Informed Consent In Counseling

Informed consent is a document that includes all of the information of how the therapy process will go between a counselor and a client. It is important that counselors always provide an informed consent to a client before beginning a therapy session. I came upon a professional counselors informed consent by the name of Linda Brase which included most of the content that a informed consent should have. Counselor Linda Brase informed consent begins talking about her training and educational background. This is similar to the ACA code of ethics standard A.2.b states that "counselors should inform clients their qualifications, credentials, and relevant experience" (ACA Code of Ethics, 2014). The counselor also brings up discussion about confidentiality which states that any information discuss in the counseling session will be kept private. The
The counselor also goes on to talk about the importance of confidentiality which she mentions that she will keep students information confidential with also some exceptions. The ASCA code of ethics states that an "informed consent requires competence, volutariness, and knowledge on the part of students to understand the limits of confidentiality" (ASCA Ethical Standards for School Counselors, 2016). Another similarity between the school counselors informed consent and the ASCA code of ethics is that school counselors may disclose students information to parents when children are harming themselves or a danger to other students. The differences between the two informed consent forms was that the professional counselors form was much longer than the school counselors form which was very short. Another difference between the two informed consent form was that the professional counselor discussed fees while the school counselor didn't due to her students being