eTextbook: Ethics in Counseling and Psychotherapy, 6th Edition

Dr. Elizabeth Reynolds Welfel is a professor emeritus of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology at Cleveland State University (CSU), where she served full time on the faculty for 26 years. Prior to her tenure at CSU, she was a member of the counseling faculty at Boston College. She earned her doctorate from the University of Minnesota. She has published and lectured extensively on the ethics of professional practice for mental health professionals throughout her career. She is also the co-author of "The Counseling Process: A Multitheoretical Integrative Approach" with Lewis Patterson, co-editor and co-author of "The Duty to Protect: Ethical, Legal, and Professional Considerations for Mental Health Professionals" (© 2009, APA Books®) and co-author of "The Cambridge Handbook of Applied Psychological Ethics" (Leach and Welfel, 2018). Her CV also contains dozens of publications and presentations on professional ethics. She was awarded the American Psychological Associations Lifetime Achievement Award in Ethics Education for her contributions to ethics research, teaching and scholarship. She also received Cleveland State's Distinguished Faculty Award for her teaching and research in ethics in 2004.