Positive Ethics for Mental Health Professionals

The latest edition of an expert text setting out a practical and accessible view of professional ethics

Now in its second edition, Positive Ethics for Mental Health Professionals is an insightful exploration of psychotherapeutic ethics for practitioners and students of the discipline. Readers will learn to strengthen and develop their core professional and ethical identities while learning to avoid some of the most common pitfalls professionals face when they make decisions.

This guide offers positive discussions, exercises, case scenarios, and writing assignments to help readers develop the self-reflective skills they’ll need to make excellent ethical decisions in psychotherapy and counseling settings.

Positive Ethics for Mental Health Professionals: A Proactive Approach, Second Edition explores:

• Knowing your own ethical character and the context in which you make decisions, including privilege, discrimination, oppression, and social justice
• The nuts and bolts of psychotherapy ethics, including patient and therapist boundaries, confidentiality, informed consent to treatment, and concluding the psychotherapeutic relationship
• A renewed focus on readers’ core ethical identities, as well as a new discussion of “tripping points,” or predictable pitfalls in making ethical choices

Perfect for undergraduate and graduate students studying psychotherapy and mental health as well as practicing mental health professionals seeking an introduction or refresher to professional ethics, Positive Ethics for Mental Health Professionals is also an ideal ancillary text in courses covering ethics, psychotherapy, and mental health.