Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ethics: core to professional helping -- Helper variables: what the helper brings to the helping relationship -- Ethical standards: guidelines for helping others -- Ethical practice in an increasingly diverse world -- Ethics and the law -- Conflict: the reality of "being ethical" within the real world -- Ethical decision making -- Informed consent -- Confidentiality -- Boundaries and the ethical use of power -- Efficacy of treatment -- Evaluation and accountability -- Ethical challenges working with groups, couples, and families -- Competence and the ethics of self-care -- Appendix A: professional organizations -- Appendix B: codes of ethics and standards of professional practice.