Fiduciary Statement

What is a fiduciary?

A fiduciary relationship is one founded on trust or confidence relied on by one person in the integrity and fidelity of another. A fiduciary has a duty to act primarily for the client’s benefit in matters connected with the undertaking and not for their own personal interest.
Black’s Law Dictionary (2004)

Under the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association, Counselling Therapists are bound by the fiduciary relationship and required to follow standards of practice.

Standards of Practice were developed by the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association to provide direction and guidelines to enable its members, and other counsellors in Canada, to conduct themselves in a professional manner consistent with the CCPA Code of Ethics.

Standards of practice

Standards of Practice are intended for the following purpose:

To support statutory and professional self-regulation by establishing a shared set of expectations related to the many areas of counsellor activities and responsibilities;

To protect the public by establishing a set of expectations for quality counselling services and for the maintenance of counsellor accountability; To establish a set of expectations for ethically competent professional behaviour which counsellors may use to monitor, evaluate, and work to improve their professional practices, and

To establish expectations for counsellor education and to provide support for ongoing professional development.