Codes of Ethics Guide Therapists

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Those who work in physical and mental health professions are bound by laws, regulations, and their field's Code of Ethics that guide their conduct. Even with these resources, mental health counselors and therapists are challenged with ethical dilemmas on a regular bases. Some are simpler to deal with than others. This paper provides the steps the writer, as counselor, would take when dealing with an ethical dilemma. The paper also reports the Tarasoff case that was a severe ethical issue in the late 1960s. There are five sources used in this four page paper.