Standards Ethics for Counselling in Action

Andrew Reeves is a Professor in the Counselling Professions and Mental Health, a Senior BACP Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist and a Registered Social Worker. He is a past-Chair of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, a Fellow of BACP and a Senior Fellow of Advance HE.  He has published extensively on working in counselling and psychotherapy, and particularly in working with risk in a range of organisational settings. He is past Editor-in-Chief of Counselling and Psychotherapy Research journal and has a long-standing commitment to ethics in the counselling professions, including in writing and research. Tim Bond is an Emeritus Professor of the University of Bristol and Visiting Professor to the University of Malta. He has a longstanding commitment to researching and writing about professional ethics for the talking therapies and promoting mental well-being. He is currently a consultant to the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy on professional ethics and standards, a member of the Ethics Committee for the British Psychological Society and the Executive Council of the International Association for Counselling. He is a registered member of BACP and provides counselling supervision and training workshops.

Part I The Background
1. Introduction
2. What Is Counselling?
3. Sources of Counselling Ethics
4. Framework for Counselling Ethics and Standards
Part II Responsibility to the Client
5. Safety, Negligence and Insurance
6. Respect for Client Autonomy
7. Suicide and Refusing to Accept Life-saving Treatment
8. Counsellor Competence
9. Avoiding the Exploitation of Clients
10. Confidentiality
11. Counselling Online
12. Working with Social Diversity
Part III The Counsellor and Others
13. Counsellors and the Responsibility to Others
14. Counselling Supervision
15. Record-keeping
16. Evaluation of Impact: Practice-based Evidence and Evidence-based Practice
Part IV The Whole Picture
17. Ethical Problem Solving
18. Implications for Practice
Glossary
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