Standards and Ethics for Counselling in Action

by Tim Bond

• ISBN13: 9780761963097
• ISBN10: 076196309X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-06-22
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd

Summary

'This book is very comprehesive and a useful addition to the reading list for healthcare students''Excellent student text''Invaluable text''This edition retains the same informative and accessible style and broadly the same order of contents as the First Edition, which makes it easy for readers to track down key changes. The author's extensive experience in the field of ethics in counselling and his experience as Chair of BACP underpin this updated, essential and authoritative Second Edition' - British Journal of Guidance and Counselling'Tim Bond has done a great service to the counselling profession by writing, and now updating, this book... His particular strength must surely be his clarity in acquainting counsellors with the complexities of British law. After an introduction, he starts with an exploration of the origins and scope of counselling. He then exemplifies cases in which a counsellor's personal and professional values collide. He has collected together a host of ethical dilemmas that counsellors might have to face' - Naomi Stadlen, Journal of the Society for Existential AnalysisThis highly acclaimed guide to the major responsibilities which trainees and counsellors in practice must be aware of before working with clients has now been fully revised and updated. The Second Edition examines issues fundamental to the process of counselling. A wide range of ethical problems are discussed and advice is given for resolving these dilemmas.Tim Bond outlines the values and ethical principles inherent in counselling and points out that the counsellor is at the centre of a series of responsibilities: to the client, to him/herself as a counsellor and to the wider community. He covers topics such as: confidentiality; legal aspects of counselling; working with suicidal clients; false or recovered memory; record- keeping; and the importance of adequate supervision.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Professor Douglas Hooper
Acknowledgements	xi
PART I THE BACKGROUND	1	(62)
Introduction	3	(14)
What is Counselling?	17	(21)
Sources of Counselling Ethics	38	(15)
Framework for Counselling Ethics and Standards	53	(10)
PART II RESPONSIBILITY TO THE CLIENT	63	(104)
Safety, Negligence and Insurance	65	(10)
Respect for Client Autonomy	75	(21)
Suicide and Refusal to Accept Life-Saving Treatment	96	(18)
Counsellor Competence	114	(13)
Avoiding the Exploitation of Clients	127	(23)
Confidentiality	150	(17)
PART III THE COUNSELLOR AND OTHERS	167	(54)
Responsibility to Oneself, Colleagues and the Community	169	(12)
Counselling-Supervision	181	(12)
Record-Keeping	193	(16)
Monitoring Counselling	209	(12)
PART IV THE WHOLE PICTURE	221	(23)
Ethical Problem-Solving	223	(14)
Implications For Practice	237	(7)
Appendix: Useful names and addresses	244	(3)
Bibliography	247