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MFT-5102 v7

Week 1 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.

  • Note: This resource can be accessed from the Bookshelf link on the top navigation bar of the course.
  • Read Chapter 1: Values as Context for Therapy (pp. 1-21) and
  • Chapter 2: Professional Acculturation and the Ecology of Therapy (pp. 23-33).

Issues and Ethics in the Helping Professions 

Corey, G., Corey, M. S., & Corey, C. (2024). Issues and ethics in the helping professions. Cengage Learning.

  • Note: This resource can be accessed from the Bookshelf link on the top navigation bar of the course.
  • Read (pp. 81-87) “The Ethics of Imposing your Values on Clients.”
  • Complete the self-inventory on page 32 at the beginning of this course, and then complete the same self-inventory at the end of the course (you will see this in Week 10).

Optional Resources

User's Guide to the 2015 AAMFT Code of Ethics

American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. User's guide to the 2015 AAMFT code of ethics.  American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.

Note: This resource can be accessed from the Bookshelf link on the top navigation bar of the course.