
Standards and Ethics for Counselling in Action
SAGE Publications Ltd (Publisher)
6th Edition
Will be published approx. on 8. August 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-1-5296-8307-3 (ISBN)
Description
This is your essential guide to standards and ethics in the counselling professions. The book introduces you to key ethical values and principles and discusses how to practice in accordance with these. An accompanying online resource website provides you with videos, book chapters and journal articles about ethical practice.
Counselling in Action is a bestselling series of practical introductions designed for trainees and practitioners. Each book introduces a theoretical approach or practice issue and provides a guide to the process of counselling. Covering theory and practice, they are trusted companions for many courses in counselling and psychotherapy and other professions such as nursing, social work and teaching.
Counselling in Action is a bestselling series of practical introductions designed for trainees and practitioners. Each book introduces a theoretical approach or practice issue and provides a guide to the process of counselling. Covering theory and practice, they are trusted companions for many courses in counselling and psychotherapy and other professions such as nursing, social work and teaching.
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Series
Edition
6th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 170 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-5296-8307-3 (9781529683073)
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Andrew Reeves | Tim Bond
Standards and Ethics for Counselling in Action
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Persons
Andrew Reeves is an Emeritus Professor in the Counselling Professions and Mental Health and Associate Affiliate Professor at the University of Malta. He is additionally a Senior BACP Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist, a Registered Social Worker and a Senior Accredited Coach and Coach Supervisor with EMCC. He is a past Chair of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, a Fellow of BACP and a Senior Fellow of Advance HE. He has published extensively on working in counselling and psychotherapy, and particularly in working with risk in a range of organizational settings. He is past Editor-in-Chief of the journal Counselling and Psychotherapy Research and has a long-standing commitment to ethics in the counselling professions, including in writing and research.
Tim Bond is an Emeritus Professor of the University of Bristol and former Visiting Professor to the University of Malta. He has a longstanding commitment to researching and writing about professional ethics for the talking therapies and promoting mental well-being. He is a former consultant to the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy on professional ethics and standards. Now retired from practice he has more time to reflect on current ethical issues for counselling when not in his studio painting or undertaking moth surveys.
Tim Bond is an Emeritus Professor of the University of Bristol and former Visiting Professor to the University of Malta. He has a longstanding commitment to researching and writing about professional ethics for the talking therapies and promoting mental well-being. He is a former consultant to the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy on professional ethics and standards. Now retired from practice he has more time to reflect on current ethical issues for counselling when not in his studio painting or undertaking moth surveys.
Content
Part I: Setting the Scene
1: Introduction
2: Making Sense of the Counselling Professions
3: Sources of Counselling Ethics
4: Relational Ethics in the Counselling Professions
Part II: Responsibilities in Practice
5: Safety, Negligence and Insurance
6. Client Autonomy
7. Ethical Practice and Suicide Risk
8. Avoiding the Exploitation of Clients
9. Confidentiality
10. Counselling in Virtual Spaces
11. Working within Social Diversity
Part III: Counsellors and responsibility to others
12. Bridging Ethics to Practice
13. Counselling Supervision
14. Counsellors' Broader Responsibilities
15. Record-keeping
16. Evaluating the Impact of Counselling
Part IV: The Whole Picture
17. Ethical Problem Solving
18. Implications for Practice
1: Introduction
2: Making Sense of the Counselling Professions
3: Sources of Counselling Ethics
4: Relational Ethics in the Counselling Professions
Part II: Responsibilities in Practice
5: Safety, Negligence and Insurance
6. Client Autonomy
7. Ethical Practice and Suicide Risk
8. Avoiding the Exploitation of Clients
9. Confidentiality
10. Counselling in Virtual Spaces
11. Working within Social Diversity
Part III: Counsellors and responsibility to others
12. Bridging Ethics to Practice
13. Counselling Supervision
14. Counsellors' Broader Responsibilities
15. Record-keeping
16. Evaluating the Impact of Counselling
Part IV: The Whole Picture
17. Ethical Problem Solving
18. Implications for Practice