Ethics for Psychotherapists and Counselors: A Proactive Approach

• First book designed to engage students and psychotherapists in the process of developing a professional identity that integrates their personal values with the ethics and traditions of their discipline
• Authors take a positive and proactive approach that encourages readers to go beyond following the rules and to strive for ethical excellence
• Utilizes a variety of thought-provoking exercises, case scenarios, and writing assignments
• Authors present examples from their own backgrounds to help clarify the issues discussed
• Text emphasizes awareness of one’s own ethical, personal, and cultural backgrounds and how these apply to one’s clinical practice

Keywords: Bioethics & Medical Ethics, Ethics, psychotherapy, counselling, psychology, psychoanalysis, psychotherapists, counsellors, professional development, professional ethics