Take your ethical reasoning and practice to the next level with timely discussions of new and reoccuring issues in psychology and counseling.
In the newly revised Sixth Edition of Ethics in Psychotherapy and Counseling: A Practical Guide, a distinguished team of psychologists deliver a compilation of practical and creative approaches to the responsibilities, challenges, and opportunities encountered by therapists and counselors in their work. The book covers the many changes and difficulties created by new technologies like electronic health records, videoconferencing, texting, and practicing across state and provincial boundaries.
Using a new, easy-to-navigate structure and including brand new chapters on cultural ethics, social justice and human rights ethics, and the application of strategies for self-care, the authors discuss complex issues in a straightforward and accessible way. Conversations about moral distress and moral courage and actionable steps to strengthen ethics in organizational settings round out the useful material contained within.
Once referred to as the "conscience of psychology," this must-read book also includes:
- A thorough introduction to the foundations of psychotherapeutic ethics, including ethics in real life, ethics in theories and codes, cultural context, ethical decision making, and moral courage.
- An exploration of common sources of ethical problems and pitfalls, including: pseudoscience, ethical fallacies, ethical judgement errors, language and rationalizations
- Practical discussions of special topics in ethics, including informed consent and informed refusal, using strategies for self-care, responding to ethics, licensing, and malpractice complaints, and confidentiality.
- In-depth examination of timely issues, including sexual attraction to patients, digital therapy, and responding to suicidal risk.
Perfect for individual practitioners and teachers of graduate courses, seminars, and continuing education classes, Ethics in Psychotherapy and Counseling: A Practical Guide will also earn a place in the libraries of forensic psychologists and other expert witnesses preparing to testify on the standard of care in malpractice cases.
Table of Contents
The Authors xv
Preface xvii
Acknowledgements xix
Part I: Foundations
Chapter 1 Helping Without Hurting 3
Chapter 2 Ethics in Real Life 12
Chapter 3 Ethics Theories and Codes 22
Chapter 4 Dignity and Respect 40
Chapter 5 Trust, Power, Caring, and Healing 48
Chapter 6 Competence, Humility, and the Human Therapist 59
Chapter 7 Culture, Context, and Ethics in Psychotherapy and Counseling 73
Chapter 8 Steps in Ethical Decision-Making 88
Chapter 9 Moral Distress and Moral Courage 95
Part II: Common Sources of Problems
Chapter 10 Ethics, Science, and Pseudoscience 115
Chapter 11 Ethical Fallacies 121
Chapter 12 Pitfalls in Ethical Judgment 132
Chapter 13 Language and Ethics 142
Chapter 14 Ethics Placebos, Rationalizations, and Excuses 149
Part III: Special Topics
Chapter 15 Beginnings and Endings, Absence and Access 157
Chapter 16 Informed Consent and Informed Refusal 175
Chapter 17 Creating and Using Strategies for Self-Care 196
Chapter 18 Creating a Professional Will 206
Chapter 19 Responding to Ethics, Licensing, or Malpractice Complaints 214
Chapter 20 Assessment, Testing, and Diagnosis 222
Chapter 21 Confidentiality 246
Chapter 22 Recognizing, Assessing, and Responding to Suicidal Risk 263
Chapter 23 Supporting Human Rights and Addressing Oppression in Psychotherapy 288
Chapter 24 Therapists in a Virtual World: Teletherapy, Electronic Records, and Social Media 306
Chapter 25 Sexual Attraction to Patients, Therapist Vulnerabilities, and Sexual Relationships with Patients 327
Chapter 26 Nonsexual Multiple Relationships and Other Boundary Crossings: The Therapeutic, the Harmful, the Risky, and the Inevitable 357
Chapter 27 Steps to Strengthen Ethics in Organizations: Research Findings, Ethics Placebos, and What Works 380
References 390
About the Authors 445
Author Index 454
Subject Index 463
