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The text concentrates upon the professional and ethical issues that most affect the actual practice of counselling. The authors raise significant questions such as: how does the therapist's values and life experiences affect the therapeutic process? What are the rights and responsibilities of both the client and the helper? They then offer a number of different viewpoints to stimulate discussion. Containing at least fifty per cent of new material, this third edition provides more topics and coverage to make it more comprehesive than previous editions. New chapters include ethical decision making, issues in multicultural counselling and ethical issues specific to marriage and family therapy. A discussion of recent landmark court cases is included, with implications for professional practice and each chapter begins with a series of questions to stimulate the reader's interest in the topics covered in the chapter. This book should be of interest to degree and diploma students in the helping professions, and on courses in counselling, psychology and social work.

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• 1 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)
• 2 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)
• 3 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)
• 4 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)
• 5 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)
• 6 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)
• 7 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)
• 8 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)
• 9 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)
• 10 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)
• 11 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)
• 12 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)
• 13 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)