Code of Ethical Conduct | Standards of Clinical Practice | Guidelines
Code of Ethical Conduct – Effective November 1, 2023
Code of Ethical Conduct | November 2023
Standards of Clinical Practice – Effective November 1, 2023
Standard 1: Client-Centered Care and Consent | November 2023
Standard 2: Competence and Quality Improvement | November 2023
Standard 3: Professional Integrity and Communication | November 2023
Standard 4: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism | November 2023
Standard 5: Indigenous Cultural Safety, Cultural Humility, and Anti-Racism | November 2023
Standard 6: Clinical and Counselling Assessment and Reporting | November 2023
Standard 7: Virtual Practice and Digital Technologies | November 2023
Standard 8: Relationships, Boundaries, and Conflict of Interest | November 2023
Standard 9: Sexual Misconduct | November 2023
Standard 10: Privacy and Confidentiality | November 2023
Standard 11: Marketing, Advertising, and Fees for Service | November 2023
Standard 12: Documentation and Record Keeping | November 2023
Standard 13: Ethical Conduct | November 2023
Supplementary Standards of Clinical Practice
Guidelines
Remote Counselling and Privacy Law | March 16, 2020
Guidelines for Ethics in Supervision & Teaching | November 1999
PIPA: A Counsellor’s Guide for Developing Client Personal Information Protection Policies and Procedures | October 2004
Legal Commentary – Consent to Clinical Counselling Services – What counsellors need to know about the law of consent before they provide counselling therapy services to their clients.
July 2013
Archived – Retired October 31, 2023
Code of Ethical Conduct | June 2014
Guideline for Ethical Decision Making | October 2008
Standards for Clinical Counselling Reports | June 2011
Standard for Informed Consent to Clinical Counselling and the Collection, Use and Disclosure of Personal Information | October 2010
Standard for Payment for Clinical Counselling Services | October 2010
Standard for Promoting and Advertising Services | March 2014
Standard for the Content of Clinical Records | October 2010
Scope of Practice
Psychotherapy is the act of assessment, engagement and treatment of cognitive, behavioural, emotional and relational distress and disorder, delivered through structured communication within a psychotherapeutic relationship of care.
In the course of practicing psychotherapy, a person may:
a. assess a client’s behavioural, cognitive, emotional and relational functioning
b. determine a course of care delivered by psychotherapeutic approaches and means
c. engage and treat a client’s distress and disorder of behaviour, cognition, emotion, relationship or other psychologic domain that impairs the subject’s adaptive functioning, wellness and quality of life.
BCACC Bylaws
Approved by Special Resolution at the Annual General Meeting on May 29, 2023, and filed on June 8, 2023.
2023 BCACC Integrated Bylaws | May 29, 2023
BCACC Constitution
It is recommended that all counsellors have a copy of Balancing Conflicting Interests: A Counsellor’s Guide to the Legal Process by Maureen McEvoy and Gayla Reid. This may be obtained from the Justice Institute of B.C., Social Service & Community Safety Division, 715 McBride Boulevard, New Westminster, B.C. V3L 5T4, Telephone: (604) 528-5608, Fax: (604) 528-5640, Website: www.jibc.ca
