Values And Ethics In The Practice of Psychotherapy And Counselling

Values And Ethics In The Practice of Psychotherapy And Counselling
ISBN-10
0335204759
ISBN-13
9780335204755
Category
Medical ethics
Pages
215
Language
English
Published
2001
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Companies,Incorporated
Authors
Lesley Murdin, Fiona Palmer Barnes

Description

The work of every school of psychotherapy and every therapist is inevitably structured by a value system and requires codes of ethics and practice. This book addresses the conscious and unconscious aspects of the value system in which therapists are situated. Values and Ethics in the Practice of Psychotherapy and Counselling explores the central issues through the experience of the contributors, each of whom is well known in this field. Each chapter will raise questions for the reader which will stimulate individual thinking about practice or can form a basis for discussion and debate for training or graduate groups. The book is firmly rooted in practice. Each chapter deals with a different aspect of the psychotherapist's work beginning with the general underlying principles, continuing through matters of technique and on to contextual issues. Finally the book moves to the outer world, politics and spirituality as ways of connecting inner and outer, social and individual. The arrangement of chapters allows for flexibility and creativity while providing a coherent structure.

Values and Ethics in the Practice of Psychotherapy and Counselling is recommended reading for psychotherapists, psychoanalysts and counsellors in training and practice.

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