Full Description
Counseling Ethics for the 21st Century prepares students to address ethical issues arising in contemporary counseling practice. Drawing on their own clinical and practical experiences, authors Elliot D. Cohen and Gale Spieler Cohen present detailed, realistic, and engaging clinical case studies along with a comprehensive five-step model that can be used to manage the complex ethical problems raised throughout the book. Each chapter focuses on particular virtues in the context of examining a particular counseling issue, including online counseling, digital record keeping, and social media. Students will be empowered to define problems, identify relevant facts, conduct ethical analyses, and make the best decisions for their clients.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I. Becoming a Virtuous Therapist
Chapter 1: Building Character: Virtues of Excellent Practitioners
Chapter 2: Being Trustworthy
Case Studies: Two Resistant Clients
PART II. RESOLVING ETHICAL ISSUES
Chapter 3: Applying Ethical Standards
Case Study: A Clash of Values Inside a Fundamentalist Christian Family
Chapter 4: Using an Ethical Decision-Making Process
Case Study: A Hateful Client
PART III. NAVIGATING KEY CONCEPTS: CONFIDENTIALITY AND INFORMED CONSENT
Chapter 5: Exercising Discretion
Case Study: A Dangerous Client
Chapter 6: Being Candid and Honest
Case Study: Withholding Information From a Depressed Client
PART IV. EMPOWERING AND ADVOCATING FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
Chapter 7: Empowering Adult Victims of Domestic Abuse
Case Studies: Physical and Emotional Abuse
Chapter 8: Exercising Courage in Protecting Children
Case Study: Child Sexual Abuse
PART V. COUNSELING ACROSS MULTIPLE ROLES AND CULTURES
Chapter 9: Being Loyal and Fair to Clients
Case Study: Sex with a Former Client
Chapter 10: Being Respectful Across Diverse Cultures
Case Study: Supervising a Supervisee Doing Cross-Cultural Counseling
PART VI. COUNSELING IN CYBERSPACE
Chapter 11: Being Diligent in the Digital Age
Case Study: A Case of Record Hacking
Chapter 12: Providing Competent Online Counseling Services
Case Study: A Suicidal Client
PART VII. DEFINING LIMITS OF CONFIDENTIALITY
Chapter 13: Being Benevolent
Case Study: A Terminally Ill Client Contemplating Suicide
Chapter 14: Being Nonmalevolent
Case Study: A Sexually Active Client With HIV
Index
About the Authors
