ethics in counselling
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PRESENTED BY SHIMIL ABRAHAM
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ETHICAL ISSUES IN
COUNSELLING PRACTICE
Aim: helping individual to solve their personal problems
These problems often include ethical issuesThe counsellors ethical standards and his
professional techniques are inseparable
COUNSELLING(intro)
Ethics are guidelines that are based on the basic principles of the counsellor in the code of ethics.
A moral philosophy of what is right and wrong and which bring the greatest benefit for most people
INTRODUCTION
Therapeutic boundaries are based upon.Beneficence: A counselor must accept responsibility
for promoting what is good for the client with the expectation that the client will benefit from the counseling sessions.
Nonmaleficence: "doing no harm". The counselor must avoid at all times, (even inadvertently) any activities or situations with the client that could cause a conflict of interest.
Autonomy: The counsellor's ethical responsibility to encourage client independent thinking and decision-making, and to deter all forms of client dependency.
Corey’s (1996)five principles
Therapeutic relationships are unbalanced (Who has more power?)
Therapeutic relationships are complicatedClient’s issues/problems are complicatedThe nature of the relationship itself is
complicated
Therapists are human, and humans are fallible. Ethical guidelines provide guidance and accountability
WHY ONE NEEDS ETHICAL PRINCIPLES?
Ethical codes are guidelines for what therapists can and cannot do that have been developed by each therapeutic discipline’s organizational body, including the ACA & APA
There are two dimensions to ethical decision making:
1. Principle ethics: Overt ethical obligations that must be addressed
2. Virtue ethics: Above and beyond the obligatory ethics and are idealistic
What are ethical codes?
counsellorhimself professio
n
counsellee
Referring bodies
Self care autonomy
Fidelity
beneficence
non-
maleficence
What Ethical Frameworks can one use?
Ethical
framework
First and most important – to safeguard welfare of client and society
Define ethical conduct in a profession – to inform and educate members
Define Standards of Practice – important in legal actions
Functions of Ethical Code
Create a means by which members are held accountable for actions –protecting public
Offer s a way to promote professional growth.
Schmidt L.D. and Meara 1984 Ethical Professional and Legal Issues in Counselling Psychology. Chapter 2 in Brown S.D. and Lent R.W. Handbook of Counselling Psychology Wiley.
REFERENCES
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