Archetypal Dimensions of Ethics in Clinical Practice

Christina Becker
Independent study
Online

Overview

All practitioners understand the “thou shall not aspects” of psychotherapy and psychoanalytic practice that are prescribed in codes of ethics. These reflect the collective norms around what it means to be a psychoanalyst/psychotherapist. These collective norms have arisen from millennium of ascribing power to certain roles in community/tribes/societies. In this context, the relationship between therapist and client become a sacred contract and covenant that lies in the collective unconscious.

Understand the deeper ethical underpinning of why maintaining an ethical attitude is so important in practice

Increase their ability to cultivate their own ethical capacity

Re-commit to maintain high standards of competence in their work.

Explain the importance of peer consultation to maintain professional integrity.

Express an enhanced capacity to practice without inflicting their biases on their clients.

Commit to seeking resolution to conflicts among peers and between themselves and clients.

Prepare to avoid misuse of their analytic power.

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