Counselling, Psychotherapy and the Law 2/e

Peter Jenkins is a counsellor, trainer, supervisor and researcher. He has worked as a student and staff counsellor in college and university settings for the past thirty years. During this time, he has developed a particular interest in exploring ethical, professional and legal issues in counselling practice. He has run over two hundred workshops on these topics, aimed at addressing the current concerns of practitioners. He has been a member of both the BACP Professional Conduct Committee and the UKCP Ethics Committee and has published around one hundred articles on law and ethics in the professional counselling press. His publications include Therapy with Children, as co-author with Dr Debbie Daniels (Second edition, Sage, 2010), Counselling, Psychotherapy and the Law (Second edition, Sage 2007), online modules for Counselling Mind-Ed and other training material, such as Counselling Confidentiality and the Law (2013, Counselling DVDs). Peter has produced a wide range of free resources, which can be downloaded to supplement the material outlined in his recent book, Professional Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy: Ethics and the Law. These resources include a video presentation on key issues in recording therapeutic work with clients and online self-study programmes on legal issues in working with children and young people for MindEd. While his book closely follows the BACP Ethical Framework in terms of discussing the competencies required of counsellors and psychotherapists, he has also developed a critical analysis of the Ethical Framework, and of some of the legal resources designed to underpin it. In addition, the key area of data protection is undergoing change, with the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation in May 2018. The impact of the GDPR is explored in a further piece, looking at its background and some of the main implications for counsellors. Video of PPS presentation on 'Records as Evidence' MindEd Counselling: Legal and Professional Issues, i.e. self-study online programmes on working with young people, in relation to record keeping, safeguarding, ethics and the law Article: 'What is wrong with the Ethical Framework?' Article: 'Chestnuts roasting on an open fire? Supervisor liability revisited' Article on the new General Data Protection Regulation: 'An upgrade for data privacy?' Webinars (access is free for counselling students via https://www.onlinevents.co.uk/library): Working with Children and Young People: An Ethical and Legal Minefield? Making Sense of the New Ethical Framework Supervisors - A New Duty of Care? Brief video clips discussing: The Gillick principle in working with children and young people Limits to confidentiality in reporting a serious crime committed by your client Aspects of professional negligence, in the watershed legal case of Werner versus Landau (1961) Peter can be contacted at peter.jenkins@alumni.manchester.ac.uk

THERAPY, ETHICS AND THE LAW Therapy and the Law Ethical Principles and the law THE LEGAL CONTEXT OF THERAPY Content and Structure of the Law Communicating Information Law Relating To Service Provision and Employment THERAPISTS, COURTS AND THE LEGAL SYSTEM Reform of the Civil Law System Structure of the Court System Practical Aspects of Therapists' Involvement with the Courts Professional Aspects of Therapists' Involvement with the Courts PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE, LIABILITY AND DUTY OF CARE Professional Negligence Therapy Case Law Indemnity Insurance and Professional Protection Societies CONFIDENTIALITY, PRIVILEGE AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST Confidentiality Privilege and Confidentiality Confidentiality and the Public Interest Breaking Confidentiality DATA PROTECTION AND ACCESS TO CLIENT RECORDS Recording Therapeutic Work Access to Client Material THERAPY WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE The Rights of Children and Young People Key Issues in Therapy with Children and Young People Settings for Therapy with Children and Young People STATUTORY REGULATION OF THERAPISTS Statutory Recognition of Therapy Statutory Regulation of Therapists Therapy, Professional Power and Society

This is a book for the current times, where the professions are experiencing a heightened concern for ethical behaviour among their practitioners. Peter Jenkins appreciates the dilemmas facing the professions offering counselling and psychotherapy, especially that of the protected space versus the protected professional. Helpful to the reader are the boxes and case studies throughout the text. The boxes outline key points. The case studies are excerpts from law reports, published personal accounts by clients and books by therapists and bring immediacy and life to the concepts. While directed at a UK audience of counsellors and psychotherapists, this book is suitable for the Australian context. This is a valuable book for those practicing counselling and psychotherapy. -- Cecelia Winkelman * Journal of Family Studies * Despite requiring real concentration, this is an essential read for counsellors and psychotherapists irrespective of background and theoretical orientation. Trainers, supervisors and agency coordinators especially would benefit from the up to date material contained here. -- Therapy Today Jenkins' book makes the law relevant, understandable and manageable to counsellors and psychotherapists. It makes clear, reassuring and essential reading for therapists in training as well as those in practice. [All] counsellors and psychotherapisys need to be up to speed with the law and with how it relates to their work. This book is more than timely with the impending introduction of regulation, and the fact that increasingly the work of counsellors and psychotherapists is being subjected to legal scrutiny. -- Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal Peter Jenkins has consulted widely over the content of this book, both within the psychological therapies field and with legal eagles. [His] use of clear flow diagrams and comparison boxes enable the reader to identify the similarities and differences between professional and moral/ethical debates. It is a thoroughly researched and accessible text. -- Association for University and College Counselling Journal A comprehensive overview of a rapidly evolving field. This book represents a helpful addition to practitioners' bookshelves as a reference work, but also a beneficial read to stimulate thoughtful responses to practical dilemmas. It provides a good support to both therapeutic and supervision practices across the spectrum of experience and theoretical models. -- The Psychotherapist