Issues and Ethics in the Helping Professions

by COREY/COREY/CALLANAN

• ISBN13: 9780534187620
• ISBN10: 0534187625
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-07-10
• Publisher: Brooks Cole

Summary

Up-to-date and challenging, this best-selling text is a practical manual that helps future and current professionals deal with ethical issues that they will confront at the various stages in their development. The authors provide readers with the basis for discovering their own guidelines within the broad limits of professional codes of ethics and divergent theoretical positions. They raise what they consider to be central issues, present a range of diverse views on these issues, discuss their position, and provide readers with many opportunities to refine their own thinking and to actively develop their own position. The authors explore such questions as: What role do the therapist's personal values play in the counseling relationship? What ethical responsibilities and rights do clients and therapists have? What considerations are involved in adapting counseling practice to diverse client populations?

Table of Contents

Introduction to Professional Ethics	p. 2
The Focus of This Book	p. 2
Some Suggestions for Using This Book	p. 3
Professional Codes of Ethics	p. 5
Ethical Decision Making	p. 11
Steps in Making Ethical Decisions	p. 18
Self-Assessment: An Inventory of Your Attitudes and Beliefs About Professional and Ethical Issues	p. 22
The Counselor as a Person and as a Professional	p. 34
Self-Awareness and the Influence of the Therapist's Personality and Needs	p. 36
Personal Therapy for Counselors	p. 40
Transference and Countertransference	p. 46
Client Dependence	p. 53
Manipulation Versus Collaboration	p. 57
Stress in the Counseling Profession	p. 58
Counselor Impairment	p. 62
Maintaining Vitality	p. 65
Values and the Helping Relationship	p. 70
Clarifying Your Values and Their Role in Your Work	p. 72
The Ethics of Imposing Your Values on Clients	p. 75
The Role of Spiritual and Religious Values in Counseling	p. 85
End-of-Life Decisions	p. 94
Values Pertaining to Sexuality	p. 101
Multicultural Perspectives and Diversity Issues	p. 108
The Need for a Multicultural Emphasis	p. 110
Ethics Codes in Multicultural Counseling	p. 115
Cultural Values and Assumptions in Therapy	p. 117
Addressing Sexual Orientation	p. 125
Matching Client and Counselor	p. 131
Multicultural Training for Counselors	p. 136
Client Rights and Counselor Responsibilities	p. 146
The Client's Right to Give Informed Consent	p. 149
The Content of Informed Consent	p. 155
The Counselor's Responsibilities in Record Keeping	p. 163
Ethical Issues in Online Counseling	p. 168
Counseling Children and Adolescents	p. 174
Involuntary Commitment and Human Rights	p. 178
Malpractice Liability in the Helping Professions	p. 180
Confidentiality: Ethical and Legal Issues	p. 194
Confidentiality, Privileged Communication, and Privacy	p. 196
The Duty to Warn and to Protect	p. 208
Protecting Children From Harm	p. 228
Confidentiality and HIV/AIDS-Related Issues	p. 233
Managing Boundaries and Multiple Relationships	p. 244
Dual and Multiple Relationships in Perspective	p. 247
Controversies on Boundary Issues	p. 254
Bartering for Professional Services	p. 258
Giving or Receiving Gifts	p. 262
Social Relationships With Clients	p. 264
Sexual Attractions in the Client-Therapist Relationship	p. 267
Sexual Relationships: Ethical and Legal Issues	p. 272
A Special Case: Nonerotic Physical Contact With Clients	p. 283
Dealing With Suspected Unethical Behavior in Dual Relationships	p. 286
Professional Competence and Training	p. 292
Therapist Competence: Ethical and Legal Aspects	p. 294
Ethical Issues in Training Therapists	p. 298
Professional Licensing and Credentialing	p. 308
Specialties Within the Mental health Professions	p. 310
Continuing Education and Demonstration of Competence	p. 311
Review, Consultation, and Supervision by Peers	p. 314
Issues in Supervision and Consultation	p. 318
Ethical and Legal Issues in Clinical Supervision	p. 320
Multicultural Issues in Supervision	p. 331
Multiple Roles and Relationships in the Supervisory Process	p. 336
Ethical and Professional Issues in Consultation	p. 344
Issues in Theory, Practice, and Research	p. 354
Developing a Counseling Stance	p. 357
The Division of Responsibility in Therapy	p. 359
Deciding on the Goals of Counseling	p. 360
The Use of Techniques in Counseling	p. 362
Diagnosis as a Professional Issue	p. 363
Using Tests in Counseling	p. 372
Counseling in a Managed Care Environment	p. 374
Ethical Issues in Psychotherapeutic Research	p. 383
Ethical Issues in Couples and Family Therapy	p. 394
Ethical Standards in Couples and Family Therapy	p. 397
Contemporary Professional Issues	p. 400
Values in Couples and Family Therapy	p. 404
Gender-Sensitive Couples and Family Therapy	p. 407
Responsibilities of Couples and Family Therapists	p. 412
Confidentiality in Couples and Family Therapy	p. 413
Informed Consent in Couples and Family Therapy	p. 415
Ethical Issues in Group Work	p. 420
Training and Supervision of Group Leaders	p. 423
Co-Leadership	p. 426
Ethical Issues in Group Membership	p. 426
Confidentiality in Groups	p. 431
Values in Group Counseling	p. 434
Diversity Issues in Group Work	p. 435
Uses and Abuses of Group Techniques	p. 437
The Consultation and Referral Process	p. 439
Issues Concerning Termination	p. 440
Ethical Issues in Community Work	p. 444
The Community Mental Health Orientation	p. 448
Roles of Counselors Working in the Community	p. 450
The Value of Nonlicensed Workers	p. 459
Working Within a System	p. 461
Some Concluding Thoughts About Ethical Thinking	p. 469
References and Suggested Readings	p. 474
Name Index	p. 499
Subject Index	p. 503
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