This concise handbook provides counselors with a quick
reference to interpret and apply the 2014 ACA Code of Ethics to
practice. Intended as a brief synopsis of the Code, the Ethics Desk
Reference for Counselors contains on-point recommendations
related to each section of the Code; helpful summaries on related
topics, including ethical decision making, managing ethical crises,
and risk prevention and management; a decision-making model;
and a listing of ethics resources. This is a highly practical and
indispensable tool for all counselors and counseling students to
use when navigating challenging ethical situations and applying
the Code to professional roles and activities.
Part I presents each section of the Code, along with a brief commentary that emphasizes
its most essential elements, common ethical dilemmas and problems relevant to that
section, and specific strategies for risk prevention and positive practice. Part II contains
ethical guidance sections focused on areas that counselors often encounter in their work,
including culture and diversity, confidentiality and exceptions to confidentiality, counseling
suicidal clients, multiple relationships
in counseling, competence, supervision, managed care,
termination and abandonment, and how to respond to an ethics complaint or malpractice
suit. New to this edition is a section titled ''Integrating Technology Into Counseling Practice.
