Counseling Ethics for the 21st Century

Elliot D. Cohen, Ph.D., Brown University, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Humanities at Indian River State College, and Adjunct Professor of Clinical Ethics at Florida State University College of Medicine. He is also Executive Director of the National Philosophical Counseling Association (NPCA); President of the Institute of Critical Thinking Center for Logic-Based Therapy (LBT); and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Applied Philosophy.  Author of 22 published books and numerous articles in diverse areas of applied and professional ethics, and philosophical counseling, Dr. Cohen has developed and proposed model rules for professional codes of ethics including the American Counseling Association (ACA). He also writes a popular blog for Psychology Today called, What Would Aristotle Do? Gale Spieler Cohen, Ed.D., LMHC, NCC is Professor and Chair of the Human Services Department at Indian River State College. She is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida and a National Certified Counselor with clinical experience in a wide array of areas including child sexual abuse and domestic abuse and intimate partner violence. She holds a doctorate in Child, Youth, and Human Services with a specialization in Family Systems and Services from Nova Southeastern University.

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I. Becoming a Virtuous Therapist
Chapter 1: Building Character: Virtues of Excellent Practitioners
Chapter 2: Being Trustworthy
Case Studies: Two Resistant Clients
PART II. RESOLVING ETHICAL ISSUES
Chapter 3: Applying Ethical Standards
Case Study: A Clash of Values Inside a Fundamentalist Christian Family
Chapter 4: Using an Ethical Decision-Making Process
Case Study: A Hateful Client
PART III. NAVIGATING KEY CONCEPTS: CONFIDENTIALITY AND INFORMED CONSENT
Chapter 5: Exercising Discretion
Case Study: A Dangerous Client
Chapter 6: Being Candid and Honest
Case Study: Withholding Information From a Depressed Client
PART IV. EMPOWERING AND ADVOCATING FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
Chapter 7: Empowering Adult Victims of Domestic Abuse
Case Studies: Physical and Emotional Abuse
Chapter 8: Exercising Courage in Protecting Children
Case Study: Child Sexual Abuse
PART V. COUNSELING ACROSS MULTIPLE ROLES AND CULTURES
Chapter 9: Being Loyal and Fair to Clients
Case Study: Sex with a Former Client
Chapter 10: Being Respectful Across Diverse Cultures
Case Study: Supervising a Supervisee Doing Cross-Cultural Counseling
PART VI. COUNSELING IN CYBERSPACE
Chapter 11: Being Diligent in the Digital Age
Case Study: A Case of Record Hacking
Chapter 12: Providing Competent Online Counseling Services
Case Study: A Suicidal Client
PART VII. DEFINING LIMITS OF CONFIDENTIALITY
Chapter 13: Being Benevolent
Case Study: A Terminally Ill Client Contemplating Suicide
Chapter 14: Being Nonmalevolent
Case Study: A Sexually Active Client With HIV
Index
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