ethical principles

Pitfalls in Ethical Decision-Making: Settling, Fading, and Drift in Psychological Practice

The American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles and Code of Conduct (2017) provides the foundations and standards for addressing ethical practice. However, these standards cannot provide direction for psychologists in every situation (Cicero, 2021). Therefore, psychologists need a decision-making model when ethics codes or laws do not provide adequate direction. Nonetheless, practitioners frequently encounter subtle processes […]

John Gavazzi, PsyD, ABPP + 1 more

September 8, 2025