the live event; full live attendance is required for CE credit.

Pricing

Licensed Professionals: $25
Pre-Licensed Professionals & Students: $10

Presenter Disclosures

Ariel Landrum is affiliated with Guidance Teletherapy, the CE provider for this training. Ariel Landrum and Lindsey Jonin receive compensation for presenting.

Educational Purpose

Content is for continuing education and does not replace individualized clinical judgment, supervision, consultation, or legal advice. Apply the material within your training, competence, scope of practice, and applicable professional standards.

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