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The ethics of advertising, billing, and finances in psychotherapy
Author(s) -
Knapp Samuel,
VandeCreek Leon
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.20475
Subject(s) - session (web analytics) , perspective (graphical) , psychology , ethical code , business ethics , association (psychology) , ethical standards , psychotherapist , public relations , engineering ethics , advertising , business , political science , artificial intelligence , computer science , engineering
Abstract Psychotherapists must deal with practical business matters such as advertising, billing, collecting fees, and other practice management topics. We review the enforceable standards of the American Psychological Association's (2002) Ethics Code that deal with advertising, fees, billing, and related business matters in psychotherapy. Using a principle‐based perspective, we link each of the standards to overarching ethical values and illustrate the concerns with case vignettes. We argue that understanding the moral foundations of ethical standards helps psychotherapists to implement with greater integrity the spirit and the letter of the standards with regard to advertising and business practices. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol: In Session 64: 1–13, 2008.