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romo theopublisheropriorotooanyoprohibitedoreproduction,ostorageoinoaoretrievalosystem,oorotransmissionoinoanyoformooro
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Remley,oTheodoreoPhant,
Ethical,olegal,oandoprofessionaloissuesoinocounselingo/oTheodoreoP.oRemley,oJr.,oBarbaraoHerlihy.—
Fifthoedition.o pagesocm
ISBN-13:o 978-0-13-406164-1
ISBN-10:o 0-13-406164-0
1. Counseling—Moraloandoethicaloaspects—UnitedoStates.o o 2.o Counselors—Professionaloethics—UnitedoStates.
3.o Counseling—Lawoandolegislation—UnitedoStates.o o 4.o Counselors—Legalostatus,olaws,oetc.—UnitedoStates.
I.oHerlihy,oBarbara.oII.oTitle.o BF63
6.67.R46o2015o 174'.91583—
dc23
2015000981
10o 9o 8o 7o 6o 5o 4o 3o 2o 1
ISBNo13:o978-0-13-406164-1
ISBNo10: 0-13-406164-0
, TooDr.oPatrickoM.oFlanagan,othisocounselor’socounseloroa
ndoaotrueoroleomodel
—Tedo Remley
Toomyocolleagues—farotooonumerousotoomention—
whoohaveoquestionedomyoassumptions,ochallengedomyothinking,oaskedomeotheotoug
hoquestions,oandoinomanyootherowaysohelpedomeolearnoandogrow
—BarbaraoHerlihy
ETHICAl,LegAl, AND P o o o
ROFessIONAl IssUes IN o o o
CoUNselINg
Theodore P. Remley, Jr.
o o o
OuroLadyoofoHolyoCrossoCollege
Barbara Herlihy o
UniversityoofoNewoOrleans
Bostono o Columbuso o Indianapoliso o NewoYorko o SanoFranciscoo o Hobokeno o Amsterdamo o CapeoTownoDub
aio o Londono o Madrido o Milano o Municho o Pariso o Montrealo o Torontoo o Delhio o MexicooCity
SãooPauloo o Sydneyo o HongoKongo o Seoulo o Singaporeo o Taipeio o Tokyo
,ViceoPresidentoandoEditorialoDirector:oJefferyoW.oJohnston
ViceoPresidentoandoPublisher:oKevinoM.oDavis
EditorialoAssistant:oMarisiaoStyles
ExecutiveoFieldoMarketingoManager:oKristaoClarko Sen
ioroProductoMarketingoManager:oChristopheroBarryo Pr
ojectoManager:oLaurenoCarlson
ProcurementoSpecialist:oDeidraoSkahillo Sen
ioroArtoDirector:oDianeoErnsbergero Covero
Designer:oStudiooMontage
CoveroArt:oCharlesoBonhamoPhotography/GettyoImages
Full-ServiceoProjectoManagement:oParuloTrivedi,oiEnergizeroAptara®,oInc.
Printer/Binder:oCourier/Westford
o CoveroPrinter:oCourier/Westfor
do TextoFont:oTimesoLToStd
Creditsoandoacknowledgmentsoforomaterialoborrowedofromootherosourcesoandoreproduced,owithopermission,oinothisotextbo
oko appearoonotheoappropriateopageowithinotheotext.
EveryoeffortohasobeenomadeotooprovideoaccurateoandocurrentoInternetoinformationoinothisobook.oHowever,otheoInternetoand
o informationopostedoonoitoareoconstantlyochanging,osooitoisoinevitableothatosomeoofotheoInternetoaddressesolistedoinothiso t
extbookowillochange.
Copyrighto©o2016,o2014,o2010,o2005obyoPearsonoEducation,oInc.ooroitsoaffiliates.oAlloRightsoReserved.oManufactur
edo inotheoUnitedoStatesoofoAmerica.oThisopublicationoisoprotectedobyoCopyright,oandopermissionoshouldobeoobtainedof
romo theopublisheropriorotooanyoprohibitedoreproduction,ostorageoinoaoretrievalosystem,oorotransmissionoinoanyoformooro
byoanyo means,oelectronic,omechanical,ophotocopying,orecording,oorolikewise.oForoinformationoregardingopermissions,o
requesto forms,oandotheoappropriateocontactsowithinotheoPearsonoEducationoGlobaloRightso&oPermissionsodepartment,o
pleaseovisito www.pearsoned.com/permissions.
PEARSONoandoALWAYSoLEARNINGoareoexclusiveotrademarksoownedobyoPearsonoEducation,oInc.ooroitsoaffiliatesoinothe
o UnitedoStatesoand/orootherocountries.
LibraryoofoCongressoCataloging-in-PublicationoData
Remley,oTheodoreoPhant,
Ethical,olegal,oandoprofessionaloissuesoinocounselingo/oTheodoreoP.oRemley,oJr.,oBarbaraoHerlihy.—
Fifthoedition.o pagesocm
ISBN-13:o 978-0-13-406164-1
ISBN-10:o 0-13-406164-0
1. Counseling—Moraloandoethicaloaspects—UnitedoStates.o o 2.o Counselors—Professionaloethics—UnitedoStates.
3.o Counseling—Lawoandolegislation—UnitedoStates.o o 4.o Counselors—Legalostatus,olaws,oetc.—UnitedoStates.
I.oHerlihy,oBarbara.oII.oTitle.o BF63
6.67.R46o2015o 174'.91583—
dc23
2015000981
10o 9o 8o 7o 6o 5o 4o 3o 2o 1
ISBNo13:o978-0-13-406164-1
ISBNo10: 0-13-406164-0
, TooDr.oPatrickoM.oFlanagan,othisocounselor’socounseloroa
ndoaotrueoroleomodel
—Tedo Remley
Toomyocolleagues—farotooonumerousotoomention—
whoohaveoquestionedomyoassumptions,ochallengedomyothinking,oaskedomeotheotoug
hoquestions,oandoinomanyootherowaysohelpedomeolearnoandogrow
—BarbaraoHerlihy