Description
Book SynopsisThis is your essential guide to standards and ethics in the psychological therapies. The book introduces you to key ethical values and principles and discusses how to practice in accordance with these. An accompanying online resource website provides you with over 30 videos showing commonly arising ethical dilemmas, further reading including book chapters and journal articles, and links to ethical codes and frameworks in the UK and internationally.
Table of ContentsPart I The Background 1. Introduction 2. What Is Counselling? 3. Sources of Counselling Ethics 4. Framework for Counselling Ethics and Standards Part II Responsibility to the Client 5. Safety, Negligence and Insurance 6. Respect for Client Autonomy 7. Suicide and Refusing to Accept Life-saving Treatment 8. Counsellor Competence 9. Avoiding the Exploitation of Clients 10. Confidentiality 11. Counselling Online 12. Working with Social Diversity Part III The Counsellor and Others 13. Counsellors and the Responsibility to Others 14. Counselling Supervision 15. Record-keeping 16. Evaluation of Impact: Practice-based Evidence and Evidence-based Practice Part IV The Whole Picture 17. Ethical Problem Solving 18. Implications for Practice Glossary References
