Essential Law for Counsellors and Psychotherapists

By Tim Bond and Barbara Mitchels

Book Overview

This third book in the authoritative BACP Legal Resources for Counsellors and Psychotherapists series provides a user-friendly guide to the law for all those practicing and training in the counseling profession.

Barbara Mitchels and Tim Bond make legal issues relevant and bring them alive for the practitioner. Packed with practical examples, this book covers essential areas of law for practitioners including

Professional ethics and standardsNegligenceContracts and premisesEmployment and insuranceDealing with legal claimsProfessional diligence

Other features include a glossary, tables and flowcharts, as well as a comprehensive index of resources and organizations for additional information and guidance. This readable book helps practice managers, counselors and psychotherapists to recognize, understand and address legal issues that may arise in their practice, and assists them in finding any additional resources they may need.

Demystifying the law, this book is an authoritative guide for therapists, including those working in private practice, as well as being important reading for all those studying counseling, psychotherapy or clinical psychology.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848608861
• ISBN13: 9781848608863
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Sage Publishing Ltd
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.2" x 9.0"