1st Edition

Sacred Calling, Secular Accountability Law and Ethics in Complementary and Spiritual Counseling

By Ronald Bullis Copyright 2001
238 Pages
by Routledge

238 Pages
by Routledge

238 Pages
by Routledge

Increasingly, counselors are practicing spiritual or complementary interventions. In balance, how counselors use such interventions is under closer examination by law. This effort to protect clients is embedded in ethical and legal principles, but rarely addressed in the mental health literature. This book will fill that gap by offering a clear understanding of the context of the law. Detailed... Read more
Chapter 1 Jurisprudence and Spiritual or Complementary Interventions; Chapter 2 Criminal Charges; Chapter 3 Civil Liabilities; Chapter 4 Licensure and Insurance Issues; Chapter 5 Ethical Implications and Ethical Models for the New Millennium; Chapter 6 Religious Affiliation, “Cults,” Coercion, and Counseling; Chapter 7 The “Cultural Defense,” Liability in School Counseling, and Vicarious Liability for Social Work Schools; Chapter 8 A Brief Afterword;

Biography

Bullis, Ronald