Summary
Keeps the focus on practical, creative approaches to the responsibilities, challenges, and opportunities encountered by therapists and counselors in their work. Hallmark features include:
- Covers the many changes and challenges brought about by new technology, EHRs, videoconferencing, and texting, as well as practicing across state and provincial borders
- Discusses moral distress and moral courage
- Deals with complex issue of culture, race, religion, sexual identity, sexual orientation, and politics
- Provides steps to strengthen ethics in organizations
Author Biography
Kenneth S. Pope, PhD, a psychologist in independent practice, chaired the ethics committees of the American Psychological Association and the American Board of Professional Psychology. He received the 2015 Canadian Psychological Assoication John C. Service Member of the Year Award.
Melba J.T. Vasquez, PhD, is a licensed psychologist and former President of the American Psychological Association. She is a Fellow of ten divisions of the American Psychological Association and is a recipient of the 2020 APA Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Nayeli Y. Chavez-Duenas, PhD, is a licensed psychologist and professor. She is a recipient of the 2018 American Psychological Association Distinguished Citizen Psychologist Award.
Hector Y. Adames, PsyD, is a licensed psychologist and professor. He chaired the Committee on Ethnic Minority Affair (CEMA) of the American Psychologist Association (APA) and is a recipient of the 2018 Distinguished Emerging Professional Contributions to Research Award from the Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity, and Race of the APA.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Dedications
The Authors
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part 1: Foundations
Chapter 1 Helping Without Hurting
Chapter 2 Ethics in Real Life
Chapter 3 Ehtics Theories and Codes
Chapter 4 Dignity and Respect
Chapter 5 Trust, Power, Caring, and Healing
Chapter 6 Competence, Humility, and the Human Therapist
Chapter 7 Culture, Context, and Ethics in Psychotherapy and Counseling
Chapter 8 Steps in Ethical Decision-Making
Chapter 9 Moral Distress and Moral Courage
Part II: Common Sources of Problems
Chapter 10 Ethics, Science and Pseudoscience
Chapter 11 Ethical Fallacies
Chapter 12 Pitfalls in Ethical Judgement
Chapter 13 Language and Ethics
Chapter 14 Ethics Placebos, Rationalizations, and Excuses
Part III: Special Topics
Chapter 15 Beginnings and Endings, Absence and Access
Chapter 16 Informed Consent and Informed Refusal
Chapter 17 Creating and Using Strategies for Self-Care
Chapter 18 Creating a Professional Will
Chapter 19 Responding to Ethics, Licensing, or Malpractice Complaints
Chapter 20 Assessment, Testing and Diagnosis
Chapter 21 Confidentiality
Chapter 22 Recognizing, Assessing and Responding to Suicidal Risk
Chapter 23 Supporting Human Rights and Adressing Oppression in Psychotherapy
Chapter 24 Therapists in a Virual World: Teletherapy, Electronic Records, and Social Media
Chapter 25 Sexual Attraction to Patients, Therapist Vulnerabilities, and Sexual Relationships with Patients
Chapter 26 Nonsexual Multiple Relationships and Other Boundary Crossings: The Therapeutic and the Harmul, the Risky and the Inevitable
Chapter 27: Steps to Strengthen Ethics in Organizations: Resarch Findings, Ethics Placebos, and What Works
References
About the Authors
Author Index
Subject Index
Other versions by this Author