Ethical standards for instructors of marriage and family counselors have not been well defined in the International Association for Marriage and Family Counselors code of ethics. The inherent power differential in an instructor-student relationship demands an accountability structure that is currently rare to nonexistent. This article describes some abuses of this power and calls for the creation of a code of ethics for marriage and family counselor educators. There is an understandable dearth of statistics regarding this matter; however, if the experiences of this author are an indicator, then the problem is significant and needs to be addressed far and wide.
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