A client raises spiritual questions. Can a Christian therapist working in a government agency talk with a client about faith? A young couple with two children asks a Christian counselor to help them negotiate an end to their marriage. What responsibility does the counselor have to try to repair the relationship? A youth group member confidentially reveals to the pastor that he is taking drugs. Should the pastor tell the boy's parents? A counselor who teaches a college course has a client show up for class. What should she do? These are just a few of the complex dilemmas that therapists, counselors and pastors face nearly every day. Handling these situations appropriately is critical for both the client's progress and the professional's personal credibility and protection from liability. State and federal codes, professional association statements and denominational guidelines have been drawn up to address ethical issues like competence, confidentiality, multiple relationships, public statements, third parties and documentation. In this book you'll find them all compiled and interpreted in light of Christian faith and practice. Written by qualified professional counselors and respected academic instructors, this book is an indispensable resource for understanding and applying ethics in Christian counseling today.

Editor Randolph K. Sanders assembles a team of scholar-practitioners to forge a comprehensive ethical approach to Christian counseling. Christian psychotherapists, pastors and others in the counseling profession will find here a ready resource for a wide array of contemporary clinical scenarios.

This referral directory gives the user immediate access to essential, up-to-date Christian counseling resources. It is organized alphabetically under 46 general topics that encompass counseling issues, professional issues, and educational issues.

For courses on ethical, professional and legal issues in counseling and psychology departments. This ethics text focuses on counseling and counseling psychology in a format that serves beginning students, provides a useful format and structure for professors teaching ethics courses, and inspires critical thought about ethical issues. Through case scenarios, reprints of many codes of ethics, and narrative information, this book not only functions as an introduction to professional counseling and counseling ethics, but it also serves as a compendium of contemporary ethical codes and issues.

This book provides detailed guidelines on how to navigate the complexities of intended and unintended crossings of the boundaries of the therapeutic relationship. It demonstrates how non-sexual dual relationships may result in therapeutic effectiveness. The authors challenge some of the basic "principles" of clinical codes of ethical conduct that have been established for psychiatrists, psychologists, and other mental health workers. (Midwest).

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