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Contemporary and Emerging Ethical Issues in Family Therapy
Author(s) -
Hecker Lorna L.,
Murphy Megan J.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1467-8438
pISSN - 0814-723X
DOI - 10.1002/anzf.1121
Subject(s) - family therapy , context (archaeology) , normative , value (mathematics) , alienation , ethical issues , engineering ethics , project commissioning , psychology , power (physics) , field (mathematics) , psychotherapist , sociology , publishing , political science , law , engineering , paleontology , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , machine learning , computer science , pure mathematics , biology
Ethical dilemmas in the field of family therapy continue to evolve; this article addresses ethical issues family therapists are currently confronting or may confront in the future. We begin by examining a movement in the field towards relational ethics, which is inclusive of context, values, and power that permeate all relationships. Using this framework in relation to both our clients and our practice, we discuss defensive and risk‐aversive practice of family therapy within our current socio‐political context, family therapists working with child alienation in cases of non‐normative divorce, the impact of digital technology on families and family therapy, and the polarisation of sexual value issues.