LibGuides: MFT-5102 v4: Legal, Ethical, and Professional Development in Marriage and Family Therapy: Week 3 Resources

Week 3 Resources

Culturally Relevant Ethical Decision-Making in Counseling
Houser, R., Wilczenski, F. L., & Ham, M. (2006). Culturally relevant ethical decision-making in counseling. Sage.
Read Chapter 2, Virtue Ethics and Counselor Decision-Making; Chapter 16, Ethical Decision Making: A Hermeneutic Model; and
Chapter 17, Application of the Hermeneutic Model.

Ethical, Legal and Professional Issues in the Practice of Marriage and Family Therapy

Wilcoxon, A. S., Remley, T. P., & Gladding, S. T. (2021). Ethical, legal and professional issues in the practice of marriage and family therapy. Pearson.

Review Chapter 3, Promoting Ethical Practice: Principles, Traditions, and Considerations.

Read Chapter 5, Unique Ethical Considerations in Marriage and Family Therapy – Practice Distinctions; and Chapter 8, Contemporary Ethical Issues – Practice Matters.

Access your Redshelf book in the Getting Started module of the course or click on Bookshelf in the top navigation bar of the course.

Issues and Ethics in the Helping Professions

Corey, G., Corey, M. S., & Corey, C. (2019). Issues and ethics in the helping professions. Cengage Learning.

Review Chapter 1, Introduction to Professional Ethics: Ethical Decision Making (pp. 11-23).

Access your Redshelf book in the Getting Started module of the course or click on Bookshelf in the top navigation bar of the course.

Kitchener's Principle Ethics: Implications for Counseling Practice and Research
Urofsky, R. I. (2011). Kitchener's principle ethics: Implications for counseling practice and research. Counseling and Values, 53(1).
This resource will provide you with a thorough description of Kitchner’s foundational method of ethical decision making in the field of counseling.

Optional Resources

Ethical Decision Making Models
Counseling Education. (2015-2021). Ethical decision making models American Counseling Association.
Ethical Decision Making in Psychotherapy
Zur Institute. (2020). Ethical decision making in psychotherapy.
Thinking, Doing, and the Ethics of Family Therapy
Scher, S., & Kozlowska, K. (2012). Thinking, doing, and the ethics of family therapy. American Journal of Family Therapy, 40(2).
Practitioner’s Guide to Ethical Decision Making
Forester-Miller, H., & Davis, T. E. (2016). Practitioner’s guide to ethical decision making (Rev. ed.).