Psychotherapists have an ethical requirement to inform clients about their treatment methods, alternative treatment options, and alternative conceptions of their problem. While accepting the basis for this informed consent requirement, therapists have traditionally resisted giving too much information, arguing that exposure to alternative therapies could cause confusion and distress. The raging debates over false/recovered memory syndrome and the larger move towards medical disclosure have pushed the question to the fore: how much information therapists should provide to their clients? In Negotiating Consent in Psychotherapy, Patrick O'Neill provides an in-depth study of the ways in which therapists and clients negotiate consent. Based on interviews with 100 therapists and clients in the areas of eating disorders and sexual abuse, the book explores the tangle of issues that make informed consent so difficult for therapists, including what therapists believe should be part of consent and why; how they decide when consent should be renegotiated; and how clients experience this process of negotiation and renegotiation.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
New York University Press
ISBN-13
9780814761946
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95340124
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Clinical Psychology
Author
Patrick O'neill
Publication Name
Negotiating Consent in Psychotherapy
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
1998
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
200 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
153mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Patrick O'neill
Series Title
Qualitative Studies in Psychology
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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