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INTRODUCTION: PROBLEMS, PITFALLS, AND POTENTIALS
3 INTRODUCTION: PROBLEMS, pitfalls , AND POTENTIALS1 The life of a professional psychologist can be rewarding but also difficult. Although we feel pride in our work and have helped many people, we also lose sleep some nights while deliberating ethical decisions. Our conversations with other psychologists over the years and the literature suggest that we are not alone (Pope & Vetter, 1992). In many situations, psychologists need to balance competing concerns and conflicting obligations, or negotiate among overarching ethical principles that appear to collide. The goal of this book is to help professional psychologists and other psychotherapists, and counselors address difficult or upsetting situations in which ethics codes, laws, and other professional guidelines do not or cannot provide clear direction.
PROBLEMS, PITFALLS, AND POTENTIALS1 ... Ethics codes identify common ethical 2 issues that psychologists encounter and then provide a prescriptive course of con-duct. Codes of professional ethics, such as the APA Ethics Code, reflect the ... effort into avoiding the loss of money than they put into gaining an equivalent
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