For every mental health clinician, understanding the ethical standards of your own profession is always the appropriate starting point for good ethical practice in any setting.
Confidentiality and Informed Consent are among the most complex aspects of clinical practice, because they arise across all areas of professional life, and they have inter-related ethical and legal implications and complications. This section includes documents and summaries about therapists’ ethical obligations regarding confidentiality and informed consent.
Links to many clinical Ethics Codes are available here for reference about these and other aspects of ethical practice.
A separate section of this website contains Models for Ethical Decision Making .
You can also review Ethical Standards Related to COURT INVOLVEMENT.
The Center for Ethical Practice is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Center maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
The Center for Ethical Practice has been approved by National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) as an Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP No. 6768). The Center is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.
The Center for Ethical Practice (provider 1287), is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 3/21/2021-3/21/2024.