ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses some of the ethical, professional and legal issues surrounding the complex provision of psychological counselling of female survivors of sex trafficking. For a counselling psychologist, professional ethics represent at least three basic tasks. The first is acknowledging the reality and importance of the individuals whose lives we affect with our professional actions. The second is understanding the nature of the professional relationship and professional interventions. The third is being accountable for our behaviour. In working through ethical decisions and dilemmas, which often occur in counselling with survivors of trafficking, the key is to be able to make well-reasoned decisions based on the evidence available. Psychological care and support of survivors of trafficking at the International Organization for Migration Rehabilitation Centre was based on patients’ psychological needs and aimed at giving the survivors new opportunities for a better future.
