Full Description
Becoming an Ethical Helping Professional takes mental health professionals on a wide-ranging tour of ethics-covering both the theoretical as well as practical aspects of providing sound, ethical care. A unique and comprehensive resource, this book challenges students and professionals to consider both the process and the content of making ethical choices as a helping professional.
Contents
Acknowledgments. About the Authors. About the Contributors. Preface. Section One: The Foundation. One. Counseling Ethics and the Big Picture. Two. Philosophical and Culture: Roots and Prisms. Three. Ethics Codes, Codes of Conduct, Employer Policies, and the Law. Four. Professional Identity Development: Values and Definitions. Section Two: The Day to Day Challenges Common to All. Five. The Helping Relationship: From Beginning to End. Six. Confidentiality and Trust. Seven. Boundaries, Roles, and Limits. Eight. Assessment, Evaluation, Testing: Peering Through the Right Lenses. Nine. Competence, Accountability, and Research: How We Know What We Should Know. Section Three: Specific Specialties and Professional Identities. Ten. Counseling in the Schools, (By John Sommers-Flanagan, Nancy Bodenhorn, and Rita Sommers-Flanagan). Eleven. Psychotherapy, Mental Health Counseling, and Career Counseling. Twelve. More Specialties: Families, Couples, Rehabilitation, Addictions, Pastoral. Thirteen. Teaching, Mentoring, Supervision. Epilogue. References. Appendix A: Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Author Index. Subject Index. About the DVD.
