LibGuides: MFT-5102 v4: Legal, Ethical, and Professional Development in Marriage and Family Therapy: Week 4 Resources

Week 4 Resources

Bias Free Language: Gender
American Psychological Association. (n.d.). Gender.
Essentials of Group Therapy
Brabender, V. M., Smolar, A. I., & Fallon, A. E. (2004). Ethical, legal, and group management issues. Essentials of group therapy. John
Wiley and Sons, Incorporated.
Read Chapter 8, Ethical, Legal, and Group Management Issues;
Chapter 9, The Diversity Among Members in a Therapy Group; and
Chapter 12, Training Group Therapists for Current and Future Practice.
Re-Visioning Family Therapy, Third Edition: Addressing Diversity in Clinical Practice
McGoldrick, M., & Hardy, K. V. (2019). Re-visioning family therapy, third edition: Addressing diversity in clinical practice. The Guilford Press.
Read Chapter 26, Working with LGBT Families; Chapter 37, Ways of Knowing: Cultural Bias Pitfalls to Avoid When Using Research to Inform Practice, and Chapter 38, Relational Healing and Organizational Change in the Time of Evidence.
Socioculturally Attuned Family Therapy: Guidelines for Equitable Theory and Practice
McDowell, T., Knudson-Martin, C., & Bermudez, J. M. (2018). Socioculturally attuned family therapy: Guidelines for equitable theory and practice. Routledge.
Read Chapter 3, Self-of-the-Therapist and Ethical Considerations in Socioculturally Attuned Family Therapy and Chapter 14, Integrated Equity Based Approaches to Family Therapy.

SOP Example
Northcentral University. (2021). SOP example
This example will help you write your assignment this week.

Optional Resources

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 4, Unique Ethical Considerations in Marriage and Family Therapy: Principle Distinctions (pp. 71-87).

Review Chapter 5, Unique Ethical Considerations in Marriage and Family Therapy: Practice Distinctions (pp. 89-103).

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.

Read pages 110-125 and Chapter 12, Legal Considerations.

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

LGBTQI
National Alliance on Mental Illness. (2020).LGBTQI.
The Trevor Project (2021) Resources
The Trevor Project (2021). Resources.
Social & Cultural Diversity: Counseling Transgender Clients
Alexander Street. (2015). Social & cultural diversity: Counseling transgender clients [Video file]. Microtraining Associates.