Description
Ethics for Psychotherapists and Counselors utilizes positive discussions accompanied by a variety of thought-provoking exercises, case scenarios, and writing assignments to introduce readers to all the major ethical issues in psychotherapy.
- First book designed to engage students and psychotherapists in the process of developing a professional identity that integrates their personal values with the ethics and traditions of their discipline
- Authors take a positive and proactive approach that encourages readers to go beyond following the rules and to strive for ethical excellence
- Utilizes a variety of thought-provoking exercises, case scenarios, and writing assignments
- Authors present examples from their own backgrounds to help clarify the issues discussed
- Text emphasizes awareness of one’s own ethical, personal, and cultural backgrounds and how these apply to one’s clinical practice
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Part I: Taking Stock.
1. Basics of Awareness: Knowing Yourself
2. Basics of Awareness: Privilege and Social Responsibility
3. The Process of Acculturation: Developing Your Professional Ethical Identity
Part II: The Nuts and Bolts of Psychotherapy Ethics.
4. The Ethical Culture of Psychotherapy
5. “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Therapy!”: Boundaries of the Psychotherapy Relationship
6. Confidentiality: A Critical Element of Trust in the Relationship
7. Informed Consent: The Three-Legged Stool
8. Making the Most of Supervision
9. Ending Psychotherapy: The Good, the Bad, and the Ethical
Part III: The Ethical Ceiling.
10. Putting It All Together: Toward Ethical Excellence
Appendix A: Possible Information to Be Shared with Clients
Appendix B: Policy Areas
References
Index
