Forthcoming Ethics & Legal issues in Mental Health Books

Forthcoming Books

1. Values and Ethics in Counseling

   Real-Life Ethical Decision Making

   Edited by Dana Heller Levitt, Holly J. Hartwig Moorhead

   Many counselors learn about ethics in graduate school by applying formal, step-by-step ethical decision-making models that require counselors to be aware of their values and refrain from imposing personal values that might harm clients. However, in the real world, counselors often make split-second...

   To Be Published June 13th 2013 by Routledge
2. Ethics and Mental Health

   The Patient, Profession and Community

   By Michael Robertson, Garry Walter

   Thought-provoking and stimulating, this fascinating new book integrates and builds upon a series of significant publications and papers and provides the reader with a comprehensive argument for a new approach to ethical dilemmas that will be of interest to all mental health professionals.The book...

   To Be Published September 18th 2013 by CRC Press
3. Red Flags in Psychotherapy

   Stories of Ethics Complaints and Resolutions

   By Patricia Keith-Spiegel

   This book delves into risks that can easily bedevil any psychotherapist and what can happen if they are ignored. Dramatic storytelling, based on actual incidents from the author’s experiences as a member of ethics committees and as an ethics teacher and consultant, explores actions prompting...

   To Be Published September 18th 2013 by Routledge
4. A Practice that Works

   Strategies to Complement Your Stand Alone Therapy Practice

   Edited by Steven M. Harris, Ph.D, David C. Ivey, Ph.D, Roy A. Bean, Ph.D.

   In the advent of managed care and the continuing decline in reimbursement felt across the various disciplines of mental health have had profound impacts upon the quality and quantity of care in the field. As it has become increasingly difficult for a practitioner in private practice to...

   To Be Published September 26th 2013 by Routledge
5. A Pocket Guide to Risk Assessment and Management in Mental Health

   By Chris Hart

   Risk assessment and risk management is top of every mental health trust’s agenda. This concise and easy-to-read book provides an informative and practical guide to the process of undertaking a risk assessment, arriving at a formulation and then developing a risk management plan. Covering...

   To Be Published November 29th 2013 by Routledge
6. Therapy in the Digital Era

   Psychology of the Web and Introduction to Telehealth

   By Ofer Zur, Azzia Walker

   What do you do with a client who texts incessantly during sessions, or posts derogatory reviews and comments about you online? How do you respond when a client asks to be your Facebook friend, or who emails or texts you? These and many more issues comprise the safety, ethics, and protocol concerns...

   To Be Published February 14th 2014 by Routledge