With the rapid development of network technology, psychotherapy is increasingly delivered over the internet. Since the arrival of online counseling, the practice and ethical issues have been widely discussed. This study aimed at investigating the current situation and main ethical issues of online counseling suppliers in China, based on which the norm and specific Chinese ethical code for cyber-counseling could be built. Methods: To select the websites which offer online counseling services, keywords of online counseling were used in 2 search engines which were Baidu and 360, the most popular ...