Counselling Skills in Action
Fourth Edition
Video 1.7 Avoiding Exploitation of Clients – Discussion
These resources support you in exploring the differences between counselling and psychotherapy and other ways of helping, and the ethics of the therapeutic relationship.
Tim Bond discusses the two scenarios and the practices of avoiding the exploitation of clients.
Avoiding Exploitation of Clients – Discussion (02:15)
Discussion question
- What is your understanding of the ethical obligation to put clients first? In both the good and bad practice videos, identify the counsellor skills that either support or undermine this obligation.