After reading the stories and material below, cut and paste the questions in a document, answer and submit. Grades will be based on completely answering all questions.

The following stories were written by practicing psychotherapist and based on actual cases. The first story, entitled Travels with Paula is by Irvin Yalom from his book Momma and the meaning of life: Tales of Psychotherapy. Dr. Yalom is a Professor Emeritus of the Department of Psychiatry at Stanford University. His website is www.yalom.com. This story was written in the 1960s when Dr. Yalom was a resident at Johns Hopkins University. Therefore, much has changed in terms of the standards of practice and ethics. After reading the story, please answer the following questions using the guidelines on the syllabus:
1. Dr. Yalom’s work was ground breaking in the 1960s. However, such group work is very commonplace today. Identify at least two ethical issues that you feel may have been violated by today’s standard. Refer to the part of the code that you think as been violated and explain the violation.
2. Overall, what did you think of Dr. Yalom’s approach to this case. You may talk about his therapeutic approach or about his ethics.
The next three stories were written by George Weinberg, a psychologist and favorite author of mine. I use his stories to teach counseling skills. The first two stories are from The taboo scarf and other tales of therapy. It is, unfortunately, out of print, but it is worth buying through online bookstores that buy used books.
To be an effective and ethical therapist, you will have to become aware of your own biases and limitations. You may find that there are areas in which you might not want to practice based upon your own beliefs. Or you may choose to challenge and consider changing beliefs. The first story is entitled The triumph of frailty. In this story, Dr. Weinberg tells a story within a story about two men: Ken, who is awaiting his results from an AIDS test, and Eliot, who is studying to become a doctor. With both men, Dr. Weinberg refuses to help them change their sexual
orientation. In fact, in the 70s, due to similar cases with catastrophic endings, the diagnosis of homosexuality was taken out of the diagnostic manual. You can refer to the following link to see the text of a resolution by the American Psychological Association. I have also pasted the content of the resolution and press release at the end of this document.
http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/html/resolution97.html
The core issues are the same whether you look at sexual orientation, race, gender, religion or any number of issues. Reparative therapy, which purports to change sexual orientation from homosexual to heterosexual, was developed by a psychologist who believes that homosexuality is not a valid lifestyle. One ethical issue involved is whether you should treat someone from a group against which you hold a bias. If you have a bias against a particular sexual orientation, religion, race or gender, you should not treat someone from that group. The second ethical issue is about providing a treatment for something that is not a disorder. Reparative therapy is a treatment for something that has been deemed not to be a disorder and does not need a treatment. In this story, Dr. Weinberg deals with these issues.
3. Please discuss Dr. Weinberg’s treatment of Ken. What ethical issues did he wrestle with? What do you think about his work with Ken?
4. Please discuss Dr. Weinberg’s treatment of Eliot. What ethical issues did he wrestle with? What do you think about his work with Eliot?

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