Psychotherapy And Ethics Code

Psychotherapy and Ethics Code

Introduction

The creation of a Code of Professionwill be valued before society.

The main objective of the psychotherapist is to accompany his clients in his problems, symptoms, crisis, discomfort, suffering creating a context of within-learning first helping the patient to build the goal he has about therapy and then get rid of his problems positioning himAs a central problem, according to this objective, it has been decided to create this Code of Ethics so that the duties and rights of the professional and patient have for consideration.

Developing.

First to exercise this profession it must be by vocation because it likes to help society before psychosocial, family and individual problems which will allow when you put into practice your knowledge is not for money, but rather for love of your profession waitinghave a result of happiness knowing that your professional practice has helped the patient, family and society. For this, this Code of Ethics raises the following sections in an understandable, legible and realistic way before our society, sections that will be described in the course of this document:

• Objectives of the psychotherapist
• Client or patient objectives
• Duties and rights of psychotherapist
• Customer or patient duties and rights

The Ethical Code refers to guaranteeing the protection of patients according to the service provided by the psychotherapist, it also supports when making a decision in cases that can be faced (conflicts, complaints etc.

) and be able to have a balance. It is important this in constant review of the Code of Ethics and this will feed back when applying this information.

What is psychotherapy?

It is a treatment that helps in the accompaniment of crisis, discomfort, patient problems. Psychotherapy leads to congruent changes with the objectives that the client wishes to achieve. Provides order to chaos facilitating the understanding of ideas and actions that had been confused. Leads to a certain relief when training the person to face anxieties and tensions that had been avoided. Leads to new opportunities to learn different ways of thinking, feeling and acting. In short, it causes the feeling of discomfort to progressively give way to that of domain and personal control.

Being psychotherapist

To be able to psychotherapist, a third level title must be had in psychology and then a fourth level title in family psychotherapy, the professional must be prepared both in the theoretical and the practical. The first thing that the professional should have is ethical are the acts and customs, since this is learned in the context in which it grew, with ethics you can establish responsibility when exercising the profession through the values it has or possesses them forThis the psychotherapist must have responsibility, confidentiality, capacity, economic arrangement, studies.

A psychotherapist must have:

Responsibility: Because it must be punctual in your consultations, you must have your consultation day planned and the time, if you have trips you should inform your patients, you should give information to your patients according to their objective in therapy.

• Confidentiality: because you cannot disseminate the problems of each of its patients (privacy) the information must be protected, saved in this way of obtaining trust and respect for the professional, since this is one of the main ethical values that aremust take into account to exercise this profession.
• Capacity: because it must be well prepared before any event during the development of therapy, mentally should not be related to patient problems and if in this case it happens not to address this consultation.
• Economic arrangement: There must be an adequate information about the costs of its therapy, Alaan ethics position and work not for money, but to serve the patient.
• Studies: The professional always has to continue studying, since new methods of therapeutic intervention continue to emerge.

All these principles must take into account the psychotherapist because it will help to have a vision at the time that therapy is executing these principles are highly recommended because in this way a better therapeutic environment will be achieved before the family and the individual.

Code of ethics

The Code of Ethics is an instrument that serves:

1. Ensure patient service either individually and familiar.

two. Help psychotherapist to decision -making

3. Help compliance with standards for psychotherapist

4. Know what are the obligations and rights of the patient and the professional

This code enunciates the norms the moral values and the conduct that prescribes.

Objective of the Code of Ethics

Guide, help and strengthen the professional psychotherapist practice and verify the patient a good service to fulfill all established moral and ethical standards.

Patient obligations and rights at the time of therapy

• The patient must choose the professional who wants him to attend him in each of his consultations
• The patient has the right to change professional if he wishes
• The patient should go to all appointments the dates indicated and at the established time
• The patient should not damage any property property of the office
• The patient has the right to receive information from his advances in therapy
• The patient has the right to receive information on what the treatment consists of
• The patient must pay the value of the established consultation or therapy
• The patient should attend all consultations without having ingested any substance (alcohol, drugs, etc.)
• The patient must have respect for the professional and his relatives
• The patient must agree on psychometric tests
• The patient has the obligation to present a neutrality behavior, that is, not pretending to seduce, aggressions etc.
• The patient to agree or not to use his information for research purposes, but his identity will not be revealed if not changed by another name.
• The patient can suspend the treatment if he wishes and be treated with another psychotherapist
• The patient should receive a report that details his current status as a certificate of attending therapy.
• The patient is obliged not to disseminate information that threatens the integrity of the psychotherapist.
• The patient must have an objective of what he intends to achieve in therapy.
• The patient can report to the authorities if his professional professional ethics have been breached.

Psychotherapist obligations

• Psychotherapist must commit to continue with their professional studies, since new ways of intervening and treating patients appear every year.
• You are obliged to receive constructive criticism from other professionals and thus be able to improve your practice in the treatment of your patients.
• Psychotherapist is forced to inform their patients about their treatment
• Is obliged to save confidentiality to protect the interests of their patients
• Non should be sentimentally with any of his patients
• You must respect your patients, colleagues, family
• Is obliged to issue certificates with true information
• Is obliged to equip your office according to the needs of patients
• It should not be involved in any complaint of some of your patients you should only issue the report.
• Is obliged to be honest and sincere at the time of collection for providing its services
• You should not involve your private life with your customers
• She is forced to refer to patients suffering from social threat pictures
• You should not use any psychiatric specialty drug
• You should not issue any message against another psychotherapist

Psychotherapist rights:

• Protect your quality of life
• Of being respected and recognized as a professional in the area of Psychology and Psychotherapy.
• To work and exercise your profession as a psychotherapist in any public and private entity
• Protect their integrity before any patient who wants to attempt their life
• Covering in any public establishment as commissioners, prosecutors, Ombudsman’s Office, who helps ensure their prestige.
• You should receive support from other psychotherapists if exposed in acts of violence.
• To receive a course to allow the broader development in their knowledge if the State and its programs are provided.

Conclusions.

Readers of this document are recommended to be taken into account that a Code of Profession. Each of the points exposed above is expected to be used for the exercise of the profession because this will generate a healthy environment for both the psychotherapist and the patient.

Bibliography

• Frank l., V. (2003). I enter psychotherapy and psychological advice.