1. Present one ethics code from APA that you think is important for effective therapy (fully cite from APA code of ethics).
2. Define the term Scope of Practice for psychologists or other mental health practitioners. Fully cite the source. State why scope of practice is important. Attach a peer reviewed journal article on therapists' scope of practice from the last 10 years. Links often break or lead to a student's log-in page. Unless the peer reviewed journal article is online and the link works, attach the full article, not just the abstract. It is best to attach articles so that everyone can access the article. Save on your desktop, use the Attach function below the discussion. Fully cite and comment on the author's main point aboutscope of practice.Article title, authors, date

3, Task: The Creative Clinician

The problem-- Therapists may be excited about a type of theory or approach or technique in psychotherapy. This excitement may come from a conference presentation or often colleagues talking about their success with the approach. It may be that the approach appeals to the therapist given their own theory leanings and personality. However, the problem with enthusiasm is that any professional can be taken with marketing strategies. The marketing of therapy approaches is like the marketing of food or cars or anything. Marketing approaches don't change, the content is adjusted to be credible, appealing, to the consumer - therapists. There is the tempting hope for easy or quick fixes for their clients. This is never a good idea.

Task: Locate an approach to therapy that is not conventional. For example, animal assisted therapy, art therapy, play therapy, drama therapy, sandtray or sandplay therapy, poetry, drumming, movement, or even hypnosis.

Describe the approach from a credible source and cite. State a skill that you think a therapist should have to stay within their scope of practice to use this approach. What do you think is a likely danger or risk for using this approach with clients without full professional training? Tip - most of the therapies above have web sites.