ACA Ethical Standards Casebook, Seventh Edition

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Absolutely required reading for all counselors, clinicians,and counselors-in-training, the seventh edition ofthis fully updated, top-selling text provides a detailedexamination of the newly revised ACA Code of Ethics.Find out what is new in the 2014 Code and whichsections have undergone the most significant revision toensure your understanding of and compliance with themost current ethical standards in the field.In this casebook, each individual standard of the newCode is provided with an illustrative case vignette, and a Study and Discussion Guideis presented at the beginning of each major section of the Code. Primary ethicalissues commonly encountered by counselors in their work are then presented inindividual chapters, with accompanying case studies. Topics addressed includeclient rights and informed consent, social justice and advocacy, confidentiality,counselor competence, working with multiple clients, boundary issues, clientdanger to self or others, counselor training and supervision, and the relationshipbetween law and ethics. Chapters new to this edition explore value conflicts andthe issues surrounding social media and new technology. In addition, a new sectionon putting ethics into practice contains detailed, complex case studies that arerepresentative of real-world practice, as well as small group activities to facilitatelearning and discussion.