Ethical Issues in Counselling and Psychotherapy Practice [electronic resource] : Walking the Line /
Bhola, Poornima.editor.
Raguram, Ahalya.editor.
This edited volume comprehensively examines the critical ethical challenges that arise in the practice of counselling and psychotherapy. It translates philosophical positions and professional ethical guidelines in a way that can be applied to practice. The various chapters focus on specific ethical issues that emerge in working with a range of different client groups; for example, children, couples and families. While some ethical imperatives are common across the board, others could be more closely associated with certain client groups. Practitioners might experience uncertainty in working with vulnerable client groups; for example, lesbian/gay/transgender/intersex (LGBT) clients, or persons who report intimate partner violence. Several chapters raise questions, provide information and additional resources to enhance ethically informed practice. Chapter contributions also highlight the ethical dilemmas that might be unique to certain contexts; for example, private practice, schools and consultation-liaison settings. This volume also addresses contemporary and relatively less understood playing fields like 'digital ethics' related to therapist-client interface in the internet space and the navigation of ethical dilemmas in the newly emerging field of employee assistance programmes which address mental health needs in the corporate sector. Written by experienced practitioners of psychotherapy, and culturally contextualized, this is a valuable resource for academics and practitioners interested in psychotherapy and counselling.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
Chapter 1. Navigating the ethical landscape: Critical issues in practice and training Poornima Bhola & Ahalya Raguram -- Chapter 2. The Ethical Private Practitioner Rathna Isaac -- Chapter 3. Ethics in child psychotherapy: A practitioner's perspective Sowmya Bhaskaran & Shekhar P. Seshadri -- Chapter 4.Ethical issues in working with children in the consultation-liaison context Vijaya Raman -- Chapter 5. Classroom and Counsellor Ethics: A daily balancing act Neena David -- Chapter 6. Ethical issues in working with couples and families Sobhana H., Priya Saxena, & Buli Nag Daimari -- Chapter 7. Ethical issues in working with women in sex work facing intimate partner violence Sanghamitra Iyengar -- Chapter 8. Working with survivors of sexual violence: Ethical issues and Dilemmas Anuradha Kapoor &Chandana Baksi -- Chapter 9. 'Coming out' of the comfort zone: Challenging heteronormativity through affirmative counselling with lesbian and gay clients Ketki Ranade & Shruti Chakravarty -- Chapter 10. Employee Assistance Programmes: Emergent ethical issues Ellen Mrinalini Shinde -- Chapter 11. Intersections between ethics and technology: Online client-therapist interactions Kakli Gupta, Ananya Sinha& Poornima Bhola -- Chapter 12. Ethics in therapeutic practice: Culturally universal and valid? R. Raguram -- Chapter 13. Ethical and legal issues in Psychotherapy Vinay B., Lakshmi J.& Suresh Bada Math -- Chapter 14. Research ethics in psychotherapy and psychosocial interventions: Role of institutional ethical review boards Shoba Srinath & Poornima Bhola.
This edited volume comprehensively examines the critical ethical challenges that arise in the practice of counselling and psychotherapy. It translates philosophical positions and professional ethical guidelines in a way that can be applied to practice. The various chapters focus on specific ethical issues that emerge in working with a range of different client groups; for example, children, couples and families. While some ethical imperatives are common across the board, others could be more closely associated with certain client groups. Practitioners might experience uncertainty in working with vulnerable client groups; for example, lesbian/gay/transgender/intersex (LGBT) clients, or persons who report intimate partner violence. Several chapters raise questions, provide information and additional resources to enhance ethically informed practice. Chapter contributions also highlight the ethical dilemmas that might be unique to certain contexts; for example, private practice, schools and consultation-liaison settings. This volume also addresses contemporary and relatively less understood playing fields like 'digital ethics' related to therapist-client interface in the internet space and the navigation of ethical dilemmas in the newly emerging field of employee assistance programmes which address mental health needs in the corporate sector. Written by experienced practitioners of psychotherapy, and culturally contextualized, this is a valuable resource for academics and practitioners interested in psychotherapy and counselling.
Applied psychology.
Medical ethics.
Psychotherapy and Counseling.
Theory of Medicine/Bioethics.
Family.