DESCRIPTION

The work of psychotherapy and counseling is full of ethical challenges and dilemmas. Responding to these situations with wisdom is critical, not only for the professional's credibility, but also for good therapeutic relationships and positive treatment outcomes.

Since its first publication, Christian Counseling Ethics has become a standard reference work for Christian psychologists, counselors and pastors and a key text at Christian universities and seminaries. This thoroughly revised edition retains core material on counseling ethics that has made it so valuable in a variety of settings. Now fully updated, it weighs and assesses new and emerging ethical issues in the field. For example, the current volume explores ethical issues involved in:

• multiple relationships
• confidentiality
• documentation
• therapist competence and character
• addressing spiritual and value issues in therapy
• teletherapy
• individual and couples therapy
• counseling with minors
• psychological first aid after disasters
• counseling cross-culturally

Additionally, Christian Counseling Ethics considers dilemmas Christian therapists face in specific settings such as:

• church-based counseling centers
• government and military institutions
• missions organizations
• college counseling centers

Psychologist Randolph Sanders has assembled a distinguished team of clinicians and scholars to address these issues. They include W. Brad Johnson, Alan Tjeltveit, Everett Worthington, Sally Schwer Canning, Siang-Yang Tan, Tamara Anderson, Stanton Jones, Jennifer Ripley, Angela Sabates, Mark Yarhouse, Richard Butman and Cynthia Eriksson.