ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN COUNSELING Counselors‚ like all professionals‚ have ethical responsibilities and obligations. The counseling literature contains numerous references to ethics and the legal status of the counselor‚ but for a number of reasons ethical problems pose particularly difficult situations for people in the various helping professions. First‚ clear-cut‚ specific ethical codes that provide adequate guidelines for ethical behavior in the very wide range of situations encountered in
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“Today‚ with recent advances in Technology‚ people can maintain their social networks electronically; they don’t need face-to-face contacts (Schaefer‚ 2012‚119).” For myself personally‚ social networking has been an important part of my life for this past year. My Husband is in the United States Coast Guard‚ so his job requires us to relocate to different stations mainly across the United States. Relocating is always a big adjustment‚ because not only are you in a new environment that you know almost
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Ethical considerations There are arguably many things to consider as I entered into the field of being a drug and alcohol counselor; yet the code of ethics in which were are sworn to me is of the utmost importance and one I take personally. First we bound to the nine principles that uphold the profession of counseling all of which could be further deduced to their own importance; yet accumulatively these are the principles that guide us in our work. They are as follows: 1) the counseling relationship
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I found your Discussion Board Forum 4 post quite interesting. I didn’t agree with the post in its entirety. Opening a new business is hard work. Anyone looking into opening a business should thoroughly do their research. Betty has done some great ground work by researching a few franchises. The franchise concept is a great option for someone new to the business world. The franchisor usually continues to support the operation of the franchisee ’s business by providing advertising‚ accounting‚ training
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Core Assessment Jessica Ferguson PS 206 Introduction to Guidance and Counseling Abstract This core assessment will be my understanding of the concepts that I have learned in this course. I will define and give examples about the different therapy techniques that I have learned about. I will show that I can adequately explain that I am knowledgeable in my understanding of confidentiality and ethics in counseling. 1. (a) Empathic understanding is when a therapist correctly understands
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Identity‚ according to Santrock (2012)‚ is “Who a person is‚ representing a synthesis and integration of self-understanding” (p. 140). One of the theorists in this area was Erik Erikson. Erikson believed the two parts to identity is “personality and role expermentation” (Santrock‚ 2012‚ p. 141). Santrock (2012) believed identity had several parts‚ including the following: work path‚ political views‚ marital status‚ motivation‚ personality‚ body image‚ and religious beliefs (p. 141). Basically
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Discussion Board Forum 3 Harriet Sanders Liberty University Barney is dealing with several legal issues involving his property in this case. As a spiritual friend and attorney of Barney‚ I will advise him of his legal rights and obligations regarding his property. Then‚ I will remind Barney not to make any sudden decisions before asking God for assistance. James 5:11 (English Standard Version) states‚ “Behold‚ we consider those blessed who remained steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness
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Organizational Design and Structure For performance organization to be efficient‚ it must be based on a vertical organizational structure for the strategy formulation and decision-making to be accomplished by the top executives. This is then passed down the vertical hierarchical chain to be taken care of by lower workers within the organization or company. Due to this type of structure‚ all the control of the information that is used to complete any and all necessary tasks in order to obtain the
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this topic in the college are less reluctant to this controversial topic. As a counselor‚ if we have to deal with the incest victims‚ what should we pay attention to? What should we consider if the victims become pregnant? We need to identify the ethical problem faced by the therapist working with family in which child sexual abuse is suspected or has occurred. The primary focus is paternal incestuous abuse‚ with the recognition that siblings‚ extended family‚ and stepparents may also be perpetrators
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Emotional and Sexual Infidelity Liberty University ABSTRACT There are many ways in which infidelity can be explained depending on what you are reading or with whom you are speaking. Emotional and sexual infidelity is the two most studied forms of infidelity. The cognitive approach to infidelity explains that as our cognition is developing‚ we are also indirectly learning behaviors that could contribute to infidelity as adults. Infidelity no matter what the circumstances are surrounding it
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