The Consultation & Training Institute

The Consultation & Training Institute evolved from Walk-In Counseling Center’s 50-year history of helping fellow professionals solve practice problems.

The Institute is directed by Gary R. Schoener, M.Eq., LP, former executive director of Walk-In Counseling Center. Gary is regularly called on for his expertise and advice — whether it’s consulting for community organizations and mental health agencies, giving workshops on emerging issues, or making presentations to professional groups. His work is both national and international, and focuses on professional ethics, boundaries and problems in service delivery, and specific advice about difficult cases. Gary has been with Walk-In since 1969, and is an internationally-recognized speaker, trainer and author.

Services by Gary and other associates of the Consultation & Training Institute are defined and priced by project. Income generated by the Institute supports the counseling provided by Walk-In.

Areas of expertise include

  • Professional ethics & boundaries
  • Clinical consultation
  • Coaching of impaired professionals
  • Organizational consulting & training

Contact Gary Schoener or call 612-870-0565 x107 to learn more.

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Professional Training & CEUs

Walk-In offers both home study courses and quarterly in-person trainings led by Gary Schoener:

  • Two 6-hour CEU programs on ethics and diversity are available online
  • In-person trainings (2 CEUs each) are free for volunteers; a nominal fee applies for non-volunteers

Training topics include:

  • Professional ethics & boundaries
  • Desafíos éticos de las redes sociales
  • Supervision & consultation practices
  • Brief therapy
  • High-risk clients
  • Practitioner wellness

Evaluación y coaching de profesionales con discapacidad

Durante más de 40 años, Walk-In Counseling Center ha sido un experto líder en la evaluación y rehabilitación de quienes han sido objeto de una orden disciplinaria debido a mala conducta.

Evaluation and coaching services are available for:

  • Professionals under disciplinary order or self-referred
  • Misconduct (e.g., sexual abuse, boundary violations)
  • Presumed mental health or substance abuse challenges
  • Anger, disruptive behavior, or over-involvement

Served professions include: psychologists, physicians, nurses, clergy, teachers, coaches, and more. Evaluations are tailored to case needs and can include reports, boundary coaching, or expert testimony.

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Clinical & Organizational Consultation

Durante más de 40 años, Walk-In Counseling Center ha brindado consultas y asesoramiento a profesionales y grupos sobre temas como:

  • Ethics committees
  • Clinics and schools
  • Licensing boards and legal teams
  • Small social service providers

Services include:

  • Asistencia a reuniones de personal o de equipo de forma continua o periódica
  • Proporcionar consultas telefónicas sobre casos individuales.
  • Administrar, calificar e interpretar pruebas psicológicas para ayudar en el diagnóstico o la planificación de casos.
  • Discutir enfoques alternativos para manejar casos de clientes difíciles

Groups of independent practitioners also benefit from our services in:

  • Consulta sobre cuestiones de práctica ética
  • Apoyo y consulta entre pares para profesionales independientes o pequeños grupos de práctica.
  • Créditos de formación continua (CEU) sobre temas de formación específicos

Consultation is available remotely or in-person with:

  • Administradores y supervisores preocupados por empleados con problemas
  • Personas que investigan quejas de clientes y otros.
  • Personal del programa encargado de desarrollar políticas y procedimientos que protejan a los clientes
  • Comités de ética, juntas de licencias y otros
  • Clínicas, grupos de práctica, instituciones religiosas o escuelas que responden a una queja

Llame a Gary Schoener al 612-870-0565 x107, o correo electrónico a gary Para discutir sus necesidades únicas.

Publications & Resources

Gary Schoener has authored numerous articles and guides on ethics, boundary-setting, and professional wellness.

Updated in 2024

Here is one of Gary’s publications on boundaries and ethics

Here are additional publications by Gary

The latter two were originally written for and published by the Minnesota Psychologist Journal, a publication of the Minnesota Psychological Association.  They are re-printed here by permission.

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