Standards and ethics for counselling in action / Andrew Reeves and Tim Bond.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: The background -- Introduction -- What is counselling? -- Sources of counselling ethics -- Framework for counselling ethics and standards -- Part II: Responsibility to the client -- Safety, negligence and insurance -- Respect for client autonomy -- Suicide and refusing to accept life-saving treatment -- Counsellor competence -- Avoiding the exploitation of clients -- Confidentiality -- Counselling online -- Working with social diversity -- Part III: The counsellor and others -- Counsellors and the responsibility to others -- Counselling supervision -- Record-keeping -- Evaluation of impact: practice-based evidence and evidence-based practice -- Part IV: The whole picture -- Ethical problem solving -- Implications for practice.

"This is your essential guide to standards and ethics in the psychological therapies. The book introduces you to key ethical values and principles and discusses how to practice in accordance with these. An accompanying online resource website provides you with over 30 videos showing commonly arising ethical dilemmas, further reading including book chapters and journal articles, and links to ethical codes and frameworks in the UK and internationally. The book covers the BACP 2018a ethical guidelines; counselling in a digital age; counselling across cultures, to help students who struggle to apply ethical practice in new situations. What's new: New Online Resource Website (SAGE website rather than IeB). These resources will include current and new video content of ethical dilemmas in counselling, and videos with experts discussing ethical issues. Greater use of practice examples to illustrate some of the more complex ideas 'in action' Ensuring updates consistent with any changes to the Ethical Frameworks for practice and guidance for research, together with any good practice guidance from key professional associations The writing is more accessible and appropriate for UG level. Specific updates in relation to NICE, IAPT and SCOPED and updated evidence base. Further consideration of social media throughout the book. Updated chapter on 'Counselling in a Digital Age' More content on social justice, advocacy and counselling as a social and political activity in the context of diversity new pedagogy including reflective questions for the videos"-- Provided by publisher.