Assignment 2: Individual Assignment Essay Issue One: Breaching Confidentiality in Counseling Minors Before we move into the topic‚ we want to explore the issue of confidentiality in counseling. This is applicable to not just minors but also all age groups‚ religions‚ cultures and genders. Remley (1985) stated that confidentiality is an ethical standard that is a rule of practice set forth by a profession. The American Counseling Association’s (ACA) Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice require that counselors
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STANDARDS FOR GUIDANCE COUNSELING PROGRAMS These standards were approved January 2005 by the Kentucky Education Professional Standards Board. The Kentucky Standards for Guidance Counselor Programs are derived from the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) Standards and are incorporated by reference in 16 KAR 5:010 that include core curriculum experiences and demonstrated knowledge and skills. PREAMBLE Professional guidance counselors represent a significant
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I feel that Drug and Alcohol Counseling is a perfect fit for me because I qualify as a recovering addict and I know what I liked or disliked about my previous counselors‚ and here are several additional reasons that support my interest in the field. I love working with people‚ especially when lending a hand. I was raised around family businesses and throughout all my work experiences I can say that I truly have enjoyed any trade or industry that had me around people. I remember when I worked
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Ethical issues In Counseling Practice Ethics are a vital component of Counseling. It helps keep Professional Counselors accountable to their clients‚ and to the state board. Let’s first start with the definition of ethics” Are guidelines or rules set by a governing body or society.. Ethics are important because it helps the Counselor think in reference of how well can he or she perform their duties. Ethics have many reasons to exists in
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CS in PC 1 Communication Strategy; Use in Pastoral Counseling Rosa Menchen COMM 200 Instructor B. Matts May 24‚ 2010 CT in PC 2 I not only plan on furthering my career‚ but attending post graduate school‚ and obtain a MDiv. My ultimate goal is to become a health care chaplain‚ and/or an emergency chaplain. Having previous experience in the health care field‚ as well as a chaplaincy in the American Legion for several years‚ I have found that pursuit of this goal would not only
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This week’s lecture is about observing and reflecting emotion of both client and ourselves. After listened to the lecture‚ I realised that counselling profession is amazing! I was surprised being a counsellor is not easy‚ because he has to be able to multitasking. There are many things a counsellor needs to do in a single interview with the clients‚ he not only needs to attend and active listen in the interview‚ but also has to identify any implicit emotion and discrepancies of the clients. Other
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Introduction Personal growth and development as a group participant McDermott (2002) suggests that groups are defined by consisting of at least two persons‚ that share space and share a purpose. The interactions taking place amongst members may be important in the development of common goals‚ norms and roles‚ and some sense of belonging. Within the context of a group‚ participants find the possibility of making comparisons between themselves and others‚ which can become an influential source
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The most important development about ethical practice that has occurred during this course is having boundaries with client. A counselor should not involve herself in a dual relationship that can cause her to loss her license for not following the code of ethics. As a counselor there will be a lot of challenges when it gets to confidential information. Counselor will not be able to disclose any information to a third party unless the client authorized and consents. Counselor can have a different
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I. The Possibility of Change A. Unbridled Pessimism (Cavanaugh) B. Exuberant Optimism (Mahoney) C. The Balanced Truth II. The Potential of Change: Series of Questions A. What Are We Trying to Change? 1. The Core Personality? 2. Discovering Who We Are in Christ? 3. The Desires? B. What Do We Change People Into? C. By What Authority? 1. The Scriptures: 2. The Goal: Maturity; Christ-likeness As Christian counselors‚ we are under
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Ethical dilemmas and multicultural issues are things that you will come across in your professional career. When we seek the assistance of a counselor in schools or in any other setting we want to know that what we share will not be shared with others. We want to feel comfortable and know that our standards and ethics will not be violated. While working in a school setting we came across Amy who is a 16 year old African American high school student. She went to talk to her high school counselor
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