Education and Assistance

The Ethics Committee and the Ethics Office provide consultation on the APA Ethics Code to members and the public.  To discuss an ethics issue, please call 202-336-5930.  The Ethics Office receives calls between 2 and 4 pm EST and will return messages left at other times.  

The Ethics Office provides speakers for workshops and education-related programs in a wide range of venues. The Office gives priority to state, provincial, and territorial psychological associations. Topics of educational programs include:

• The intersection of law and ethics

• Multiple relationships

• Boundary violations

• Individual differences

• Teaching ethics

• Special challenges related to the severely mentally ill

• Practice in rural settings and small communities

• Dilemmas arising in university and college counseling centers

• Legal and ethical aspects of supervision

• Psychologists’ involvement in death penalty proceedings

Generally, groups other psychological associations represented in the APA are requested to cover expenses and provide an honorarium to the APA Ethics Office.