Synopses & Reviews
Thoughtful and reflective, this best-selling text on marriage and family therapy opens with a groundbreaking discussion of value-sensitive care, the ecology of therapy, and acculturation. Armed with this extensive knowledge and insight, students then delve into the traditional and contemporary issues surrounding marriage and family counseling today, broken down into legal, ethical and professional considerations.
The updated Fifth Edition includes a number of new topics, including multicultural issues reflecting institutional oppression; the significance of supervision in both skill acquisition and professional acculturation in one’s early career; nontraditional family care; conflicts between legal and ethical obligations; emerging issues in MFT licensure; and ethical and empirical considerations related to evidence-based care.
New Features:
- New Ethical Code – An examination of the 2012 Code of Ethics of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. Case examples located in three special chapters allow readers to consider realistic client situations and considerations as they cover related topics and content in the text.
- “Reflections” features located throughout the text offer illustrations and accompanying stimulus questions that promote discussions and thought in graduate classes, group settings, or other forums of professional dialogue.
- A revised discussion of value-sensitive care and the ecology of therapy concerning layers of values and sources of power within families allow readers to examine the distinct and often competing personal and systemic factors affecting their care for clients.
- An emphasis on professional acculturation in decision-making provides pre-service counselors with a unique framework for examining dissonance and finding balance in the personal and professional roles of therapists.
- An examination of mandatory versus discretionary actions in ethical behavior helps students distinguish between the compelling requirements in ethical codes versus their responsible freedom for judgment based on their professional acculturation in ethical decision-making.
- An expanded discussion of multicultural concerns give readers the opportunity to consider both established and novel strategies for increasing their culturally sensitive care with individuals, couples, and families.
- Coverage of emergent legal issues and recent court cases give readers the opportunity to contemplate their existing therapy, supervisory, instructional, or research practices in light of contemporary legal decisions.
- Coverage of new professional issues and research allow readers to reflect upon the most current information affecting their professional identity, options for professional development, and anticipated challenges for care with individuals, couples, and families.
- A revised format and updated references provides students with an even more thoughtful presentation of information as well as a significant number of new references and resources.
Synopsis
This text provides a thoughtful and scholarly overview of the ethical, professional, and legal issues surrounding marriage, couples, and family counseling.
KEY TOPICS: Using numerous features and case studies, this text explores professional acculturation, multicultural concerns, the ecology of therapy, value-sensitive care, and emergent legal issues as they relate to marriage and family counseling.
MARKET: Written for students taking courses in marriage and family counseling or counseling ethics as well as educators, supervisors, and practitioners.
Synopsis
A best-selling text rich in case studies that reflects on the unique complexities of marriage, couples, and family counseling. Now updated to reflect the new Ethical Code – An examination of the 2012 Code of Ethics of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.
Developed for students, educators, supervisors, and practitioners alike, this text examines the significant classical and contemporary issues in marriage and family therapy. The text opens with a thoughtful discussion of client and therapist worldviews, value sensitive care, the ecology of therapy, and commonalities between personal and professional acculturation. Following the book’s preliminary discussion, the text moves on to consider the legal, ethical, and professional issues that marriage and family therapists face each day as well as the best strategies for navigating these issues.
The updated Fifth Edition includes a number of new topics, including multicultural issues reflecting institutional oppression; boundary, competency, and liability concerns associated with technology-based client care; the significance of supervision in both skill acquisition and professional acculturation in one’s early career; nontraditional family care; conflicts between legal and ethical obligations; emerging issues in MFT licensure; and ethical and empirical considerations related to evidence-based care.
Table of Contents
PART I Acculturation, Worldview, and Value-Sensitive Care: Foundations for Practice Decisions
CHAPTER 1 Values as Context for Therapy
CHAPTER 2 Professional Acculturation and the Ecology of Therapy
PART II Ethical Issues in Marriage and Family Therapy
CHAPTER 3 Promoting Ethical Practice: Principles, Traditions, and Considerations
CHAPTER 4 Unique Ethical Considerations in Marriage and Family Therapy - Principle Distinctions
CHAPTER 5 Unique Ethical Considerations in Marriage and Family Therapy - Practice Distinctions
CHAPTER 6 Intimate Partner Violence and the Ecology of Therapy
CHAPTER 7 Contemporary Ethical Issues – Contextual Matters
CHAPTER 8 Contemporary Ethical Issues – Practice Matters
CHAPTER 9 Ethical Accountability: A Casebook
PART III Legal Issues in Marriage and Family Therapy
CHAPTER 10 The Marriage and Family Therapist: Roles and Responsibilities Within the Legal System
CHAPTER 11 Family Law
CHAPTER 12 Legal Considerations
PART IV Professional Issues in Marriage and Family Therapy
CHAPTER 13 Professional Issues: Identity, Affiliation, and Transitions as a Marriage and Family Therapist
CHAPTER 14 Professional Issues: Supervision, Licensure, and Professional Development as a Marriage and Family TherapistCHAPTER 15 Contemporary Professional Issues – Questions and Responses