Preface. Acknowledgments. I.HELPING: THE ROLE AND INFLUENCE OF THE HELPER.
1.An Introduction to the Formal Process of Helping. The Helping Process: A Blending of Art and Science.
The Helping Process: The Meeting of Client and Helper.
The Role of the Client in the Process of Change.
The Role of the Helper in the Process of Change.
2.Helper Variables: What the Helper Brings to the Helping Relationship. Helper Values.
Helper Orientation: A Theoretical Agenda for Helping.
Helper Competencies: Issues of Knowledge and Skill.
Helper Sensitivity to Diversity and Culture.
The Ethics of Therapeutic Choice.
Professionalization, Professional Ethic, and Personal Response.
II.ETHICS AND STANDARDS OF PRACTICE: THE PROFESSION'S RESPONSE.
3.Ethical Standards: Guidelines for Helping Others. Formal Ethical Standards: The Evolution of a Profession.
Across the Professions: A Review of Ethical Standards of Practice.
Common Concerns and Shared Values Across the Professions.
From Professional Behavior to Personal Being.
4.Ethics and the Law. The Helping Process as a Legal Contract.
The Legal Foundation of Ethical Practice.
Ethical Does Not Always Equal Legal.
When Ethics and Legalities Collide.
III. THE NATURE OF THE HELPING RELATIONSHIP.
5.Ethical Conflicts: The System and the Interests of Others. Serving the Individual within a System.
Ethical Culture of Social Systems.
Who Is the Client?
When There Are Multiple Masters.
Beyond Professional Standards: A Personal Moral Response.
6.Informed Consent. The Rationale for Informed Consent.
Informed Consent Across the Profession.
Special Challenges to Informing for Consent.
Beyond Professional Standards: A Personal Moral Response.
7.Confidentiality. Confidentiality-What and When Warranted?
Confidentiality Across the Professions.
Limits and Special Challenges to Confidentiality.
Recent Legal Decisions-Confidentiality and Privilege Communications.
Beyond Professional Standards: A Personal Moral Response.
8.Boundaries and the Ethical Use of Power. Setting and Maintaining Professional Boundaries.
Professional Objectivity: Essential to Professional Boundaries.
Dual Relationship: rossing and/or Mixing Boundaries.
Sexual Intimacy: A Clear Violation of Professional Boundaries.
Recent Legal Decisions.
Beyond Professional Standards: A Personal Moral Response.
IV.THE PROCESS OF HELPING.
9.Efficacy of Treatment. Practicing Within the Realm of Competence.
Professional Development: Knowing the State of the Profession.
The Standard of Care: An Appropriate Treatment.
Employing an Action Research Approach to Practice.
The Use of Referral.
Recent Legal Decisions.
Beyond Professional Standards: A Personal Moral Response.
10.Evaluation and Accountability. Monitoring and Evaluating Intervention Effects.
Setting Treatment Goals and Objectives.
Record Keeping.
Recent Legal Decisions.
Beyond Professional Standards: A Personal Moral Response.
Epilogue. Appendices. Appendix A. Professional Organizations.
Appendix B. Codes of Ethics and Standards of Professional Practice.