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- Ethical practice is essential for all psychotherapists. As licensed professionals, we are obligated to ensure that we meet the minimal expectations set in our state’s licensing law, the regulations that accompany it, other laws relevant to the practice of our profession, and our profession’s code of ethics.
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Oct 23, 2019 · Key recommendations are shared to promote ethical conduct and to resolve commonly occurring ethical dilemmas in each of these areas of psychotherapy practice. Each of the six articles that follow in this special section on ethics in psychotherapy are introduced, and their main points are summarized.
Reasons for the Ethics Code's naturally occurring limitations are shared. The role of ethical decision-making, the use of multiple sources of guidance, and the role of consultation with colleagues to augment and support the psychotherapist's professional judgment are illustrated.
- Jeffrey E Barnett
- 2019
Dec 13, 2019 · Reasons for the Ethics Code’s naturally occurring limitations are shared. The role of ethical decision-making, the use of multiple sources of guidance, and the role of consultation with colleagues to augment and support the psychotherapist’s professional judgment are illustrated.
- The Values of The Profession
- Professional Identity and Personal Values
- The Psychotherapist’S Personal Values in Psychotherapy
- Asserting Personal Values in One’S Professional Role
- Relevant Issues to Consider
- Recommendations
Codes of ethics are based on a widely accepted set of underlying values. As described by Beauchamp and Childress (2012), these include: Beneficence– the obligation to provide benefit to those we serve in our professional roles. Nonmaleficence– the obligation to avoid exploitation of and harm to those we serve. Fidelity– Fulfilling our obligations a...
While it is hoped that psychotherapists will embrace the values of the profession, we each bring to our professional roles our own personal values as well. These personal values may be strongly held beliefs and convictions that are essential aspects of one’s identity. Of course, personal values influence decisions and actions in our personal and pr...
Psychotherapy cannot be free of the influence of the psychotherapist’s (or client’s) personal values. They are integrated into who we are as individuals, and they influence every decision we make and every action we take. Kelly and Strupp (1992) found that psychotherapists’ personal values influence the treatment decisions they make as well as thei...
In recent years there have been multiple court cases relevant to psychotherapists and psychotherapy trainees refusing to treat homosexual clients, stating that to do so would conflict with their religious beliefs (e.g., Bruff v.North Mississippi Health Services, Inc., 2001; Ward v.Willbanks, 2010). In each of these cases, the clinician in question ...
It is understood that psychotherapy is not a values-free endeavor (Kelly & Strupp, 1992). We each bring with us who we are as individuals to our professional roles. Yet, the role of the psychotherapist’s personal values in psychotherapy is a highly complex and potentially controversial one. Should psychotherapists be required to keep their personal...
As with all ethical dilemmas, to the extent that it is possible, a focus on prevention is recommended. Thus, the following specific recommendations are provided:
This Code of Ethics expresses the ethical principles and values of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association and serves as a guide to the professional conduct of all its members.
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Dec 1, 2019 · Key recommendations are shared to promote ethical conduct and to resolve commonly occurring ethical dilemmas in each of these areas of psychotherapy practice.
The role of ethical decision-making, the use of multiple sources of guidance, and the role of consultation with colleagues to augment and support the psychotherapist’s professional judgment are illustrated.
