Uses acronym GROUP ETHICS to describe training knowledge and skill competencies for ethical counseling in groups. Concludes guidelines for individuals in training to be group counselors are too vague and thus allow neophyte leaders to place themselves in ethical jeopardy. (ABL)

Notes that ethical concerns of helping professionals focus on issues related to supervision and training of interns and that Committee on Ethical and Professional Practices of art therapy profession has received complaints from interns concerning their supervisors. Examines nature of supervisory relationship and roles of participating members as…

Notes that many authors on the subject of marriage and family therapy supervision point to the fact that the quality of relationship between supervisor and supervisee is crucial to the process. Identifies key elements in this relationship and introduces a theoretical framework for understanding those elements based on the principles of ethical…

Notes that nonspecificity of ethical guidelines forces counselors to develop personal philosophies in regard to serving culturally unique clients. Discusses worldview of the counselor as it affects client welfare, self-determination, and cultural autonomy in the counseling alliance. Reviews and discusses ethical issues surrounding development and…

Discusses major ethical issues related to training and supervising counseling practitioners including transference, dependency, and power in the supervisory relationship, dual relationship, stereotyping, and the imposition of the supervisors' beliefs on the supervisee. Identifies suggestions for lessening the threat of ethical violations. (Author)

Sees sexual contact between counselors and clients as serious ethical and legal problem in field of counseling. Discusses need to train counselors regarding the prevention of counselor-client sexual relations. Presents training strategy that confronts students with potential problems and ethical responses. Evaluation form to measure participant…

Reviews literature on complex ethical and legal issues that may arise in counseling families (defining the client, welfare and rights of individuals versus those of family system, informed consent and manipulative therapeutic techniques, family members who refuse to participate, confidentiality, and family values). Concludes with specific…

Examines the ethical and professional dilemma encountered by counselor educators when deciding on the most effective way to use an experiential group in their counselor education program, identifies alternatives to and modifications of the traditional experiential group, and proposes recommendations for using an experiential group. (NB)

This book discusses elements of six major areas of controversy which occur between different types of helping professionals. Theme 1 involves identity for the mental health professions. Questions are addressed related to the professional status of various mental health occupations, and who among them shall provide mental health services. Theme 2…

Reports on the curricular components of a 16-week graduate course entitled "Ethical, Legal and Professional Issues in Family Therapy." To aid in replication and assessment, selected teaching strategies are also presented. Course topics include feminism and hedonism, confidentiality, paradox, malpractice, court testimony, job hunting, private…

Reviews applications of counseling psychology to problems of physical health. Describes how counseling and psychoeducational models of direct service, counseling skills training, and consultation can be used to affect problems of physical health. Considers issues of psychological practice in health care settings with emphasis on ethics and service…

Provides brief overview of models of ethics training and addresses specific strategies for preventing counselor-client sexual contact (knowledge, activities promoting self-awareness, provision of climate that enhances moral development). Discusses responsibilities of training programs, including provision of clear statements of rights and…

Examines the process of requiring and evaluating personal growth group participation for students in counselor education programs. Discusses the key components in the dilemma of protecting privacy while evaluating competencies, including ethical practices and program alternatives to avoid evaluation. Proposes a model that will enable participation…

This monograph contains the proceedings of the Flagship Conference of the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES), which was designed to discuss the future of counselor education and to share images of how the counseling profession can be promoted and enhanced. The 16 papers are loosely divided into categories. The first two…