Ethics, professional 

Addressing the issue of professional ethics in the field of psychotherapy, this volume uses classical vignettes and discussions to examine the complexities faced by a therapeutic clinician in dealing with patients. Either hypothetical, generic, or composite situations, the examples are designed to help clinicians better recognize and respond to the ethical issues they will likely encounter in the field. Editorial Reviews Review "A rich array of case vignettes that illustrate ethical problems in the real world." -Robert Michels, professor of medicine and psychiatry, Cornell University About the Author Paul A. Dewald, MD, is a psychoanalyst, clinical psychiatrist, and member of the faculty of the St. Louis Psychoanalytic Institute, where he teaches about ethics in the clinical settting. He lives in St. Louis, Missouri. Rita W. Clark, MD, is a psychoanalyst and psychiatrist who has served on the subcommittee on ethics revision of the American Psychoanalytic Association for several years.