Ethical Framework, Limits of Proficiency and the Limitations on Counsellors Compared to Other Professions That Use Counselling Skills
ETHICAL FRAMEWORK, LIMITS OF PROFICIENCY AND THE LIMITATIONS ON COUNSELLORS COMPARED TO OTHER PROFESSIONS THAT USE COUNSELLING SKILLS.
The Ethical Framework is made up of rules and regulations within which Counsellors and Psychotherapists strive to achieve in order to attain a high professional standard. It protects client and counsellor and compounds values, principles and personal moral qualities for counsellors to work alongside in order to achieve the highest standard of counselling for clients. These include safety, record keeping, confidentiality and issues such as prejudice, transference.
It also requires that at the start of every new counselling relationship a clear contract is set up between the counsellor and the client. Confidentiality must be discussed within this contract, there should be a clear agreement between client and counsellor as to the type of counselling offered, the number of sessions, the frequency, timing and length of the session. There should be clarity on payment and the terms of payment. Counsellors must remain professional at all times and should have boundaries in place to help differentiate the client and counsellor’s relationship from any other relationships that the client may have. Good clear boundaries will also help protect the client from any kind of exploitation. The counsellor’s role and that of the client should be very clear, the counsellor is there to counsel and the client is there to be counselled, the counsellor and client are not friends and there should be no attraction between counsellor and client. The BACP also states that “Good Practice” involves clarifying and agreeing to the rights and responsibilities of both the counsellor and the client at appropriate points in their relationship.
The ethical framework requires that counsellors respect their client’s human rights and dignity at all times and should work equally with all clients regardless of their background, race, culture, religious
The Ethical Framework is made up of rules and regulations within which Counsellors and Psychotherapists strive to achieve in order to attain a high professional standard. It protects client and counsellor and compounds values, principles and personal moral qualities for counsellors to work alongside in order to achieve the highest standard of counselling for clients. These include safety, record keeping, confidentiality and issues such as prejudice, transference.
It also requires that at the start of every new counselling relationship a clear contract is set up between the counsellor and the client. Confidentiality must be discussed within this contract, there should be a clear agreement between client and counsellor as to the type of counselling offered, the number of sessions, the frequency, timing and length of the session. There should be clarity on payment and the terms of payment. Counsellors must remain professional at all times and should have boundaries in place to help differentiate the client and counsellor’s relationship from any other relationships that the client may have. Good clear boundaries will also help protect the client from any kind of exploitation. The counsellor’s role and that of the client should be very clear, the counsellor is there to counsel and the client is there to be counselled, the counsellor and client are not friends and there should be no attraction between counsellor and client. The BACP also states that “Good Practice” involves clarifying and agreeing to the rights and responsibilities of both the counsellor and the client at appropriate points in their relationship.
The ethical framework requires that counsellors respect their client’s human rights and dignity at all times and should work equally with all clients regardless of their background, race, culture, religious