Ofer Zur, Ph.D.
Bio
Ofer Zur, Ph.D. is an experienced ethics, clinical and forensic consultant in mental health related issues. He has been teaching Ethics at the graduate and post-graduate levels for over 25 years, and he has published extensively in the area of standard of care as it pertain to issues such as confidentiality, record keeping, scope of practice, diagnosis, treatment and the broad area of therapeutic boundaries. He was the owner and director of the Zur Institute from 1995 to April 2020, and he has been consulting with psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, counselors and attorneys on issues of boundaries and the standard of care regarding licensing board complaints, personal injury and medical malpractice cases for over 25 years. In 2021, he received authorization from the Minnesota Supreme Court to prepare an amicus brief regarding the standard of care for psychotherapy.