The document outlines the AAMFT Code of Ethics, which provides principles for marriage and family therapists to protect clients, maintain confidentiality and professional competence, and have responsible practices around students/supervisees, research, finances, and advertising. The eight principles cover responsibilities to clients, confidentiality, professional integrity, students/supervisees, research participants, the profession, financial arrangements, and advertising standards.

1. AAMFT Code of Ethics
BEATRIZ ZAYAS
BSHS 335
FEBRUARY 25, 2014
TEAM A
MELISSA CURIEL
BLANCA PEREZARCE-SERENIL
JENNIFER RAZO
CELIA CURIEL

2. Table of contents
Principle I: responsibility to clients
II. Principle II: Confidentiality
III. Principle III: Professional competence & integrity
IV. Principle IV: responsibility to Student &
supervisees
V. Principle V : Responsibility to research
participants
VI. Principle VI: Responsibility to the profession
VII. Principle VII: Financial Arrangements
VIII. Principle VIII: Advertising
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3. Principle I
 Responsibility to Clients :
Marriage and family therapists advance the welfare of
families and individuals. They respect the rights of
those persons seeking their assistance, and make
reasonable efforts to ensure that their services are used
appropriately.

4. Principle II
 CONFIDENTIALITY: Confidence between client and
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therapist
Disclose only if:
Mandated by law: child abuse, incest neglect of children
or adults, information used on civil or criminal cases.
Written waiver ,such as teaching , lecture, writing that
will benefit others.
Harm to same person to others., mandated by law “duty
to warn”
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5. Principle III
 Professional Competence and Integrity:
-Marriage and family therapists maintain high
standards of professional competence and integrity.

6. Principle IV
 Responsibility to students and supervisees.

7. Principle V
 Research Participants: Is a type of investigation done in a
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group of participants in order to come to a conclusion.
Methods of research:
Protection to participant by being well planned.
Informed consent: information to participant shows
willingness to participate.
Participants have a right to decline at any time during
research.
Confidentiality is a big part of the research team as well.
Unless there is a prior consent sign by the participant.

8. Principle VI
 Responsibility to the Profession.

9. Principle VII
 7.1: Financial Integrity
 7.2: Disclosure of Financial policies
 7.3: Notice of Payment Recovery Procedures
 7.4:Truthful Representation of Services
 7.5:Bartering
 7.6:Withholding Records for Non-Payment

10. Principle VIII
 ADVERTISING : Informational resource to community.
 The advertisements should be:
 Professional that could represent other therapist
education, business, education ,and experience as well.
 Convey information in media only that is beneficial to the
public.
 Not claim other agencies if you are not affiliated to them.
 Be careful with using any fraudulent ,false name or
misleading information.

11. References
 http://aamft.org/imis15/Content/Legal_Ethics/Cod
e_of_Ethics.aspx
 http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=code+of+et
hics
 www.bing.com/images/higherlearning .
 www.bing.com/images/trust
 http://relationshipdj.com/relationshiptips/confidentiality-is-key-for-trust-in-a-relationship