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Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Experience: Ethics-Based Issues and Cases was published in April 2015.

This text explores ethics-based issues and cases viewed through the lens of the Canadian counselling and psychotherapy context. Its conception and construction represent the collaborative efforts of professional counsellors and psychotherapists from across Canada who, collectively, are committed to fostering informed and reflective practice in the profession.

This new textbook contains almost 600 pages of ethics-based issues and cases. Contributions have been provided by 24 authors.

Co-editors: Lorna Martin, Blythe Shepard, and Ron Lehr

Dr. Lorna Martin‘s background includes education, educational psychology, and counselling. As a former president of CCPA (2011-2013) and a consultant for the Province of Manitoba, she has worked on portfolios related to fair assessment and evaluation, curriculum development and implementation, regulation of the profession, and advocacy for persons with mental health concerns. She is a Canadian Certified Counsellor; holds certification as a Manitoba school counsellor and as a teacher in Manitoba and Ontario, and is a trained arbitrator.

Dr. Blythe Shepard is a Professor in Counselling Psychology at the University of Lethbridge. She was the President of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (2013-2015), and continues to advocate for the counselling and psychotherapy profession and the people it serves. Her areas of interest include: life-career development and counselling, counsellor training and identity, clinical supervision, and child and adolescent mental health.

Dr. Ron Lehr, is a Professor at Acadia University, and President Emeritus of CCPA. He is a contributing author to the second edition of the ethics casebook. His research interests include: counselling ethics, primarily ethical decision making, confidentiality, record-keeping and informed consent; counselllor supervision; and, school counselling.

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*CCPA has published an updated version of its Code of Ethics that will come into effect on July 1st, 2020. More information

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This is a compilation of selected submissions to the “Notebook on Ethics, Legal Issues and Standards for Counsellors”, a feature in COGNICA.

Click here to download entire notebook. *Please note that this document is very large and may take a couple minutes to download*

Click on any of the following links to download a specific article from the notebook:

• Registration Denied – Let’s Have a Look at How and Why it Happened
• A Few Interesting Decisions from Case Law
• Child Abuse and the Duty to Report
• Custody Evaluations
• Dealing with Requests for Information
• Duty to Warn
• Guidelines for Dealing with Subpoenas and Court Orders
• Issue of Confidentiality when a Client Dies
• Landmark Decision with Implications for Counsellors in Canada
• Ethics, E-mail, and the Counselling Profession
• Parent Denied Access to Counselling Notes
• Personal Information Protection and Electronics Document Act (PIPEDA)
• Record Keeping Ideas for Counsellors 
• Reflections on Ethics Education in Counsellor Education Programs
• Scope of Practice for Counsellors
• Sexual Abuse of Clients: A Continuing Concern in the Helping Professions
• Special Education  and the Charter: No Presumption in Favour of Integration
• Valuing Diversity and Acting Ethically
• What is Counselling: A Search for a Definition
• When Counsellors Cease to Practice
• Quelques questions intéressantes tirées de la jurisprudence
• Aide-mémoire sur la déontologie
• Obtaining Consent From Children (Revisited)
• Some Breaches of Privacy and a Groundbreaking Decision
• Les atteintes à la vie privée et une décision novatrice
• A Much Quoted Decision of the Supreme Court of Canada Regarding Medical Records
• Une décision très citée de la Cour Suprême du Canada au sujet des dossiers médicaux
• Professional Wills for Counsellors and Psychotherapists
• Confidentiality and the Wigmore Criteria
• Confidentiality and the Wigmore Criteria – A Court Case
• What is Counselling? We have an answer in the following Definition of Counselling and its Scope of Practice. 
• Three Recent Decisions of Interest to Regulators and Those who Aspire to Further Statutory Regulation of the Counselling and Psychotherapy Profession in Canada
• A Standard of Care and a Case of Malpractice
• Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Acts:  Two Cases Involving Their Application to Students in Public Schools
  
• Allegations of Professional Misconduct Against a Counsellor (An Arbitration Case)
• Professional Regulation: Some Expert Advice
• Saying No to the Police when Noncompliance is the Appropriate Response: Some Personal Examples
• Can a Regulator Compel a Professional Registrant to Complete Continuing Professional Development Requirements? An Answer from the Supreme Court of Canada
• Counselling Records: Best Practices for Counsellors and Psychotherapists
• A Supreme Court of Canada Decision, and the Goudge Report on Complaints & Discipline
• Are a Psychologist’s Anonymized Peer Review Notes About a Client the Personal Information of That Client? An Answer From the Privacy Commissioner  of Canada
• “…Names will Never Hurt you…” A Decision Front the Supreme Court of Canada
• E-mail Communications with Clients: A Brief Overview and Some Recommendations
• Typology and Dishonesty by Health Practitioners

Since the publication of the Supervision of Counselling and Psychotherapy Handbook: A Handbook for Canadian Certified Supervisors and Applicants, updates to some sections have been required. Click here for the Update/Errata Sheet.

The Supervision of Counselling and Psychotherapy Handbook: A Handbook for Canadian Certified Supervisors and Applicants.

This Handbook is designed to support supervisors and their supervisees as they develop a positive working relationship that is simultaneously collegial, informative, timely, helpful, and developmental.  Throughout this document you will find:

• Supervision requirements of regulatory colleges
• Roles and responsibilities of supervisors and supervisees
• Challenges in supervisory relationships
• Models and methods of supervision
• Legal and ethical issues in supervision
• Competency-based evaluation techniques
• Forms, templates, and supportive websites

Co-authors: Dr.Blythe Shepard & Lorna Martin

Blythe Shepard is an Associate Professor in the counselling psychology program at the University of Lethbridge.  Blythe received her doctorate in educational psychology with a specialty in counselling psychology from the University of Victoria in 2002 where she continued as a faculty member and graduate advisor until 2008 in the Department of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies.  Blythe continues to advocate for the counselling and psychotherapy profession and the people it serves. Blythe is the current President-elect of CCPA.

Lorna Martin is a former provincial government consultant for Manitoba Education.  Her academic background is in educational psychology and counselling with a doctoral focus on assessment practices for the counselling and psychotherapy profession.  Lorna has worked with government since 1995 on initiatives related to program development and implementation, assessment and evaluation, counsellor education, and support services.

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Workbook A – Academic Journal Articles and Chapters

*Readings for Workbook A are open-sourced and can be found online at no additional costs to the student.

Workbook B – Readings from textbook Clinical Supervision of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Profession (Shepard, Martin, & Robinson, (Eds.), 2016) – Please note that it is possible to purchase this Workbook as a package with the textbook Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Profession – see  publication order form for more details.

*Readings for Workbook B are found in the textbook Clinical Supervision of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Profession, available for purchase from CCPA

Two independent study guides for the counselling and psychotherapy profession provide structured readings in clinical supervision. Contents are structured to align to general competency areas and include an estimate of the time to complete the reading and response items (30 hours per Workbook).

The structured readings are designed for optimal flexibility for use in the classroom, to fulfil continuing education credits, and to fulfil personal goals in clinical supervision.

Note: Depending on the unique requirements of specific credentialing authorities, completing the Workbook activities may partially fulfil directed learning criteria for demonstrating competence in providing clinical supervision. Individual regulatory colleges or associations determine the degree to which Workbook activities may be acceptable. This includes decisions related to the potential submission of reader response items and the number of readings, among other considerations.

CCPA’s 2016 Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy in Canada focuses on the practical applications of counselling and psychotherapy within a Canadian context. Thirty-one Canadian contributors including researchers, authors, practitioners, and counsellor-educators who are experts in their respective fields and who are familiar with the Canadian context provide insights in this peer-reviewed volume. Divided into four sections, Part I provides an overview of the Canadian context for counselling and psychotherapy. In Part II, diversity issues in counselling and psychotherapy are explored. Part III focuses on foundational issues in theory and research. More specific clinical issues in counselling and psychotherapy are explored in Part IV. The concluding chapter in the Handbook describes current trends in counselling and psychotherapy in a Canadian context.

Gazzola, N., Buchanan, M., Sutherland, O., & Nuttgens, S. (Eds.)

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