Essential Law for Counsellors and Psychotherapists [Paperback]

This third book in the authoritative BACP Legal Resources for Counsellors and Psychotherapists series provides a user-friendly guide to the law for all those practicing and training in the counseling profession. Barbara Mitchels and Tim Bond make legal issues relevant and bring them alive for the practitioner. Packed with practical examples, this book covers essential areas of law for practitioners including professional ethics and standards, negligence, contracts and premises, employment and insurance, dealing with legal claims, and professional diligence.This third book in the authoritative BACP Legal Resources for Counsellors and Psychotherapists series provides a user-friendly guide to the law for all those practicing and training in the counseling profession. Barbara Mitchels and Tim Bond make legal issues relevant and bring them alive for the practitioner. Packed with practical examples, this book covers essential areas of law for practitioners including professional ethics and standards, negligence, contracts and premises, employment and insurance, dealing with legal claims, and professional diligence. Essential Law for Counsellors and Psychotherapists provides a comprehensive and easily readable text for all practitioners practising the talking therapies. It will prove to be an essential reference in this ever more demanding field where therapists are coming into contact with the law in their every day work. - Sandi Toksvig, Vice President of BACP, writer and broadcasterAn excellent up to date resource. A must for trainers, practitioners and students alike.Excellent and readable.A most valuable addition to the College library.Essential reading for any Counsellor. The book manages to contextualises key issues in law relevant to pracitioners and is a must have for any counselling practitioner.For students - an indespensible guide to what can often be a complex subject. Essentail reading for Counsellors and psychotherapists.very thorough.golc1