Standards Ethics for Counselling in Action

Andrew Reeves is an Emeritus Professor in the Counselling Professions and Mental Health and Associate Affiliate Professor at the University of Malta.  He is additionally a Senior BACP Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist, a Registered Social Worker and a Senior Accredited Coach and Coach Supervisor with EMCC. He is a past Chair of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, a Fellow of BACP and a Senior Fellow of Advance HE. He has published extensively on working in counselling and psychotherapy, and particularly in working with risk in a range of organizational settings. He is past Editor-in-Chief of the journal Counselling and Psychotherapy Research and has a long-standing commitment to ethics in the counselling professions, including in writing and research.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.

• Part I The Background1. Introduction2. What Is Counselling?3. Sources of Counselling Ethics4. Framework for Counselling Ethics and StandardsPart II Responsibility to the Client5. Safety, Negligence and Insurance6. Respect for Client Autonomy7. Suicide and Refusing to Accept Life-saving Treatment8. Counsellor Competence9. Avoiding the Exploitation of Clients10. Confidentiality11. Counselling Online12. Working with Social DiversityPart III The Counsellor and Others13. Counsellors and the Responsibility to Others14. Counselling Supervision15. Record-keeping16. Evaluation of Impact: Practice-based Evidence and Evidence-based PracticePart IV The Whole Picture17. Ethical Problem Solving18. Implications for PracticeGlossaryReferences