![]() ![]() ![]() This principle emphasises the importance of developing a client’s ability to be self-directing within therapy and all aspects of life. Practitioners who adopt this principle: act in accordance with the trust placed in them strive to ensure that clients’ expectations are ones that have reasonable prospects of being met honour their agreements and promises regard confidentiality as an obligation arising from the client’s trust restrict any disclosure of confidential information about clients to furthering the purposes for which it was originally disclosed.Īutonomy: respect for the client’s right to be self-governing A practitioner’s obligation is to consider all the relevant circumstances with as much care as is reasonably possible and to be appropriately accountable for decisions made.īeing trustworthy: honouring the trust placed in the practitioner (also referred to as fidelity)īeing trustworthy is regarded as fundamental to understanding and resolving ethical issues. A decision or course of action does not necessarily become unethical merely because it is contentious or other practitioners would have reached different conclusions in similar circumstances. However, practitioners will encounter circumstances in which it is impossible to reconcile all the applicable principles and choosing between principles may be required. Each principle is described below and is followed by examples of good practice that have been developed in response to that principle.Įthical decisions that are strongly supported by one or more of these principles without any contradiction from others may be regarded as reasonably well founded. Principles direct attention to important ethical responsibilities. ![]() (An extract from the bacp: ethical framework.) ![]()
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