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Ethical Considerations In Counselling
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Ethical Considerations In Counselling
Introduction
Counselors usually undergo various circumstances that call for sound ethical decision-
making abilities. Establishing the right approach to apply in such situations might be a challenge
thus the American Counselling Association came up with a Practitioner’s Guide to Ethical
Decision Making as a model to maneuver through such dilemmas. Just like other professionals,
mental health providers have ethical duties and mandates. Kabir (2017) asserts that the primary
regulation supporting ethical responsibilities is that a counselor is required to act with full
acknowledgment of the significance of their client's rights and the ethics of the profession.
Counseling is not a value-free nor a neutral operation but a field found on values; orienting
notions concerning what is right and how it can be attained, and connection of moral standards
and values, personal or cultural, in the client’s life. Overall principles are naturally inspirational
and offer guidance and inspiration to counselors to the very highest ethical ideals in the field.
In the case study, a thirteen-year-old boy walks into a mental health center asking for
someone to talk to. Upon getting to a therapist, the client points out several individual and family
issues comprising serious bodily domestic violence. After reporting the issues, the client asks the
counselor not to disclose the information to anyone primarily his parents. The counselor shares
his alternatives with the client explaining that treatment cannot be commenced since he is under
eighteen years thus needs the consent of his parents. The counselor also states his duty of
reporting any cases of child maltreatment to the Child Protective Services, statements that make
the client feel betrayed. This review offers a comprehensive insight into counseling based on the
case study discussing the primary ethical principle, value systems, decision-making model,
Ethical Considerations In Counselling
Name
Institution
Professor
Date
, 2
Ethical Considerations In Counselling
Introduction
Counselors usually undergo various circumstances that call for sound ethical decision-
making abilities. Establishing the right approach to apply in such situations might be a challenge
thus the American Counselling Association came up with a Practitioner’s Guide to Ethical
Decision Making as a model to maneuver through such dilemmas. Just like other professionals,
mental health providers have ethical duties and mandates. Kabir (2017) asserts that the primary
regulation supporting ethical responsibilities is that a counselor is required to act with full
acknowledgment of the significance of their client's rights and the ethics of the profession.
Counseling is not a value-free nor a neutral operation but a field found on values; orienting
notions concerning what is right and how it can be attained, and connection of moral standards
and values, personal or cultural, in the client’s life. Overall principles are naturally inspirational
and offer guidance and inspiration to counselors to the very highest ethical ideals in the field.
In the case study, a thirteen-year-old boy walks into a mental health center asking for
someone to talk to. Upon getting to a therapist, the client points out several individual and family
issues comprising serious bodily domestic violence. After reporting the issues, the client asks the
counselor not to disclose the information to anyone primarily his parents. The counselor shares
his alternatives with the client explaining that treatment cannot be commenced since he is under
eighteen years thus needs the consent of his parents. The counselor also states his duty of
reporting any cases of child maltreatment to the Child Protective Services, statements that make
the client feel betrayed. This review offers a comprehensive insight into counseling based on the
case study discussing the primary ethical principle, value systems, decision-making model,
