Using Scaling to Facilitate Ethical Decision-Making in Family Therapy |
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| Authors: | Benjamin E. Caldwell Dana J. Stone |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Couple and Family Therapy Graduate Programs, California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University, Los Angeles, California, USAbcaldwell@alliant.edu;3. Marriage and Family Therapy Program, California State University Northridge, Northridge, California, USA |
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| Abstract: | Ethical decision-making in family therapy is inherently complex, as it requires therapists to balance competing needs of multiple individuals and subsystems. Scaling offers a potential means of helping facilitate such decision-making, by encouraging attendance to the likely impact of various courses of action on individuals and subsystems as related to each of the core ethical principles underlying psychotherapeutic practice. This article explores the potential use of scaling in family therapists’ ethical decision-making through case examples. Benefits and risks of such an approach are reviewed. |
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