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Professional ethics and supervision

Professional ethics

The counsellors adhere to the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) ethical framework. This is available on the BACP website.

Supervision

In line with their professional requirements, counsellors may discuss counselling sessions with a supervisor external tothe service. In this process the identity of the client is not revealed. the purpose of supervision is to help the counsellor reflect on their work with clients.

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This article was published on Jul 21, 2010

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