Counseling Ethics for the 21st Century

Elliot D. Cohen, Ph.D., Brown University, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Humanities at Indian River State College, and Adjunct Professor of Clinical Ethics at Florida State University College of Medicine. He is also Executive Director of the National Philosophical Counseling Association (NPCA); President of the Institute of Critical Thinking Center for Logic-Based Therapy (LBT); and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Applied Philosophy.  Author of 22 published books and numerous articles in diverse areas of applied and professional ethics, and philosophical counseling, Dr. Cohen has developed and proposed model rules for professional codes of ethics including the American Counseling Association (ACA). He also writes a popular blog for Psychology Today called, What Would Aristotle Do?Gale Spieler Cohen, Ed.D., LMHC, NCC is Professor and Chair of the Human Services Department at Indian River State College. She is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida and a National Certified Counselor with clinical experience in a wide array of areas including child sexual abuse and domestic abuse and intimate partner violence. She holds a doctorate in Child, Youth, and Human Services with a specialization in Family Systems and Services from Nova Southeastern University.

"The authors have provided an up to date, thought provoking, clearly written, state of the art resource for seasoned professionals as well as neophyte counselors and therapists. They present ethics, not merely as minimal prescriptions but as choices that are maximally or virtuously ethical. Professional mental health workers with a wide variety of training and licenses can benefit from the insights and challenges presented by Elliot and Gale Cohen. The various levels of ethical practice that professional mental health workers face and deal with on a regular basis are explained. The authors allow for a variety of possible ethical resolutions when it is appropriate. I most enthusiastically recommend this book for professionals who function in the ever changing world in which they live and who wish to provide high quality service to their clients."

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPART I. Becoming a Virtuous TherapistChapter 1: Building Character: Virtues of Excellent PractitionersChapter 2: Being TrustworthyCase Studies: Two Resistant ClientsPART II. RESOLVING ETHICAL ISSUESChapter 3: Applying Ethical StandardsCase Study: A Clash of Values Inside a Fundamentalist Christian FamilyChapter 4: Using an Ethical Decision-Making ProcessCase Study: A Hateful ClientPART III. NAVIGATING KEY CONCEPTS: CONFIDENTIALITY AND INFORMED CONSENTChapter 5: Exercising DiscretionCase Study: A Dangerous ClientChapter 6: Being Candid and HonestCase Study: Withholding Information From a Depressed ClientPART IV. EMPOWERING AND ADVOCATING FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONSChapter 7: Empowering Adult Victims of Domestic AbuseCase Studies: Physical and Emotional AbuseChapter 8: Exercising Courage in Protecting ChildrenCase Study: Child Sexual AbusePART V. COUNSELING ACROSS MULTIPLE ROLES AND CULTURESChapter 9: Being Loyal and Fair to ClientsCase Study: Sex with a Former ClientChapter 10: Being Respectful Across Diverse CulturesCase Study: Supervising a Supervisee Doing Cross-Cultural CounselingPART VI. COUNSELING IN CYBERSPACEChapter 11: Being Diligent in the Digital AgeCase Study: A Case of Record HackingChapter 12: Providing Competent Online Counseling ServicesCase Study: A Suicidal ClientPART VII. DEFINING LIMITS OF CONFIDENTIALITYChapter 13: Being BenevolentCase Study: A Terminally Ill Client Contemplating SuicideChapter 14: Being NonmalevolentCase Study: A Sexually Active Client With HIVIndexAbout the Authors