particular group share. One aspect of training culturally competent counselors is making sure they are aware of their own culture and how it has shaped their beliefs and values. The beliefs and values individuals have define how they see the world and what they view on being important. An example of this is how a Euro-American culture places value on individualism and importance on autonomy‚ independence‚ and uniqueness (Sue & Sue‚ 2003). Counselors in this culture may see views such as individualism
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field of counseling: Ethics and law in the field of counseling often times intertwine. As I noted in my discussion earlier this week‚ there are times when ethics and law overlap and seemingly collide‚ which then poses threat of a quandary for counselors. The law indicates the minimum standard that society will allow‚ whereas ethics represents the most ideal standard to uphold. According to Corey and Herlihy (2006)‚ standard of care signifies a balancing of the two‚ take malpractice or negligence
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To be an effective competent Christian counselor‚ he/she should be emotional stable‚ and exhibit spiritual maturity. If a counselor is plague with emotional problems‚ and is not spiritual mature it will be quite difficult to counselor others as they should. It is imperative for a counselor not to look at the client to meet their personal or emotional needs. Moreover‚ the textbook mentions pitfalls and ineffective things a counselor could exhibit. They are as follows: “hunger for relationships
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Comparison of Ethics Codes: Church Focused or Self Focused Diana Calhoun Liberty University Abstract The American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) and the American Counseling Association (ACA) have both established a code of ethics to assist and protect their members in serving and protecting their clients. While there are many differences between the two ethics codes‚ there are also many similarities. The first part of this essay will discuss the general differences in ethics codes
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American Counseling Association and the American Association of Christian Counselors Code of Ethics Celeste M. Easter Liberty University Abstract Just as controversy and differences emerge constantly with regards to God and His place in society‚ it would be equaled in the realm of counseling. This paper will review the Code of Ethics of the American Counseling Association (ACA) and the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC). When reviewing‚ it is the foundation of each association that
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Cultural competence and ethical responsibility of counselors is an issue that holds increasing importance. To be both multicultural and ethical is increasingly challenging. The population of the United States is changing quickly from a predominately white Caucasian society to an ethnically diverse society`. The Hispanic population‚ which represented only 9% of the population in 1990‚ is projected to increase to about 25% of the population by 2050. The number of African Americans‚ Asian Americans/Pacific
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For counselors to have a good sense of worldview with elementary children they need to understand the world‚ including attitudes‚ values‚ opinions‚ and concepts that influence how people of different cultures a person thinks‚ makes decisions‚ and behaves. When working with kids counselors should involve their families. How a family influence career decision making of its members is related to culturally specific factors. Exploring the relationship between cultural diversity and family influence helps
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that govern our profession current and future counselors can move towards professional counseling which is centered on your clients best interest and not our own. I will first talk about what professionalism is in regards to counseling and how one can develop their professionalism
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counseling students. Before the documents were written‚ the authors argue that those who regarded themselves as multicultural counselors had no standards by which to judge their cultural competence (Arredondo 1999). Thus‚ the Multicultural Counseling Competencies create an outline of the skills that are necessary to be a culturally competent counselor. These include: counselor awareness of own assumptions‚ values‚ and biases‚ understanding the worldview of the culturally different client‚ and developing
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autonomy‚ nonmaleficence‚ beneficence‚ justice‚ and fidelity. The seven virtues are composed of the following: accountability and truth-telling‚ responsibility to love one another‚ fidelity to integrity‚ trustworthiness in keeping confidentiality‚ competent beneficence‚ humility in justice‚ and sufferability (ibid). Autonomy is defined as “the freedom of clients to choose their own direction” (Corey‚ G.‚ Corey‚ M. S.‚ & Callanan. 2007‚ p.17). Nonmaleficence is the avoidance of actions
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