Introduction to Counselling and Psychotherapy: The Essential Guide (Counselling in Action Series)
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PRESENTED BY SHIMIL ABRAHAM
15SO10119
ETHICAL ISSUES IN
COUNSELLING PRACTICE
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Aim: helping individual to solve their personal problems
These problems often include ethical issuesThe counsellors ethical standards and his
professional techniques are inseparable
COUNSELLING(intro)
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Ethics are guidelines that are based on the basic principles of the counsellor in the code of ethics.
A moral philosophy of what is right and wrong and which bring the greatest benefit for most people
INTRODUCTION
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Therapeutic boundaries are based upon.Beneficence: A counselor must accept responsibility
for promoting what is good for the client with the expectation that the client will benefit from the counseling sessions.
Nonmaleficence: "doing no harm". The counselor must avoid at all times, (even inadvertently) any activities or situations with the client that could cause a conflict of interest.
Autonomy: The counsellor's ethical responsibility to encourage client independent thinking and decision-making, and to deter all forms of client dependency.
Corey’s (1996)five principles
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Therapeutic relationships are unbalanced (Who has more power?)
Therapeutic relationships are complicatedClient’s issues/problems are complicatedThe nature of the relationship itself is
complicated
Therapists are human, and humans are fallible. Ethical guidelines provide guidance and accountability
WHY ONE NEEDS ETHICAL PRINCIPLES?
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Ethical codes are guidelines for what therapists can and cannot do that have been developed by each therapeutic discipline’s organizational body, including the ACA & APA
There are two dimensions to ethical decision making:
1. Principle ethics: Overt ethical obligations that must be addressed
2. Virtue ethics: Above and beyond the obligatory ethics and are idealistic
What are ethical codes?
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counsellorhimself professio
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counsellee
Referring bodies
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Self care autonomy
Fidelity
beneficence
non-
maleficence
What Ethical Frameworks can one use?
Ethical
framework
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First and most important – to safeguard welfare of client and society
Define ethical conduct in a profession – to inform and educate members
Define Standards of Practice – important in legal actions
Functions of Ethical Code
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Create a means by which members are held accountable for actions –protecting public
Offer s a way to promote professional growth.
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Schmidt L.D. and Meara 1984 Ethical Professional and Legal Issues in Counselling Psychology. Chapter 2 in Brown S.D. and Lent R.W. Handbook of Counselling Psychology Wiley.
REFERENCES
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Hope, you all have no questions.
THANK YOU