Ethics in Counseling and Psychotherapy

by Elizabeth Reynolds Welfel

Welfel's ETHICS IN COUNSELING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY prepares you to deal effectively with the complex ethical and legal issues that you will confront in practice. The book's ten-step model for ethical decision making guides you as you work through and analyze complicated ethics cases and challenging dilemmas. Coverage includes legal research and the professional literature of major topics in ethics (such as consent, confidentiality, and multiple relationships) and in applied settings (such as community mental health, private practice, schools, and teaching/research). Among other changes, the sixth edition integrates the new 2014 ACA Code of Ethics and includes updated discussions of technology and ethics, as well as culturally competent ethical practice.

Genres: Counselling, Psychology, Nonfiction, Grad School, Reference, Textbooks

624 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1997

Reviews

[Adrian]

An excellent reference resource for any practicing psychologist. The ethical nature of our work is extremely sensitive and requires constant consideration to maintain good practice. The ideal is a virtuous disposition.

[Johnny]

I enjoyed this book and found it to be very thought-provoking and relevant to my career. It fosters introspection about one’s values and their interaction with your therapeutic process.

[Jeff]

Read for coursework. A useful tool for learning more about the subject.

[Carly]

As far as reading about ethics goes (and the fact that different states have very different laws), this book does a good job of overviewing the 5 ethical precepts underlying ethical behavior (maleficence, beneficence, fidelity, justice and autonomy)...and how they should interact with the ethical codes of your profession.

Also, there was a special chapter just for me: school counseling. (It didn't answer all of my questions....but that's a state-specific issue too...)

[Stella]

As far as literature on the issues of ethics in the fields of counseling and psychotherapy goes, this is an excellent read. A multitude of ethical dilemmas are addressed and resolved through the use of the ACA Code of Ethics, as well as the APA Code of Ethics. This is a definite must-read for any graduate level counseling/psychology student.

[Mary Elizabeth]

This is an excellent book written for graduating psychology students. The author covers almost every possible situation and then uses the APA and ACA Codes of Ethics to solve the problem.

[Susan]

A good textbook.

[Verona D'arcangeli]

This is a good book about ethical issues in counselling. Easy to follow and very didactic,. It includes lots of examples and case studies fin the context of the United States.

[Jenai Auman]

It was a long read for a class, but I learned so much more about ethics within practice and it had made me more aware of ethics within research which is particularly important in my field.