Dr Barbara Mitchels,  is a practising psychotherapist and a Fellow of BACP. A retired solicitor, Barbara ,  combines the professions of law and therapy in CPD workshops, providing a specialist consultancy service for counselling professionals and the BACP and contributions to the BACP’s Good Practice in Action Legal Guidance series. She led the writing of the Ethical Guidelines for Research in the Counselling Professions (BACP 2018a), and other recent  publications include Children and Vulnerable Witnesses in Court: A Practice Handbook (Wiley, Simmonds and Hill 2018).Tim Bond is an Emeritus Professor of the University of Bristol and former Visiting Professor to the University of Malta. He has a longstanding commitment to researching and writing about professional ethics for the talking therapies and promoting mental well-being. He is a former consultant to the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy on professional ethics and standards. Now retired from practice he has more time to reflect on current ethical issues for counselling when not in his studio painting or undertaking moth surveys.

• Private PracticeCommercial and Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) ProvisionVoluntary WorkWorking with Adults in the Context of Social Care AgenciesEducationThe National Health Service (NHS) and Private Health CareCounselling in Spiritual or Pastoral SettingsWorking with Children and Young PeopleAdoption Support ServicesForensic WorkCounselling in Police and Home Office Settings

I have recommended this book to my students for its clarity with regard to legal issues in counselling and psychotherapy. It is an extremely effective reference tool and offers clear up to date guidance.

Dr Barbara Mitchels,  is a practising psychotherapist and a Fellow of BACP. A retired solicitor, Barbara ,  combines the professions of law and therapy in CPD workshops, providing a specialist consultancy service for counselling professionals and the BACP and contributions to the BACP’s Good Practice in Action Legal Guidance series. She led the writing of the Ethical Guidelines for Research in the Counselling Professions (BACP 2018a), and other recent  publications include Children and Vulnerable Witnesses in Court: A Practice Handbook (Wiley, Simmonds and Hill 2018).Tim Bond is an Emeritus Professor of the University of Bristol and former Visiting Professor to the University of Malta. He has a longstanding commitment to researching and writing about professional ethics for the talking therapies and promoting mental well-being. He is a former consultant to the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy on professional ethics and standards. Now retired from practice he has more time to reflect on current ethical issues for counselling when not in his studio painting or undertaking moth surveys.

• Private PracticeCommercial and Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) ProvisionVoluntary WorkWorking with Adults in the Context of Social Care AgenciesEducationThe National Health Service (NHS) and Private Health CareCounselling in Spiritual or Pastoral SettingsWorking with Children and Young PeopleAdoption Support ServicesForensic WorkCounselling in Police and Home Office Settings

I have recommended this book to my students for its clarity with regard to legal issues in counselling and psychotherapy. It is an extremely effective reference tool and offers clear up to date guidance.

Dr Barbara Mitchels,  is a practising psychotherapist and a Fellow of BACP. A retired solicitor, Barbara ,  combines the professions of law and therapy in CPD workshops, providing a specialist consultancy service for counselling professionals and the BACP and contributions to the BACP’s Good Practice in Action Legal Guidance series. She led the writing of the Ethical Guidelines for Research in the Counselling Professions (BACP 2018a), and other recent  publications include Children and Vulnerable Witnesses in Court: A Practice Handbook (Wiley, Simmonds and Hill 2018).Tim Bond is an Emeritus Professor of the University of Bristol and former Visiting Professor to the University of Malta. He has a longstanding commitment to researching and writing about professional ethics for the talking therapies and promoting mental well-being. He is a former consultant to the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy on professional ethics and standards. Now retired from practice he has more time to reflect on current ethical issues for counselling when not in his studio painting or undertaking moth surveys.

• Private PracticeCommercial and Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) ProvisionVoluntary WorkWorking with Adults in the Context of Social Care AgenciesEducationThe National Health Service (NHS) and Private Health CareCounselling in Spiritual or Pastoral SettingsWorking with Children and Young PeopleAdoption Support ServicesForensic WorkCounselling in Police and Home Office Settings

I have recommended this book to my students for its clarity with regard to legal issues in counselling and psychotherapy. It is an extremely effective reference tool and offers clear up to date guidance.