Negotiating Consent in Psychotherapy - Brossura

O'Neill, Patrick

Brossura

ISBN 10: 081476195X ISBN 13: 9780814761953

Casa editrice: New York Univ Pr, 1998

Riassunto

Psychotherapists have an ethical requirement to inform clients about their treatment methods, alternative treatment options, and alternative conceptions of their problem. While accepting the basis for this "informed consent" requirement, therapists have traditionally resisted giving too much information, arguing that exposure to alternative therapies could cause confusion and distress. The raging debates over false/recovered memory syndrome and the larger move towards medical disclosure have pushed the question to the fore: how much information therapists should provide to their clients?

In Negotiating Consent in Psychotherapy, Patrick O'Neill provides an in-depth study of the ways in which therapists and clients negotiate consent. Based on interviews with 100 therapists and clients in the areas of eating disorders and sexual abuse, the book explores the tangle of issues that make informed consent so difficult for therapists, including what therapists believe should be part of consent and why; how they decide when consent should be renegotiated; and how clients experience this process of negotiation and renegotiation.

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L'autore:

Patrick O'Neill is Professor of Psychology at Acadia University in Nova Scotia. He is also a coauthor of Community Consultation.

Product Description:

There is an ethical requirement that psychotherapists inform clients about their treatment methods, alternative-treatment options, and alternative conceptions of the clients' problems. While accepting the basis for this "informed-consent" requirement, however, therapists argue that exposure to alternative therapies can cause confusion and distress. Debates over false/recovered-memory syndrome, and the broader move towards medical disclosure, have pushed to the fore the question of how much information therapists should present to their clients. This detailed study of ways in which therapists and clients negotiate consent is based on interviews with 100 therapists and clients in cases involving eating disorders and sexual abuse. The book explores the tangle of issues that make informed consent so difficult for therapists, including what therapists believe should be part of consent and why, how they decide when consent should be renegotiated, and how clients experience this process of negotiation and renegotiation.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: New York Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 081476195X
• ISBN 13: 9780814761953
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 200