ETHICAL/LEGAL ISSUES IN COUNSELING PRCATICE ETHICAL STANDARDS The importance of knowing the contents of professional codes of conduct and the purposes and limitations of such codes is essential to the understanding of ethical and legal issues in counseling. school counselors should have at least a basic understanding of their ethical responsibilities ‚ necessarily provide answers to the many specific dilemmas that practitioners will face. When the standards do not
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Page |1 The role of peer counseling in a university setting The Role of Peer Counseling in a University Setting: The University of Botswana By Dr. Lucky Odirile University of Botswana‚ Gaborone A Paper Presented at the 20th Anniversary Summit of the African Educational Research Network at North Carolina State University Raleigh‚ USA on 19th May 2012 Introduction Peer counseling is a well-documented concept of counseling. As Sisco (1992)‚ Cole (2002) and Pritchard (2007) point out‚ it is
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PROFESSIONAL ISSUES IN THE FIELD OF COUNSELING Legal Ethical & Professional Issues in the Field of Counseling Legal Ethical and Professional Issues in Consultation What are the legal and ethical issues as it pertains to consultation? Legal issues are relevant in two areas‚ laws governing the practice of your profession and criminal and civil laws that either directly or indirectly impacts the counseling professional practice. Laws governing the practice of counseling professionals
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Defining Ethics in Counseling A professional counseling organization supports the rigorous standards for education‚ training and clinical practice. The counselors are committed to increasing knowledge of human behavior and understanding of themselves and the clients that they are trying to help. They are skilled professionals who provide a full range of counseling services in a variety of settings. Most professional counseling organizations have a code‚ a document intended as a guide
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c Counselling Counseling is a dynamic interaction between counselor and counselee where a counselor adopts certain attitude and uses knowledge and skill to introduce and sustain in the clients learning process of self-expression leading to self understanding‚ leading to action so that the client changes his behaviour and solves his problems. Counselling is a non-directive talking therapy‚ which creates a non-judgemental space in order for you to work through your difficulties in a safe therapeutic
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Counseling can be viewed as relationship between two individuals‚ a counselor and a client‚ with the aim of helping the client overcome a problem or reduce adversary/suffering .In this relationship‚ the assumption is that the client is in a problem and needs assistance‚ while the counselor is experienced and possesses unconditional positive regard to the client. Therefore‚ counseling may also be regarded as a helping profession because it aims at helping the clients deal with the problems they face
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Ethical Issues in Counseling Practice Ethical decision-making is an evolutionary process that requires you to be continually open and self-critical. Recognizing the potential for countertransference: what are your own needs? Do you have areas of unfinished business? Are there potential personal conflicts that would interfere with helping the client? Do you recognize your own areas of prejudice and vulnerabilities? Counselor impairment often leads to countertransference. The more common
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It has been documented for decades that issues with body image was generally identified with women. But‚ men are dealing with body image issues just like women are about their weight‚ appearance‚ or body figure‚ which lead them to develop physical and psychological problems. In the article “Men and Body Image: Current Issues and Counseling Implications” by Larry D. Burlew and Matthew W. Shurts estimate how many men deal with body image dissatisfaction
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Boundaries in Marriage Liberty University COUN 507 Dr. Powell Boundaries in Marriage Cloud and Townsend (1999) define a boundary as the "simplest sense‚ is a property line. It denotes the beginning and end of something" (p. 17). In this book‚ Cloud and Townsend observed the mechanisms of marriages that go into" producing and maintaining love" (Cloud and Townsend‚ 1999‚ p. 17). The boundaries in marriage are important because "when boundaries are not established in the beginning of a marriage
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Unit 7: Florida Licensure and Certification Shereena Khan COUN5217 Ethical and Legal Issues in Professional Counseling August 28‚ 2016 Dr. Angela Banks-Johnson Florida License and Certification In the pursuit of becoming a mental health counselor (MHC) certain licenses and certifications are needed. While the requirements vary by state‚ this paper will focus on the requirements graduate students need in order to become a MHC in the state of Florida. Upon completing the required educational
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