Aimed primarily at graduate students in counseling, psychology and psychotherapy, this text is meant to sensitize readers to a range of ethical issues in the practice of counseling and psychotherapy and to provide them with relevant resources. Welfel (counseling, Cleveland State U.) presents a 10-stage model of ethical decision making and shows its application to a variety of ethical dilemmas in diverse settings, such as schools, research institutions and community counseling. This third edition reflects the current codes of the American Counseling and the American Psychological Associations. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Dr. Elizabeth Reynolds Welfel has taught courses in professional ethics, counseling theory, research, and personality testing in the Counselor Education program at Cleveland State University for the last 17 years. Prior to that, she was a member of the counseling psychology faculty at Boston College. She has published extensively in counseling journals, and is the co-author of another Thomson Brooks/Cole book, THE COUNSELING PROCESS: A MULTITHEORETICAL INTEGRATIVE APPROACH, Sixth Edition.

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