Ethics in Psychotherapy and Counseling

The essential guide to psychotherapy ethics for today's complex challenges.

A client asks you to use AI-generated therapy transcripts. A state law conflicts with your ethical duties. A telehealth session raises questions your training never addressed. The ethical landscape has never been more complex, and the stakes have never been higher.

The seventh edition of Ethics in Psychotherapy and Counseling: A Practical Guide has been fully revised for a world in rapid flux. With seven new chapters, this trusted resource equips you to meet the challenges of telehealth, AI, political polarization, and restrictive state laws while ensuring that every client receives the highest standard of care.

This edition provides tools to:

• Make sound decisions using clear frameworks when ethical principles conflict, legal requirements diverge from ethical ideals, or cultural considerations add complexity.
• Practice telehealth ethically by managing confidentiality, securing informed consent, and maintaining therapeutic boundaries across videoconferencing platforms.
• Integrate AI responsibly into your practice with practical strategies for assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and outcome measurement.
• Serve diverse clients ethically through culturally attuned approaches that centre social justice, address power dynamics, and honour every human experience.
• Navigate the legal landscape with comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of ethical standards, legislation, case law, and practice guidelines, including expert strategies for addressing restrictions on DEI and women's healthcare.

For psychotherapists, counsellors, clinical psychologists, and graduate students, this seventh edition provides the knowledge and practical guidance needed to uphold the highest ethical standards, whatever comes next.