Essential Law for Counsellors and Psychotherapists
- Barbara Mitchels - A retired solicitor and practicing psychotherapist
- Tim Bond - University of Bristol, UK
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 standards
- Negligence
- Contracts and premises
- Employment and insurance
- Dealing with legal claims
- Professional 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.
"Essential Law for Counsellors and Psychotherapists provides a comprehensive and easily readable text for all practitioners practising the talking therapies. It will prove to be an essential reference in this ever more demanding field where therapists are coming into contact with the law in their every day work." - Sandi Toksvig, Vice President of BACP, writer and broadcaster
Very clear explanations of complex legal issues
for students to explore the realms of legislation and its impact on the counselling profession
It is a good book. It coveres the process of appearing in a court of law well. It however is not as relevant to the course that I will be teaching.
Essential reading for any Counsellor. The book manages to contextualises key issues in law relevant to pracitioners and is a must have for any counselling practitioner.
For students - an indespensible guide to what can often be a complex subject. Essentail reading for Counsellors and psychotherapists.
A helpful addition to the information available for students' professional understanding and development
An excellent up to date resource. A must for trainers, practitioners and students alike.
this is an easy book to read and due to its lay- out allows the student to easily access information
This book is a must for every counselling students at every level of training. 'Essential Law for Counsellors and Psychotherapists' guides new and qualified practitioners alike.
