title: Quagmires for clinical psychology and executive coaching? Ethical considerations and practice challenges.
abstract: As the coaching field burgeons, both the mental health and coaching professionals, and their respective professions, face a myriad of potential quagmires, especially if the unique challenges encountered are ignored. After a short introduction and presentation on ethics and morals related to executive coaching and clinical therapy, a discussion follows on the lengthy and intimate relationship between executive coaching and psychology. Next are definitions and comparisons and 6 areas that are potential quagmires. This includes roles, skill sets/core competencies, education/training, licensing/credentialing-certification, governing bodies and confidentiality, and fees/reimbursement. Each section includes a discussion and several questions to highlight potentially problematic areas, practice challenges, and/or ethical issues, followed with brief responses. This paper concludes with the inquiry, "Where do we go from here?"
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland.
authors.forename: Judith Ann
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Gebhardt
mesh_terms: D032781:Codes of Ethics; D003406:Credentialing; D004995:Ethics, Professional; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D000071252:Mentoring / Q000941:ethics*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D011586:Psychology, Clinical / Q000941:ethics*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000941:ethics