Examples Of Ethical Dilemmas In Counseling
Abstract
This paper explores the ethical dilemma of a licensed professional counselor who is practicing out of a church setting. Most of the counselors’ clients are clients who are overall stable and well-functioning. Due to the status of the clients he sees he does not feel that it is necessary to keep records of the clients he sees therefore he does not keep any records at all. He feels that in a different situation where his clients were not stable he would then need to consider record keeping. The following explains why it is important for all professional counselors to keep records despite the setting or condition of the clients. It will also use the ACA’s Decision Making Model to analyze the situation and help make the best possible …show more content…
Dan feels that it is not necessary to keep records because his clients are well functioning and their issues are not severe, this could create many problems for Dan and possibly his clients. As a counselor Dan should contribute to the welfare of a client. There may be situations in which client records would be a benefit to the client for various reasons pertaining to the client’s welfare. If Dan is unable to provide records he would not be contributing to the welfare of the client and could possibly do …show more content…
This will allow him to understand the importance and the benefits of record keeping. It will also allow him to learn how to properly keep records of his services and his clients. By educating himself and reviewing the ethics code he will also become aware of ways to avoid other legal and ethical issues. Dan will then need to inform is clients that he will now be keeping records of their sessions and explain why he will be doing so. He will then need their consent to begin keeping such records. Once Dan begins keeping records he will also need to ensure that he is storing them properly and that he is protecting the privacy rights of his clients.
References
American Counseling Association. (2013). ACA Code of Ethics. Retrieved from http://www.counseling.org/Resources/aca-code-of-ethics.pdf
Corey, G., Schneider Corey, M., & Callanan, P. (2011). Issues and Ethics in the Helping Professions (8th ed.). Belmont, CA: Cengage Learning.
Forester-Miller, H., & Davis, T. (1996). A Practioner 's Guide to Ethical Decision Making. Retrieved from http://counseling.org/docs/ethics/practitioners_guide.pdf?sfvrsn=2
New York State Education Department. (2009, June). Practice Guidelines. Retrieved from
This paper explores the ethical dilemma of a licensed professional counselor who is practicing out of a church setting. Most of the counselors’ clients are clients who are overall stable and well-functioning. Due to the status of the clients he sees he does not feel that it is necessary to keep records of the clients he sees therefore he does not keep any records at all. He feels that in a different situation where his clients were not stable he would then need to consider record keeping. The following explains why it is important for all professional counselors to keep records despite the setting or condition of the clients. It will also use the ACA’s Decision Making Model to analyze the situation and help make the best possible …show more content…
Dan feels that it is not necessary to keep records because his clients are well functioning and their issues are not severe, this could create many problems for Dan and possibly his clients. As a counselor Dan should contribute to the welfare of a client. There may be situations in which client records would be a benefit to the client for various reasons pertaining to the client’s welfare. If Dan is unable to provide records he would not be contributing to the welfare of the client and could possibly do …show more content…
This will allow him to understand the importance and the benefits of record keeping. It will also allow him to learn how to properly keep records of his services and his clients. By educating himself and reviewing the ethics code he will also become aware of ways to avoid other legal and ethical issues. Dan will then need to inform is clients that he will now be keeping records of their sessions and explain why he will be doing so. He will then need their consent to begin keeping such records. Once Dan begins keeping records he will also need to ensure that he is storing them properly and that he is protecting the privacy rights of his clients.
References
American Counseling Association. (2013). ACA Code of Ethics. Retrieved from http://www.counseling.org/Resources/aca-code-of-ethics.pdf
Corey, G., Schneider Corey, M., & Callanan, P. (2011). Issues and Ethics in the Helping Professions (8th ed.). Belmont, CA: Cengage Learning.
Forester-Miller, H., & Davis, T. (1996). A Practioner 's Guide to Ethical Decision Making. Retrieved from http://counseling.org/docs/ethics/practitioners_guide.pdf?sfvrsn=2
New York State Education Department. (2009, June). Practice Guidelines. Retrieved from