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Network News setting limits for our children, when deciding how to attend to the needs of self and others in a relationship. In an area of work which has been defined neither as an art nor a science, and which currently devalues objective truths or dichotomous distinctions (the language used in the definition of the word ethics is 'good' vs. 'bad', 'right' vs 'wrong '), the task is to find a balanced position which ensures enough safety, while enabling room for unique development. The boundary needs to be both sufficiently firm and flexible. JUDY LEITCH Acting Network News Co-ordinator (while Jane sends postcards from Europe) ETHICAL ISSUES IN FAMILY THERAPY AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY Ethical dilemmas abound in family therapy and most therapists I consulted in the ACT agree that the dilemmas are most often found in the nature of work with multiple clients. Indeed, some agreed that family therapists may face more ethical conflicts than most other therapists in that they can be accused of being agents of parents against children, children against parents or of one parent against another. The ethical issue of multiple clients in family therapy is the therapeutic version of the old adage that 'one (wo)man's http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy Wiley

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
© 1994 Australian Association of Family Therapy
ISSN
0814-723X
eISSN
1467-8438
DOI
10.1002/j.1467-8438.1994.tb01014.x
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Abstract

setting limits for our children, when deciding how to attend to the needs of self and others in a relationship. In an area of work which has been defined neither as an art nor a science, and which currently devalues objective truths or dichotomous distinctions (the language used in the definition of the word ethics is 'good' vs. 'bad', 'right' vs 'wrong '), the task is to find a balanced position which ensures enough safety, while enabling room for unique development. The boundary needs to be both sufficiently firm and flexible. JUDY LEITCH Acting Network News Co-ordinator (while Jane sends postcards from Europe) ETHICAL ISSUES IN FAMILY THERAPY AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY Ethical dilemmas abound in family therapy and most therapists I consulted in the ACT agree that the dilemmas are most often found in the nature of work with multiple clients. Indeed, some agreed that family therapists may face more ethical conflicts than most other therapists in that they can be accused of being agents of parents against children, children against parents or of one parent against another. The ethical issue of multiple clients in family therapy is the therapeutic version of the old adage that 'one (wo)man's

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy – Wiley

Published: Dec 1, 1994

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