Issues and Ethics in the Helping Professions

Download or read book Issues and Ethics in the Helping Professions written by Gerald Corey and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [Publisher-supplied data] Up-to-date and challenging, this best-selling book is a practical manual that helps future and current professionals deal with ethical issues that they will confront at the various stages in their development. The authors provide readers with the basis for discovering their own guidelines within the broad limits of professional codes of ethics and divergent theoretical positions. They raise what they consider to be central issues, present a range of diverse views on these issues, discuss their position, and present multiple opportunities for readers to refine their own thinking and actively develop their own position. The authors explore such questions as: What role do the therapist's personal values play in the counseling relationship? What ethical responsibilities and rights do clients and therapists have? What considerations are involved in adapting counseling practice to diverse client populations?