PSY3120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hypnotherapy, Health Professional, Family Therapy

• School: Monash University
• Department: Health Sciences - Psychology
• Course: PSY3120
• Professor: Various

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Law vs ethics: ethics not the same as the law but are related, can work within the law, but not be ethical, e. g. talking about client by name with friends, not breaking the law but breaking ethical boundaries. Ethics in counseling practice: minimum vs optimum (mandatory ethics vs aspirational ethics) If you just want to avoid punishment, this is mandatory ethics. Aps- for the members: making sure psychologists have services so if they have ethical dilemmas the can contact. Aps for support, rather than protecting the public from us: ahp a prote(cid:272)ts the pu(cid:271)li(cid:272), that(cid:859)s the differe(cid:374)(cid:272)e. Aps code of ethics: might need to say in the exa(cid:373) (cid:449)hat ethi(cid:272) (cid:272)ode so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e is (cid:271)reaki(cid:374)g, do(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:374)eed to k(cid:374)o(cid:449) them all though, you (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:859)t sa(cid:455) (cid:858)oh i did(cid:374)(cid:859)t k(cid:374)o(cid:449) that(cid:859). O, (cid:374)eed to k(cid:374)o(cid:449) (cid:449)hat you are meant to be doing. Look at code a, b, and c in the aps. General b: non-(cid:373)alefi(cid:272)e(cid:374)(cid:272)e ((cid:374)ot doi(cid:374)g a(cid:374)(cid:455) har(cid:373).