Professional Counseling
This term describes the standards of conduct established by a profession to guide its members.
What are professional ethics?
This ethical principle emphasizes a client's right to make their own choices.
What is autonomy?
Before choosing a course of action when faced with an ethical dilemma, counselors should first do this.
What is identifying and clearly defining an ethical problem?
Rules created and enforced by governmental authorities are known as this.
What are laws?
A counselor realizes they lack sufficient education or training to address a client's presenting concern. This ethical concept should guide their decision on whether to provide the service.
What is professional competence?
This national professional organization publishes a widely used code of ethics for professional counselors.
What is the American Counseling Association (ACA)?
This ethical principle requires counselors to promote the welfare and well-being of their clients.
What is beneficence?
These professional guidelines should be reviewed when evaluating possible responses to an ethical dilemma.
What are professional codes of ethics?
This type of law develops primarily from decisions made by courts.
What is case law/common law?
A counselor notices that strong personal feelings about a client's decisions are beginning to interfere with objectivity. This issue requires immediate attention.
What are personal values and potential counselor impairment/bias?
Licensure, certification, and accreditation are all mechanisms primarily designed to accomplish this.
What is protecting the public and promoting professional standards?
This principle is summarized by the idea that counselors should avoid causing harm.
What is nonmaleficence?
In addition to ethical codes, counselors should determine whether these government-established requirements apply to an ethical dilemma.
What are laws and regulations?
A counselor's failure to exercise the level of care reasonably expected of a professional counselor may result in this type of legal claim.
What is negligence/malpractice?
A counselor receives a social-media friend request from a current client. Before accepting it, the counselor should consider this major ethical concern.
What are professional boundaries/multiple relationships?
Unlike licensure, this credentialing process generally indicates that an individual has met standards established by a professional organization rather than a state government.
What is certification?
A counselor works to ensure clients receive equitable and fair treatment regardless of identity, background, or socioeconomic status. This ethical principle is being demonstrated.
What is justice?
A counselor encounters a complicated dilemma involving confidentiality and is unsure how to proceed. Instead of making the decision alone, the counselor contacts an experienced colleague and an attorney. This illustrates what the recommended ethical practice is.
What is professional consultation?
These four elements generally must be established in a professional negligence claim.
What are duty, breach of duty, causation, and damages?
A counselor begins experiencing significant burnout that is interfering with judgment and quality of care, but continues seeing clients without seeking assistance. This raises concerns about this ethical issue.
What is counselor impairment?
A counselor moves to another state and assumes their current counseling license automatically allows them to practice there. This professional issue should be investigated before providing services.
What are state licensure laws and regulations governing counseling practice?
A counselor makes a professional commitment to a client and consistently follows through on that commitment. This ethical principle is most relevant.
What is fidelity?
A counselor identifies an ethical problem, reviews ethical standards and laws, consults appropriately, considers possible actions, evaluates consequences, and documents the process. This process illustrates
What is ethical decision-making?
A counselor is subpoenaed to provide client records. Rather than immediately turning everything over, the counselor should first consider confidentiality, privilege, applicable law, and, when appropriate, this type of professional assistance.
What is legal consultation?
A counselor faces two possible courses of action. Each protects an important ethical principle, but following one may compromise the other. This situation is best described as this.
What is an ethical dilemma?