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Practitioners also rely on their experiences and consultations with peers and colleagues to deal with situations that pose serious ethical issues.

Hence, most therapists rely on interpretations and adaptations of codes of ethics from other countries. In India, there is no statutory body that specifically regulates the practice of couple and family therapy. Like all therapeutic interactions, the practice of couple and family therapy is also governed by ethical frameworks. Most mental health practitioners of couple and family therapy agree that engaging couples and families in therapy is a very challenging prospect. They must also comfortably utilize critical thinking, consultation, and research in weighing options for resolving ethical dilemmas and have the capacity to skillfully implement the result of the decision-making process. As such, social workers must understand concepts such as self-determination, confidentiality, informed consent, competence, and conflicts of interest and the ways in which these standards may be challenged or upheld in practice. Ethical decisions rely on a strong understanding of the codes that guide the profession, on practitioner self-awareness and on the use of thoughtful, thorough frameworks for weighing choices when dilemmas or conflicts arise. Values and ethics help to distinguish social work from other professions and provide a basis for accountability. Their articulation, through ethical standards, guides social workers' choices and actions across an array of roles, settings, and client populations. Core values reflect the ideology of the profession. Adamek, Ph.D.Values and ethics have both philosophical and practical significance for the profession of social work. Articles are indexed or abstracted in Social Work Abstracts and Social Service Abstracts. Articles are accepted on the basis of appropriateness, clarity, sound methodology, and utility for social work practice, research, and education. Advances in Social Work is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes original work. All relevant methods of inquiry are welcome. The journal provides a forum for scholarly exchange of research findings and ideas that advance knowledge and inform social work practice. Advances in Social Work seeks to publish empirical, conceptual, and theoretical articles that make substantial contributions to the field in all areas of social work including clinical practice, community organization, social administration, social policy, planning, and program evaluation. The journal invites discussion and development of innovations in social work practice and their implications for social work research and education. Accordingly, the journal addresses current issues, challenges, and responses facing social work practice and education. Read more about Announcing Spring 2022 Issue of AISWĪdvances in Social Work is committed to enhancing the linkage among social work practice, research, and education. The mental health impact of war trauma and forced migration, even intergenerationally, is something that all social workers need to be informed about. This issue begins with an important Letter to the Editor from four social work colleagues, Jessica Aldrich Strassman, Sara Schwartz, Eugenia Weiss, and Ann Petrila, who call all social work professionals to be prepared to address the re-traumatization that the war in Ukraine is having on people globally-especially those who experienced similar trauma from World War II and other major conflicts. While the 14 articles cover a wide range of topics, two underlying themes include supporting different aspects of diversity in practice and in social work education and discovering the virtues of virtual practice. This issue includes a selection of empirical studies (n=6) and conceptual pieces (n=8). In this Spring 2022 issue of Advances in Social Work, we are pleased to present 14 papers written by 40 authors from different regions of the U.S.