Ethics Desk Reference for Counselors, Second Edition

The second edition of this highly practical and easily understood handbook provides counselors and students with the means to quickly apply the 2014 ACA Code of Ethics to practice and to professional roles and activities. It contains on-point recommendations for each standard of the Code, a decision-making model, and a listing of ethics resources. Part I presents each section of the Code, along with a brief commentary that emphasizes its most essential elements, common ethical dilemmas and problems relevant to that section, and specific strategies for risk prevention and positive practice. P. � Read more... Abstract: The second edition of this highly practical and easily understood handbook provides counselors and students with the means to quickly apply the 2014 ACA Code of Ethics to practice and to professional roles and activities. It contains on-point recommendations for each standard of the Code, a decision-making model, and a listing of ethics resources. Part I presents each section of the Code, along with a brief commentary that emphasizes its most essential elements, common ethical dilemmas and problems relevant to that section, and specific strategies for risk prevention and positive practice. P The second edition of this highly practical and easily understood handbook provides counselors and students with the means to quickly apply the 2014 ACA Code of Ethics to practice and to professional roles and activities. It contains on-point recommendations for each standard of the Code , a decision-making model, and a listing of ethics resources. Part I presents each section of the Code , along with a brief commentary that emphasizes its most essential elements, common ethical dilemmas and problems relevant to that section, and specific strategies for risk prevention and positive practice. Part II contains ethical guidance sections focused on areas that counselors often encounter in their work, including culture and diversity, confidentiality and exceptions to confidentiality, counseling suicidal clients, multiple relation­ships in counseling, competence, supervision, managed care, termination and abandonment, and how to respond to an ethics complaint or malpractice suit. New to this edition is a section titled "Integrating Technology into Counseling Practice." *Requests for digital versions from ACA can be found on www.wiley.com. *To request print copies, please visit the ACA website. *Reproduction requests for material from books published by ACA should be directed to permissions@counseling.org. The second edition of this highly practical and easily understood handbook provides counselors and students with the means to quickly apply the 2014 ACA Code of Ethics to practice and to professional roles and activities. It contains on-point recommendations for each standard of the Code, a decision-making model, and a listing of ethics resources. Part I presents each section of the Code, along with a brief commentary that emphasizes its most essential elements, common ethical dilemmas and problems relevant to that section, and specific strategies for risk prevention and positive practice. Part II contains ethical guidance sections focused on areas that counselors often encounter in their work, including culture and diversity, confidentiality and exceptions to confidentiality, counseling suicidal clients, multiple relation­ships in counseling, competence, supervision, managed care, termination and abandonment, and how to respond to an ethics complaint or malpractice suit. New to this edition is a section titled “Integrating Technology into Counseling Practice.” •Requests for digital versions from ACA can be found on www.wiley.com. •To request print copies, please visit the ACA website. •Reproduction requests for material from books published by ACA should be directed to publications@counseling.org Content: pt. 1. The American Counseling Association code of ethics. The counseling relationship -- Confidentiality and privacy -- Professional responsibility -- Relationships with other professionals -- Evaluation, assessment, and interpretation -- Supervision, training, and teaching -- Research and publication -- Distance counseling, technology, and social media -- Resolving ethical issues. pt. 2. Decision making and ethical practice in counseling. An ethical decision-making process for counselors -- Ethical issues regarding culture and diversity -- Confidentiality -- Exceptions to confidentiality -- Counseling suicidal clients -- Boundaries and multiple relationships in counseling -- Competence -- Supervision -- Managed care -- Integrating technology into counseling practice -- Termination and abandonment -- Responding to subpoenas and court orders, lawsuits, and ethics complaints. The ACA code of ethics The counseling relationship Confidentiality, privileged communication, and privacy Professional responsibility Relationships with other professionals Evaluation, assessment, and interpretation Supervision, training, and teaching Research and publication Resolving ethical issues Decision making and ethical practice in counseling An ethical decision-making process for counselors Ethical issues regarding culture and diversity Confidentiality Exceptions to confidentiality Counseling suicidal clients Boundaries and multiple relationships in counseling Competence Supervision Managed care Termination and abandonment Responding to an subpoenas and court orders, law suits, and ethics complaints. "The second edition of this highly practical and easily understood handbook provides counselors and students with the means to quickly apply the 2014 'ACA Code of Ethics' to practice and to professional roles and activities. It contains on-point recommendations for each standard of the 'Code', a decision-making model, and a listing of ethics resources. Part I presents each section of the 'Code', along with a brief commentary that emphasizes its most essential elements, common ethical dilemmas and problems relevant to that section, and specific strategies for risk prevention and positive practice. Pat II contains ethical guidance sections ..."--Back cover « The second edition of this highly practical and easily understood handbook provides counselors and students with the means to quickly apply the 2014 ACA Code of Ethics to practice and to professional roles and activities. It contains on-point recommendations for each standard of the Code, a decision-making model, and a listing of ethics resources. Part I presents each section of the Code, along with a brief commentary that emphasizes its most essential elements, common ethical dilemmas and problems relevant to that section, and specific strategies for risk prevention and positive practice. »-- Résumé de l'éditeur.