Bacp Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Demonstrate knowledge of the BACP framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy.
The Ethical Framework is designed to regulate the work of the counselling practitioner in order to safeguard the needs of the client and to ensure that they are being treated with respect and dignity.
The welfare of the client forms the foundation of he code of practice – the client is protected through the principles outlined within it.
The fundamental values of counselling and psychotherapy are as follows;
• Respecting the client and their dignity
• Ensuring client’s safety
• Maintaining a professional relationship between counsellor and client
• Practitioner should keep up-to-date on counselling practice and be committed to continued learning
• Working with client to alleviate suffering
• Encouraging and empowering the client by working on their sense of ‘self’
• Increasing the client’s personal effectiveness
• Working to enhance the client’s personal relationships
• Embracing diversity and celebrating differences in experience and culture
• Commitment to providing fair and adequate counselling and psychotherapy services
These values are designed to provide the best possible service to the client, so that they feel comfortable and safe and able to express themselves. The code of practice ensures that as much as possible, each client will be treated equally as all practitioners will be working to a unified standard of practice that is supported by the BACP.
The ethical principles of counselling and psychotherapy focus on the personal and moral qualities held by the counselling practitioner, which will influence their conduct and practice and how this will have an effect on the delivery and quality of the counselling service. The ethical framework outline that the counsellor should be;
• Trustworthy – working in accordance with client confidentiality and to ensure promises and agreements are kept
• Autonomous – developing self
The Ethical Framework is designed to regulate the work of the counselling practitioner in order to safeguard the needs of the client and to ensure that they are being treated with respect and dignity.
The welfare of the client forms the foundation of he code of practice – the client is protected through the principles outlined within it.
The fundamental values of counselling and psychotherapy are as follows;
• Respecting the client and their dignity
• Ensuring client’s safety
• Maintaining a professional relationship between counsellor and client
• Practitioner should keep up-to-date on counselling practice and be committed to continued learning
• Working with client to alleviate suffering
• Encouraging and empowering the client by working on their sense of ‘self’
• Increasing the client’s personal effectiveness
• Working to enhance the client’s personal relationships
• Embracing diversity and celebrating differences in experience and culture
• Commitment to providing fair and adequate counselling and psychotherapy services
These values are designed to provide the best possible service to the client, so that they feel comfortable and safe and able to express themselves. The code of practice ensures that as much as possible, each client will be treated equally as all practitioners will be working to a unified standard of practice that is supported by the BACP.
The ethical principles of counselling and psychotherapy focus on the personal and moral qualities held by the counselling practitioner, which will influence their conduct and practice and how this will have an effect on the delivery and quality of the counselling service. The ethical framework outline that the counsellor should be;
• Trustworthy – working in accordance with client confidentiality and to ensure promises and agreements are kept
• Autonomous – developing self