ABSTRACT
As so many psychologists, psychotherapists and counsellors are employed in the National Health Service, a text such as this would not be complete without a look at ethics in relation to one of the important contemporary debates in the public sector delivery of healthcare. In this sector, the notion of evidence-based practice (EBP) is increasingly used to think about psychological therapies,1 plan psychological services and commission such services. This chapter therefore looks at the main ethical principles that therapists use to guide their practice and considers the ethical issues that may arise in practice guided by the notion of ‘evidence’. A question informing the chapter will be whether EBP facilitates or hinders ethical thinking and practice in the delivery of psychological therapies.
