Aimed primarily at graduate students in counseling, psychology and psychotherapy, this text is meant to sensitize readers to a range of ethical issues in the practice of counseling and psychotherapy and to provide them with relevant resources. Welfel (counseling, Cleveland State U.) presents a 10-stage model of ethical decision making and shows its application to a variety of ethical dilemmas in diverse settings, such as schools, research institutions and community counseling. This third edition reflects the current codes of the American Counseling and the American Psychological Associations. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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This book prepares readers to deal effectively with the complex ethical and legal issues they will confront in practice. Dr. Welfel provides a ten-step model of ethical decision making that guides students and practitioners as they work through and analyze complicated ethics cases that demonstrate some of the most challenging dilemmas that they will face. In this edition, Dr. Welfel provides the most current information on the market, including up-to-date coverage of the newly adopted ACA Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice and the APA Ethical Principles. The text also brings students past their basic awareness and knowledge of these professional codes of ethics by familiarizing readers with the field's key scholarly writings and by examining emerging ethical issues.
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