PRINCIPLES OF ETHICAL PRACTICE
Promoting Confidentiality and Choice
An individual has the right to choose his or her own therapist.
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Patient and therapist together shall determine the course of
psychotherapy.
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Therapists shall preserve client confidentiality.
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Reimbursement methods should support ethical clinical practice.
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Mental health professionals should practice in an interdisciplinary
community that promotes competent and ethical clinical practice.