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The Counseling Relationship
Evaluation, Assessment & Interpret
Confidentiality, Priv. Comm. & Privacy
Professional Responsibility
Relationships with Other Professionals
100
Counselors act to avoid harming their clients and they are aware of their own values and avoid imposing their values
What is Avoiding Harm and Imposing Values- A.4.
100
Counselors do not misuse assessment results and interpretation and they take reasonable steps to prevent others from misusing the information.
What is Client Welfare E.1.b.
100
To the extent possible, clients are informed before confidential information is disclosed and are involved in the disclosure decision-making process
What is Minimal Disclosure B.2.d
100
Counselors do what they can to contact an identified individual for who the client has threatened to harm
What is duty to warn
100
Counselor work for the “good” of the group/client/society/system display what ethical principle?
What is Beneficence
200
Counselors evaluate prospective group members and to the extent possible make sure that their goals and needs are compatible with the group
What is Screening A.8.a
200
Counselors release data in which client is identified only with the permission of the client and only released to those persons qualified to interpret the data
What is E.4. Release of Data to Qualified Professionals
200
When clients disclose that they have disease commonly known to be both communicable and life threatening, counselors may be justified in disclosing information to identifiable third parties, if there is a risk to them contracting the disease
What is Contagious, Life-Threatening Diseases B.2.b
200
Counselors are alert to their own physical, mental, or emotional problems and refrain from offering services to a client when issues are likely to harm a client or others
What is Impairment C.2.g
200
Counselors who are members of interdisciplinary teams clarify the ethical obligations of the team as a whole and of the individual members. If there are ethical concerns counselors first attempt to resolve the concern within the team
What is Establishing Professional and Ethical Obligations D.1.e.
300
Clients have the freedom to choose whether or not to enter into a counseling relationship and they need adequate information about the counseling process and the counselor
What is Informed Consent- A.2.a
300
Prior to the assessment, counselors clarify the nature and purpose of the assessment and the use of the results. The clarification will be given in the language of the client.
What is Explanation to Clients- E.3.a.
300
Counselors obtain approval from clients prior to observing counseling sessions, reviewing session transcripts, or viewing recordings of sessions, with supervisors or others within the training environment.
What is Permission to Observe B.6.c
300
Counselors practice in areas new to them only after appropriate education, training and supervised experience
What is New Specialty Areas of Practice C.2.b.
300
Counselors take care not to harass or dismiss an employee who has acted in a responsible and ethical manner to expose inappropriate employer policies or practices
What is Protection from Punitive Action D.1.i
400
Counselors understand the challenges of accepting gifts and understand that in some cultures, gifts are a token of respect and showing gratitude. Counselors may receive gifts and barter as long as:
Client is not being exploited. (What is Receiving Gifts A.10.e / what is bartering)
400
Counselors use with caution assessment techniques that were normed on populations other than that of the client.
What is Multicultural Issues/Diversity in Assessment E.8.
400
Counselors do not disclose confidential information that reasonably could lead to the identification of a research participant unless they have obtained the prior consent of the person.
What is Disclosure of Research Information B.7.d
400
Counselors claim or imply only professional qualifications actually completed and correct any known misrepresentations of their qualifications by others.
What is Accurate Representation C.4.a.
400
The highest standards of conduct to which professional counselors can envision and requires that counselors do more than simply meet the letter of the ethical codes; going above and beyond the call of duty.
What is Aspirational Ethics
500
Counselors who provide services to terminally ill individuals who are considering hastening their own deaths have the option of talking to or not talking to others depending on applicable laws, specific circumstances and seeking consultation
What is Confidentiality A.9.c
500
Counselors administer assessments under the same conditions that were established in their standardization
What is Administration Conditions E.7.a
500
When subpoenaed to release confidential or privileged information without a client's permission, counselors obtain written, informed consent from the client or take steps to prohibit the disclosure or have it limited as narrowly as possible
What is Court Ordered Disclosure B.2.c
500
Written defamatory statements.
What is Libel
500
When counselors are required by law or institutional policy to serve in more than one role in judicial or adminstrative proceedings, they clarify role expectations and the parameters of confidentiality with their colleagues
What is Confidentiality D.1.d