Ethical, legal, and professional issues in the practice of marriage and family therapy / S. Allen Wilcoxon ... [et al.]. - 4th ed. - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall, c2007. - xviii, 428 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Rev. ed. of: Ethical, legal, and professional issues in the practice of marriage and family therapy / Samuel T. Gladding, Theodore P. Remley, Jr., Charles H. Huber. 3rd ed. c2001.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 388-413) and indexes.

Values as context for therapy -- Marriage and family therapy: a framework of systems and layers -- Promoting ethical practice: foundational principles and traditions -- Unique ethical considerations in marriage and family therapy -- Intimate partner violence: an illustrative example -- Contemporary ethical issues -- Ethical accountability: a casebook -- The marriage and family therapist: roles and responsibilities within the legal system -- Family law -- Legal considerations -- Professional identity as a marriage and family therapist -- Contemporary professional issues.

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Family psychotherapy--Moral and ethical aspects.
Family therapists--Legal status, laws, etc.
Family therapists--Professional ethics.
Marital psychotherapy--Moral and ethical aspects.