Oxford Handbook of Psychotherapy Ethics

Psychotherapy is an indispensable approach in the treatment of mental disorders and, for some mental disorders, it is the most effective treatment. Yet, psychotherapy is abound with ethical issues. In psychotherapy ethics, numerous fundamental ethical issues converge, including self-determination/autonomy, decision-making capacity and freedom of choice, coercion and constraint, medical paternalism, the fine line between healthiness and illness, insight into illness and need of therapy, dignity, under- and overtreatment, and much more. The Oxford Handbook of Psychotherapy Ethics explores a whole range of ethical issues in the heterogenous field of psychotherapy thereby closing a widespread perceived gap between ethical sensitivity, technical language, and knowledge among psychotherapists. The book is intended not only for a clinical audience, but also for a philosophical/ethical audience - linking the two disciplines by fostering a productive dialogue between them, thereby enriching both the psychotherapeutic encounter and the ethical analysis and sensitivity in and outside the clinic. An essential book for psychotherapists in clinical practice, it will also be valuable for those professionals providing mental health services beyond psychology and medicine, including counsellors, social workers, nurses, and ministers.

Table of Contents:
Section I: Background and historical context 1: Manuel Trachsel, Jens Gaab, Nikola Biller-Andorno, Serife Tekin, and John Z. Sadler: Why ethics matter in psychotherapy 2: Alan Tjeltveit: A brief moral history of psychotherapy 3: Carole Sinclair: What do psychotherapists need to know about the history of professional ethics? 4: Ulrich Koch and Kelso Cratsley: The history and ethics of the therapeutic relationship Section II: Concepts and Theories for Psychotherapy Ethics 5: Paul Biegler: Autonomy as a goal in psychotherapy 6: Marco Annoni: Patient protection and paternalism in psychotherapy 7: Jeffrey H.D. Cornelius-White and Gillian Proctor: Empathy, honesty, and integrity in the therapist: a person-centered perspective 8: Marta Herschkopf and Rebecca Brendel: Fairness, justice, and economical thinking in psychotherapy 9: Anna Elsner and Vanessa Rampton: Ethics of care approaches in psychotherapy 10: Susana Lampley and John Z. Sadler: Legitimate and illegitimate imposition of therapists' values on patients 11: Michael Laney and Adam Brenner: Virtue ethics in psychotherapy 12: Eleanor Gilmore-Szott and Thomas Cunningham: How do people make moral medical decisions? 13: Alexander Noyon and Thomas Heidenreich: Existential philosophy and psychotherapy ethics 14: Giovanni Stanghellini: Phenomenological-hermeneutic resources for an ethics of psychotherapeutic care 15: Tobias Zürcher: Free will, responsibility, and blame in psychotherapy 16: Roberto Andorno: Dignity in psychotherapy ethics Section III: Common Ethical Challenges in Psychotherapy 17: Alastair McKean, Manuel Trachsel, and Paul Croarkin: The ethics of informed consent for psychotherapy 18: Stella Reiter-Theil and Charlotte Wetterauer: Ethics of the therapeutic alliance, shared decision-making, and consensus on therapy goals 19: James Phillips and John Z. Sadler: Evidence, science, and ethics in talk-based healing practices 20: Charlotte Blease, John M. Kelley, and Manuel Trachsel: Patient information on evidence and clinical effectiveness of psychotherapy 21: Michael Linden: Ethical dimensions of psychotherapy side effects 22: Anke Maatz, Lena Schneller, and Paul Hoff: Privacy and confidentiality in psychotherapy: conceptual background and ethical considerations in the light of clinical challenges 23: Kevin S. Doyle: Dual and multiple relationships in psychotherapy 24: John Z. Sadler: Ethics considerations in selecting psychotherapy modalities and formats 25: Jeffrey E. Barnett: Therapist self-disclosure 26: Jens Gaab and Manuel Trachsel: Placebo and nocebo in psychotherapy 27: Anna E. Brandon: The business of psychotherapy in private practice 28: Joelle Robertson-Preidler, Nikola Biller-Andorno, and Tricia Johnson: Impact of mental health care funding and reimbursement systems on access to psychotherapy 29: Cynthia Geppert: Psychotherapeutic futility 30: Larry Davidson: The moral significance of recovery 31: Kristi Pikiewicz: Social media ethics for the professional psychotherapist 32: Thomas G. Plante: Relationship between religion, spirituality, and psychotherapy: An ethical perspective 33: Laura Guidry-Grimes and Jamie Carlin Watson: Ethics and expert authority in the patient-psychotherapist relationship Section IV: Ethical Issues with Specific Psychotherapy Approaches 34: Sahanika Ratnayake and Christopher Poppe: Ethical issues in cognitive-behavioral therapy 35: Robert P. Drozek: Ethical processes in psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychotherapy 36: Andreas Fryszer and Rainer Schwing: Ethical issues in systemic psychotherapy 37: Orah T. Krug and Troy Piwowarski: Ethical issues in existential-humanistic psychotherapy 38: Ueli Kramer and Robert Elliott: Ethical considerations in emotion-focused therapy 39: Abigail Levin: Ethical considerations on mindfulness-based psychotherapeutic interventions 40: Martin grosse Holtforth, Juan Martin Gómez Penedo, Cosima Locher, Charlotte Blease, and Louis G. Castonguay: Psychotherapy integration as an ethical practice Section V: Ethical Challenges of Specific Settings and Populations 41: Virginia M. Brabender: Identifying and resolving ethical dilemmas in group psychotherapy 42: Marcel Schaer and Célia Steinlin: Ethics in couple and family psychotherapy 43: Ashley R. Castro, Gerald P. Koocher, and Eric Peist: Ethical challenges of specific settings and populations: Psychotherapy with children and adolescents 44: Julian C. Hughes and Richard Cheston: Psychotherapy in old age: Ethical issues 45: Josh E. Becker, Audrey Cecil, and Michael C. Gottlieb: Ethical considerations of court-ordered outpatient therapy 46: Gwen Adshead: Ethical issues in the psychotherapy of high risk offenders 47: Ofer Zur and Manuel Trachsel: Beyond the office walls: Ethical challenges of home treatment, and other out-of-office therapies 48: Alysia Hoover-Thompson, BrandonC. Bogle, and James L. Werth, Jr.: Common ethical issues associataed with psychotherapy in rural areas 49: Julia Stoll and Manuel Trachsel: Ethical aspects of online psychotherapy 50: Tania Manriquez, Nikola Biller-Andorno, and Manuel Trachsel: The ethics of artificial intelligence in psychotherapy 51: Gaby Shefler, Shai Lederman, and Refael Yonatan-Leus: Unique ethical dilemmas in psychotherapy of other psychotherapists: Description, considerations, and ways of coping 52: Mathieu Bernard, Sonia Krenz, and Ralf J. Jox: Ethics of psychotherapeutic interventions in palliative care 53: Diane O'Leary and Keith Geraghty: Ethical psychotherapeutic management of patients with medically unexplained symptoms: The risk of misdiagnosis and harm 54: Jan Ilhan Kizilhan: Psychotherapy in a multicultural society 55: H. Russell Searight: Conducting psychotherapy through a foreign language interpreter 56: Sheila Addison and Whit Ryan: Ethical issues in working with LGBTQ+ clients 57: Suryia Nayak: Intersectionality and psychotherapy with an eye to clinical and professional ethics 58: Karin Hediger, Herwig Grimm, and Andreas Aigner: Ethics of animal-assisted psychotherapy 59: Andreas T. Schmidt and Lovro Savic: Ethical issues of mindfulness-based interventions from a public health perspective Section VI: Ethics of psychotherapy education, training, quality assurance, and research 60: Jennifer Radden and Jerome Kroll: Virtue ethics and the multicultural clinic 61: Scott D. Miller, Joshua Madsen, and Mark Hubble: Toward an evidence-based standard of professional competence 62: Andrés Consoli, Heidi A. Zetzer, and Himadhari Sharma: Ethical importance of psychotherapists' self-care and when it fails 63: Paul Snelling: The metaethics of psychotherapy codes of ethics and conduct 64: Irina Franke and Anna Richer-Rössler: Professional conduct and handling misconduct in psychotherapy: Ethical practice between boundaries, relationships, and reality 65: GAM Widdershoven and AM Ruissen: Dealing with moral dilemmas in psychotherapy: The relevance of moral case deliberation 66: Tobias Eichinger: Psychotherapy ethics in film 67: Anna Magdalena Elsner: Psychotherapy ethics in 20th-century literature 68: Violette Corre, Poonima Bhola, and Manuel Trachsel: Ethical issues in psychotherapy research