Relational Ethics in Psychotherapy and Counselling Private Practice

This book explores the ethics around everything connected with setting up and running a therapy private practice. Offering a hands-on approach to realistic ethical dilemmas encountered by the private practitioner, the book examines the everyday management of practice, and the context of ethical issues in contemporary private practice. Chapters explore the fundamentals of some of the most common ethical considerations in private practice, providing space for the reader to think creatively about how they use their preferred ethical framework, and how that may be translated into an individually tailored approach for each client, and for each private practice. The book provides exercises, examples, and vignettes, in addition to the author's own unique working model, to help the reader bring theoretical reflections into their own everyday practice. Relational Ethics in Psychotherapy and Counselling Private Practice will help private practitioners feel more confident and grounded in their private practice and up-to-date with developing thoughts. It will also appeal to training institutes, supervisors, and students.

Caz Binstead is an experienced therapist, supervisor, writer, and facilitator. She was instrumental in the creation of the Private practice toolkit at the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Caz is also co-lead of the large online therapy platform #TherapistsConnect, and founder of their popular student project #TraineeTalk. Nicholas Sarantakis is a practising Counselling Psychologist and couple, family and group therapist in London and Milton Keynes. He has authored several articles and taught at five U.K. universities as a Senior Lecturer and Director of Studies.

1. The rational for this book, and an introduction to the three-dimensional model 2. Initial ethical considerations into transitioning from being a student to a private practitioner 3. Ethical confidence in our practices: Admin and everyday practice management 4. Getting yourself seen!: Ethical marketing, in a 21st-century practice 5. Building your practice: Contracting and engagement 6. A brief overview of the different forms of online therapy and the respective ethical considerations 7. Ethics in couple's, family, and group therapy in private practice 8. Social awareness in contemporary practice 9. Managing endings in an ethical way 10. Use of individual supervision vs. alternative supportive spaces 11. Social media communities: A space to be heard?