5.6 Working with Multiple Parties Flashcards
Bass and Quimby (2006) note that the majority of ethics codes assume an:
Individualistic focus
Jansen (2007) found that the three most commonly requested secrets from clients in couples therapy include:
an extra-relational affair, wanting a divorce, and Internet infidelity/chatting
Jansen (2007) found that most therapists reported ______ with keeping secrets between partners
discomfort
(Bass & Quimby, 2006) have stated that ethics codes have been criticised as providing little guidance on:
providing little guidance on responding to client requests for secrecy from their partners
It is recommended that individual practitioners advise all clients at the ________ of the working relationship his/her policies regarding confidential communication and working with multiple parties
beginning
Research investigating ethical issues in working with families highlights nine particularly challenging ethical issues which are:
- Treating the entire family if one member does not want to participate
- Inconsistent training and qualifications of family therapists
- Seeing one family member without the others present
- Informing clients of values implicit in the mode of therapy
- Dealing with requests for information from family members
- Sharing values with clients
- Manipulating a family for therapeutic reasons
- Obtaining the informed consent of children
- Preserving the family.
Bernard et al. (2015) reinforced the importance of:
group leaders having strong ethical awareness so they can readily identify and respond to possible adverse conditions that are associated with group work.
Bernard et al. (2015) observed that confidentiality in group settings can be neither
guaranteed nor enforced in most jurisdictions
Pepper (2007) has argued that our profession has a significant blind spot about
the danger of dual relationships in group psychotherapy
