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Red Flags in Psychotherapy: Stories of Ethics Complaints and Resolutions

Author(s) : Patricia Keith-Spiegel

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Darrel Hoffman on 25/11/2013 15:02:37

(5 out of 5)

This is a great handbook for any professional engaged in psychotherapy and a useful tool for any client of a therapist or anyone contemplating going into therapy with a psychologist, psychiatrist or marriage and family counselor. This is an instructive book as it examines a sample of cases in which patients/clients have been dissatisfied with their therapist to the point they filed complaints with an ethics committee requesting redress or sanctions against the therapist. It is instructive as well as to how an ethics committee works to decide cases which is no easy job. This is a fun book and makes for exciting reading as the author is a great story teller casting both the therapist and the client in colorful descriptions such as you might find in a novel. The reader is given the chance to see how challenging some clients can be to any therapist, how well- or ill-prepared some therapists are for meeting the needs of clients, and from the standpoint of a committee, what they might have done to avoid having a therapeutic relationship deteriorate to the point where the client complains. The book has many tips for therapists and contains many helpful references, discussion questions, and discusses the ethical issues involved in each case. An appendix provides ethics resources for mental health professionals and consumers as well as a discussion of actions available to the Ethics Committee of the American Psychological Association. This is recommended reading for mental health professionals and consumers of mental health services.