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Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues in the Practice of Marriage and Family Therapy

ISBN: 9780131120341 | 0131120344
Edition: 4th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2007

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SummaryTable of Contents
Charles H. Huber is on the faculty in the Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, New Mexico State University. Samuel T. Gladding is a professor in and chair of the Department of Counseling at Wake Forest University. Theodore P. Remley, Jr. is a professor of counseling and holds a Batten Endowed Chair at Old Domining University in Norfolk, Virginia. S. Allen Wilcoxon is professor and coordinator of the Program in Counselor Education at the University of Alabama.
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PART I CULTURE AND VALUES: A BEGINNING POINT FOR PRACTICE DECISIONS
1(40)
Values as Context for Therapy
2(21)
Culture, W... MORE
3(5)
Gender
4(1)
Race
4(1)
Ethnicity
4(1)
Social Class
5(1)
Sexual Orientation
5(1)
Disability
5(1)
Religion
6(1)
Worldview
6(1)
Psychosocial Identity
6(2)
Perspective Values, and Therapy
8(8)
Values Clarification
10(2)
Negotiation: The Nature of Valuing
12(1)
The Practice Implications of Valuing
13(1)
Living Without Objective Knowledge
14(1)
Taking Personal Responsibility
15(1)
Taking Responsibility for Pathologizing
15(1)
Accepting What Is
15(1)
Valuing Components
16(5)
Obligation and Entitlement
17(1)
Acknowledgment and Claim
18(1)
Balance of Fairness
19(2)
Summary
21(2)
Marriage and Family Therapy: A Framework of Systems and Layers
23(18)
Systemic Epistemology
24(7)
The Feminist Critique of Systemic Epistemology
27(1)
The Self in the System
28(1)
Evolving Epistemology
29(2)
Contextual Layers of Values
31(8)
Personal Values
31(1)
Professional Values
32(2)
Institutional Values
34(3)
Convergence and Interactivity of Layers
37(2)
Summary
39(2)
PART II ETHICAL ISSUES IN MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY
41(160)
Promoting Ethical Practice: Foundational Principles and Traditions
42(44)
Virtue Ethics and Principle Ethics
43(2)
Professional Codes of Ethics
45(3)
Ethical Decision Making
48(6)
The Kitchener Model
48(3)
The Keith-Speigel and Koocher Model
51(3)
Diversity, Nondiscrimination Values and Allegiances
54(4)
Nondiscrimination and Respect for Diversity
54(1)
Personal Values, Institutional Values, and Legal Precedence
55(3)
Client Welfare
58(6)
Therapist Competence
59(1)
Due Care
59(3)
Complementary Elements: Competence and Due Care
62(1)
Impairment
62(2)
Confidentiality
64(7)
Privileged Communication
65(3)
Privacy
68(2)
The Duty to Protect
70(1)
Informed Consent
71(10)
Therapeutic Contracts
73(4)
Professional Disclosure Statements
77(4)
Multiple Client Considerations
81(3)
Summary
84(2)
Unique Ethical Considerations in Marriage and Family Therapy
86(37)
Systemic and Interactive: Views on Complexity
86(2)
Foundational Ethical Principles in Marriage and Family Therapy
88(7)
Confidentiality in Marriage and Family Therapy
88(5)
Informed Consent Concerns in Marriage and Family Therapy
93(2)
Defining the Problem
95(3)
Complications in Convening Therapy
98(5)
The Therapist as Agent for Change
103(6)
Inequities in Power and Opportunity
109(2)
Paradoxical Procedures
111(4)
Triangulation
115(5)
Other Uniquenesses in Marriage and Family Therapy
120(1)
Summary
121(2)
Intimate Partner Violence: An Illustrative Example
123(15)
Intimate Partner Violence: An Overview
123(2)
Diversity, Systemic, and Value Considerations
125(2)
Principles, Traditions, and Uniquenesses
127(4)
Decision-Making Models and Options for Resolution
131(2)
Treatment Alternatives
133(3)
The Cessation of Violence
134(1)
The Contraindication of Neutrality
134(1)
Individual Responsibility
135(1)
Contracting for Nonviolence
136(1)
Summary
136(2)
Contemporary Ethical Issues
138(37)
Technology
139(12)
Technology as a Practice Resource
139(1)
Technology in Information Management
140(1)
Technology as Therapeutic Modality
140(1)
Ethical Issues in the Use of Technology
141(5)
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and Its Use in Marriage and Family Therapy
146(1)
Incompatibity of Orientations
147(1)
The Stigma of Diagnosis
148(1)
Misrepresentation of Diagnoses
149(1)
Competence to Diagnose
150(1)
Managed Mental Health Care
151(7)
Risk Taking
152(1)
Intrusion into the Therapeutic Relationship
152(1)
Exceptions to the Rules
153(1)
Referral Resources
153(1)
Short-Term Treatment and Therapist Competence
154(1)
Input by Service Providers
155(1)
Informed Consent
156(1)
Acting Ethically as an MMHC Service Provider
157(1)
Multiple or Dual Relationships
158(9)
Ethical Codes and Multiple Relationships
159(3)
Compatibility of Expectations
162(1)
Divergence of Obligations
163(1)
Power and Prestige Differential
164(1)
Other Forms of Multiple Relationships
165(1)
Taking Appropriate Action
166(1)
AIDS/HIV and the Duty to Protect
167(5)
A Fiduciary Relationship
169(1)
Identifiability
169(1)
Foreseeability
169(1)
Other Factors and Considerations
170(2)
Taking Appropriate Action
172(1)
Publications
172(1)
Summary and Closing Comments
173(2)
Ethical Accountability: A Casebook
175(26)
Adjudication of Ethical Complaints
176(5)
The AAMFT Code of Ethics
181(19)
Principle 1: Responsibility to Clients
181(3)
Principle 2: Confidentiality
184(3)
Principle 3: Professional Competence and Integrity
187(4)
Principle 4: Responsibility to Students and Supervisees
191(2)
Principle 5: Responsibility to Research Participants
193(2)
Principle 6: Responsibility to the Profession
195(3)
Principle 7: Financial Arrangements
198(1)
Principle 8: Advertising
199(1)
Closing Remarks
200(1)
PART III LEGAL ISSUES IN MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY
201(98)
The Marriage and Family Therapist: Roles and Responsibilities Within the Legal System
202(41)
Legal Education
203(6)
Common Law
203(1)
Constitutional Law
204(1)
Statutory Law
204(1)
Administrative (Regulatory) Law
204(1)
Case Law (Court Decisions)
204(2)
Criminal vs. Civil Law
206(3)
The Marriage and Family Therapist as a Source of Information
209(9)
Confidentiality, Privileged Communication, and Records
209(1)
The Duty to Protect
210(4)
Child Abuse and Neglect
214(4)
The Marriage and Family Therapist as Referral Resource
218(8)
The Treatment Specialist
218(1)
Diagnostician
218(4)
Resource Expert
222(1)
Treatment Provider
222(2)
Mediation
224(2)
The Marriage and Family Therapist as Expert Witness
226(7)
The Rules of Evidence
227(1)
Courtroom Testimony
228(3)
Systemic Understandings and Expert Testimony
231(1)
Redefining the Problem
232(1)
Dealing with Resistance
233(1)
Professional Liability Under the Law
233(7)
Contract Law
234(1)
Unintentional Torts: Malpractice
235(2)
Intentional Torts
237(2)
Professional Liability Insurance
239(1)
Summary
240(1)
Recommended Resources
241(2)
Family Law
243(28)
Marriage and Cohabitation
244(5)
Parent-Child Relationships
249(7)
Legitimacy and Paternity
249(2)
Adoption
251(2)
Surrogate Parenthood
253(1)
Abortion
254(2)
Parental Rights and Responsibilities
256(2)
Annulment and Divorce
258(5)
Annulment
258(1)
Divorce
259(2)
Spousal Maintenance
261(1)
Division of Property
262(1)
Child Custody and Support After Divorce
263(5)
Child Custody
264(3)
Child Support
267(1)
Legal Actions Between Parents and Children
268(1)
Summary
269(1)
Recommended Resources
270(1)
Legal Considerations
271(28)
Case 1: Ethics and the Law
273(3)
Case 2: Divorce Mediation
276(2)
Case 3: Liability in Crisis Counseling
278(2)
Case 4: Informed Consent?
280(3)
Case 5: Criminal Liability
283(3)
Case 6: Parental Rights and FERPA
286(2)
Case 7: The Premarital Agreement
288(3)
Case 8: Privileged Communications
291(4)
Case 9: Legal Responsibility of Clinical Supervisors
295(2)
Case 10: Insurance Fraud?
297(2)
PART IV PROFESSIONAL ISSUES IN MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY
299(89)
Professional Identity as a Marriage and Family Therapist
300(48)
Profession or Professional Specialization?
301(6)
Marriage and Family Therapy as a Separate and Distinct Profession
302(2)
Marriage and Family Therapy as a Professional Specialization
304(1)
Is Balance Possible?
305(2)
Professional Affiliation
307(22)
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
308(17)
American Family Therapy Academy
325(1)
Family Psychology (Division 43 of the American Psychological Association)
326(1)
International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors
327(2)
State Licensure and Marriage and Family Therapy
329(9)
Licensure Coverage
334(1)
Qualifications
335(1)
The Licensure Process
336(2)
Related Aspects of Professional Identity
338(9)
Research: Examining and Refining Professional Identity
338(4)
Continuing Education: Sustaining and Renewing Professional Identity
342(3)
Intraprofessional Relationships and Service: Expanding and Enriching Professional Identity
345(2)
Summary
347(1)
Contemporary Professional Issues
348(40)
Question 1: Evolving Epistemology in Actual Practice
350(5)
Question 2: Marriage and Family Interventions with Other Systems
355(3)
Question 3: Values Transactions
358(4)
Question 4: Addressing Ambivalence
362(5)
Question 5: Professional Advertising
367(5)
Question 6: Practice Interruptions
372(4)
Question 7: Business-Oriented Details
376(3)
Question 8: Independent Practice in a Rural Area
379(3)
Question 9: Being a ``Public'' Marriage and Family Therapist
382(2)
Question 10: Optimally Serving Oneself and One's Clients
384(2)
Closing Thoughts and a View to the Horizon
386(2)
References388(26)
Name Index414(7)
Subject Index421

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