Revised to reflect recent ethical, legal, and professional developments, Welfel's contemporary and relevant ETHICS IN COUNSELING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY prepares you to deal effectively with the complex ethical and legal issues that you will confront in practice. The book's ten-step model of ethical decision making guides you as you work through and analyze complicated ethics cases and challenging dilemmas. Coverage includes legal research and the professional literature of major topics in ethics (such as consent, confidentiality, and multiple relationships) and in applied settings (such as community mental health, private practice, schools, and teaching/research). The fifth edition includes a deeper discussion of technology and ethics, as well as culturally competent ethical practice.