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Professional Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy
Ethics and the Law
First Edition
March 2017 | 240 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
Developing and maintaining a secure framework for professional practice is a core part of any counselling and psychotherapy training, as all therapists need to understand the key values, ethics and laws that underpin the profession today. But what does being a member of a 'profession’ actually mean, and what does being a ‘professional’ actually involve?
Structured around the BACP Core Curriculum, and with the help of exercises, case studies and tips for further reading, this book covers everything from the requirements of the BACP Ethical Framework to broader perspectives on good professional practice.
It includes:
- Practising as a therapist in different roles and organizational contexts.
- Working with key issues, including difference, vulnerable clients and risk.
- Understanding the law and relevant legal frameworks for practice.
- Working ethically, including contrasting models and approaches to ethics.
Becoming a member of a new profession
Working in different organisational contexts as a counsellor or psychotherapist
Working with key client issues in therapeutic practice
Working with key professional issues in therapeutic practice
Understanding the legal context of professional practice
Working ethically as a counsellor and psychotherapist
Surviving and thriving as a counsellor or psychotherapist
Developing new roles in counselling and psychotherapy
