Issues And Ethics In The Helping Professions - 5th edition

1. INTRODUCTION TO PROFESSIONAL ETHICS.

The Focus of This Book.
Ethical Decision Making.
Some Suggestions for Using This Book.
Self-Assessment: An Inventory of Your Attitudes and Beliefs about Professional and Ethical Issues.

2. THE COUNSELOR AS A PERSON AND AS A PROFESSIONAL.

Self-Awareness and the Influence of the Therapist's Personality and Needs.
Personal Therapy for Counselors.Transference and Countertransference.
Client Dependence.
Manipulation Versus Collaboration.
Stress in the Counseling Profession.
Counselor Impairment.
Staying Alive Personally and Professionally.

3. VALUES AND THE HELPING RELATIONSHIP.

Introduction.
Clarifying Your Own Values and Their Role in Your Work.
The Ethics of Imposing Your Values on Clients.
Differences in Life Experiences and Philosophies.
Role of Spiritual and Religious Values in Counseling.
End-of-Life Decisions.
Values Pertaining to Sexuality.
Ethical and Value Issues in Counseling Gay and Lesbian Clients.

4. CLIENT RIGHTS AND COUNSELOR RESPONSIBILITIES.

The Client's Right to Give Informed Consent.
The Counselor's Responsibilities in Record Keeping.
Counseling in a Managed Care System.
Counseling Children and Adolescents.
Involuntary Commitment and Human Rights.
Malpractice Liability in the Helping Professions.
Malpractice Liability in the Helping Professions.

5. CONFIDENTIALITY: ETHICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES.

Confidentiality, Privileged Communication, and Privacy.
The Duty to Warn and to Protect.
Protecting Children from Harm.
Confidentiality and HIV/AIDS-Related Issues.

6. ISSUES IN THEORY, PRACTICE, AND RESEARCH.

Developing a Counseling Stance.
The Division of Responsibility in Therapy.
Deciding on the Goals of Counseling.
Diagnosis as a Professional Issue.
Using Tests in Counseling.
The Use of Techniques in Counseling and Therapy.
Ethical Issues in Psychotherapeutic Research.

7. MANAGING BOUNDARIES AND MULTIPLE RELATIONSHIPS.

Introduction.
Dual and Multiple Relationships in Perspective.
Controversies on Boundary Issues.
Bartering for Professional Services.
Social Relationships with Clients.
Sexual Attractions in the Client-Therapist Relationship.
Sexual Relationships: Ethical and Legal Issues.
A Special Case: Nonerotic Physical Contact with Clients.
Dealing with Unethical Behavior in Dual Relationships.

8. PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE AND TRAINING.

Therapist Competence: Ethical and Legal Aspects.
Ethical Issues in Training Therapists.
Professional Licensing and Credentialing.
Specialties within the Counseling Profession.
Continuing Education and Demonstration of Competence.

9. ISSUES IN SUPERVISION AND CONSULTATION.

Ethical and Legal Issues in Clinical Supervision.
Ethical and Professional Issues in Clinical Supervision.
Chapter Summary.
Suggested Activities.

10. MULTICULTURAL PERSPECTIVES and DIVERSITY ISSUES.

The Need for a Multicultural Emphasis.
Ethical Codes in Multicultural Counseling.
Cultural Values and Assumptions in Therapy.
Matching Client and Counselor.
Multicultural Training of Counselors.

11. THE COUNSELOR IN THE COMMUNITY.

The Community Mental-Health Orientation.
Roles of Counselors Working in the Community.
The Use of Paraprofessionals.
Working within a System.

12. ETHICAL ISSUES IN MARITAL AND FAMILY THERAPY.

Ethical Standards in Marital and Family Therapy.
Contemporary Professional Issues.
Values in Marital and Family Therapy.
Gender-Sensitive Marital and Family Therapy.
Responsibilities of Marital and Family Therapists.
Confidentiality in Marital and Family Therapy.
Informed Consent in Marital and Family Therapy.

13. ETHICAL ISSUES IN GROUP WORK.

Training and Supervision of Group Leaders.
Co-Leadership.
Ethical Issues in Group Membership.
Confidentiality in Groups.
Values in Group Counseling.
Uses and Abuses of Group Techniques.
The Consultation and Referral Process.
Issues Concerning Termination.
Some Concluding Ideas about Ethical Thinking.

References.
Appendixes.
Name Index.
Subject Index.

(Most chapters begin with an Introduction and Pre-Chapter Self Inventory and conclude with a Chapter Summary and Suggested Activities.)