Professional Psychotherapy Ethical Standards
Each of the psychotherapy governing bodies contain ethical policy and practice statements
- BACP ethical framework for good practice in counselling and psychotherapy
- EATA Handbook Section 3, Ethics & Professional Practice (pdf)
- ITA Statement of Ethics
- ISMHO Suggested Principles for the Online Provision of Mental Health Services
- UKCP Code of Ethics (pdf)
- For US based codes of ethics, see Ken Pope's list of Codes of Ethics
Other Sites dealing with Psychotherapy Ethical Issues
- Ken Pope's Articles, Research, & Resources in Psychology
- Mainly interested in ethical questions about the client-therapist relationship, with interesting pieces on Dual Relationships, Malpractice, the Recovered Memory controversy, therapist-client sex, and logical fallacies in therapy. See also the Site Map.
- Fundamentals and Ethics of Psychotherapy
- Syllabus from Fundamentals and Ethics at Appalachian State University.