Ethics in its most basic form refers to doing what is right. This article focuses on four ethical traps to help couple and family counselors not only recognize ethical traps but in addition to understand how to avoid and solve ethical traps. To help the couple and family counselor better understand the principles involving ethical traps, four case studies are presented.
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