Ethics Desk Reference for Counselors

by Jeffrey E. Barnett

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.” 

Genres: Counselling

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Carter · Rating 4 out of 5]

This comprehensive guide to the ACA code of ethics has helped me several times in different capacities during the course of my Master's in Clinical Counseling program. It was especially useful for research and ethical decision-making for case studies. I believe it will be a valuable resource during my professional career. It is the most useful reference I have obtained for both my education and my professional library.