Issues and Ethics in the Helping
Professions
Up-to-date and comprehensive, this practical, bestselling text (now
available with an online personalized study plan) provides students with
the basis for discovering their own guidelines for helping within the broad
limits of professional codes of ethics and divergent theoretical positions.
Respected authors Gerald Corey, Marianne Corey, and Patrick Callanan
raise what they consider to be central issues, present a range of diverse
views on these issues, discuss their position, and present many
opportunities for students to refine their thinking and actively develop their
own position. With new material throughout every chapter and an
increased emphasis on critical thinking, the Eighth Edition is modern and
useful for students as well as practicing professionals. Issues and Ethics in
the Helping Professions (Eighth Edition) explores such questions as: What
role do the therapists personal values play in the counseling relationship?
What ethical responsibilities and rights do clients and therapists have? And
what considerations are involved in adapting counseling practice to diverse
client populations? About This Edition: New
Features New commentaries following all of the cases presented
in the various chapters provide guidance to students as they consider the
issues involved. These commentaries also assist students in applying
ethical standards from the various codes to a wide variety of practical
cases. While students are not provided with the correct answers to the
cases presented, they are given specific ideas about ways to resolve
ethical dilemmas found in the many cases. Throughout the book, the
authors present new research and literature on a wide range of ethical
topics, including counter transference, informed consent, ethical and
effective practice of clinical supervision, sexual attractions in therapy,
dealing with impaired supervisees, giving and receiving gifts, training and
supervision of group leaders, advantages and disadvantages of counseling
via the Internet, recent ethics codes on technology applications, and more.
The authors also include new material on empathy fatigue, the role of
spirituality and religion in counseling, ethical issues in spirituality and
addictions treatment, and end-of-life decisions. Additionally, new
information has been added on the CACREP (2009) standards pertaining
to personal counseling for students. Chapter 4, Multicultural
Perspectives and Diversity Issues, has been thoroughly revised and now
includes new information on multicultural and diversity perspectives, a
revised discussion of issues pertaining to sexual orientation and inclusion
of competencies in working with LGBT individuals, and an updated
discussion of training students in the area of multicultura l competence.
The books discussion of confidentiality and privileged communication has
been expanded. Chapter 6, Confidentiality: Ethical and Legal Issues,
include...
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