Sadržaj:
  • I. The grave new world of Christian counseling liability
  • Introduction to law for the Christian counselor
  • The legal regulation of Christian counseling
  • Social and systematic trends in legal liability
  • Nally and Smith: Lessons from two landmark cases
  • II. Sexual misconduct in Christian counseling
  • Wrongful sex and the sexual misconduct crisis
  • Legal liability for sexual misconduct in counseling III. Confidentiality and its many exceptions
  • Confidentiality and privileged communication
  • Child and elder abuse reporting and intervention
  • The duty and practice of suicide intervention
  • Protecting third persons from client violence IV. The counseling process: Managing liability risk
  • A good start: informed consent and counseling agreements
  • Improper treatment and high-risk counseling practices
  • Dual relationships, undue influence, and conflict of interest
  • Failure to consult or refer, abandonment, and wrongful termination
  • God or mammon? Fees and money issues in Christian counseling V. Special counseling modes and controversial cases
  • Marriage, family, and child therapy; divorce and group counseling
  • Psychiatry and inpatient hospital ministry
  • Counseling in cases of abortion, AIDS, and cult programming VI. Corporate risks and counseling credentials
  • The counseling pastor: Competent counseling, referral, and leadership
  • Professional Christian counselors: Issues in training and licensure
  • Supervision and consultation in private and agency practice
  • Expert courtroom testimony by the Christian counselor VII. The maturation of the Christian counseling profession
  • Protecting the profession: Defending Christian counselors
  • Organizing the profession: A call to maturity.