Professional Identity as a Student of Marriage and Family Therapy Christine Renzetti Student Capella University Coun5004 Abstract Students learning to be counselors face several questions in the development of their professional identities, including determining what their role as a counselor is, what the educational and professional requirements are for them to be a counselor and how that shapes their view of themselves as a professional, and what characteristics determine their role and efficacy as counselors. Through research and study across a wide range of scholarly journals and organization websites we determined several key factors in determining professional identity and development for the counselor
Running head: ETHICS IN GROUP COUNSELING Ethics in Group Counseling Arthur Silver Rio Salado College Group Interventions with the Chemically Dependent CHD 250 Sections 10929 Michelle McGuire August 15, 2011 Ethics in Group Counseling When confronted with the subject of ethics different people have different ideas or conceptions based on their own interpretation, morals, beliefs, cultural influences, and personal experiences. In the realm of group counseling a high standard of ethical behavior is essential to protect the members of the group, the facilitators and anyone else involved in the group dynamics. This paper will explore the subject of ethics in group counseling by looking at how we define ethics, the ACA code of ethics, the Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners, and a brief interview with a member of the Board of Behavioral Health Examiners Dr. Kirk Bowden. The paper will then focus on issues of informed consent, rights of group members, confidentiality, as well as cultural issues as they apply to ethics. Ethics can be defined several different ways.
Counselor as Scholar Practitioner Shawn P. Mahan Walden University Counselor as Scholar Practitioner Mental health counseling encompasses a wide variety of knowledge and skill sets. Obtaining a clear grasp and interpretation of these useful tools requires observance of efficacious guidelines. One of the skills necessary to demonstrate proficiency as a mental health counselor is that of becoming a research specialist. The author intends to isolate these key characteristics of development needed to meet the demands of scholar-practitioner. Through this identification, the reader will attain a greater understanding of the requirements needed for competent mental health counseling.
Treatment planning provides a road map for the counseling process (Erford, 2010). Assessment and diagnosis play the most important role in case conceptualization and treatment planning because it allows the professional counselor to gain a better understanding about the client’s issues and needs. Professional counselors’ assessment involves intake interviews, test and inventories, behavioral observations and relevant information from other sources (Barlow & Durand, 2003; Nystul, 2006). According to Erford (2010) the assessment process helps the professional counselor put together a diagnosis and set up a treatment plan. Professional counselors also need to consider how issues such as race, ethnicity, religious beliefs, socioeconomic status, family structure, trauma, and sexual and gender orientation affect a client’s presenting concerns and what impact these variables have on the acceptability of , and the access to, counseling (Erford, 2010).
Ethics in Psychotherapy Analysis Worksheet Use this worksheet and your understanding of critical thinking and the structure of an argument to analyze the article on ethics in psychotherapy from u03s3. To fill out the worksheet, work your way down through the analysis components and include your responses in the box next to the component. There are notes in the margins to help you flesh out the line of reasoning of the author, so use the notes along with your own interpretations as you fill out the analysis worksheet. You will submit this worksheet to the Unit 3 assignment area. Name: Sabrina Sammis Analysis Components Ethics in Psychotherapy Article Barnett, J.E.
COU101 Theories of Counseling. Assessment 1: Short answer paper. Peter Henderson This essay will examine Michael Lambert’s common factors and what roles they play in the therapeutic process. It will examine why the therapeutic relationship is so critical and how it is regarded to be a key ingredient across several modalities of therapy. The essay will also discuss how important it is for a counselor to be culturally aware and adhere to ethical principles in psychotherapy.
Analysis Components Ethics in Psychotherapy Article Barnett, J.E. (2008) The ethical practice of psychotherapy: easily within our reach. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 64(5), 569-575. The main purpose of this article is… [State as accurately as possible the author’s purpose (goal, intention, desired outcome) for writing this article] The author’s intention of writing this article was to inform the reader of what is involved in being a psychotherapist. Show the laws and keep a good ethical practice.
The counselor then identifies any ethical or substance abuse concerns and uses educational comments, empowerment/support statements, and reframes as therapeutic interactions with the client. Finally, the counselor identifies the client’s current coping strategies and presents possible coping alternatives such as support groups, long-term therapy, legal referrals or referrals to other medical professionals or agencies. It is important that the counselor take steps to get a client’s commitment to follow-through with recommendations. Some may consider the six-step model a more straightforward and efficient intervention model designed to work as an integrated problem-solving process (James, 2008). All six steps involve an ongoing assessment, which is also a critical component of crisis intervention.
Corey, Corey, and Callanan (2011) advise that “practitioners can develop competence both as generalists and as specialists” (p. 324). To consider what competence is, it is important to begin with a common definition. The online dictionary defines competence as “possession of required skill, knowledge, qualification, or capacity” (dictionary reference.com) different professions have different criteria to determine competence. For example, the American Psychological Association (APA) defines competence for a helping professional based on their professional licensure. Standard 2 of the APA’s Ethical Principals of Psychologists and Code of Conduct (a) and (e) requires psychologists to “provide services, teach and conduct research with populations and in areas only within the boundaries of their competence, based on their education, training, supervised experience, consultation, study or professional experience [and] in those emerging areas in which generally recognized standards for preparatory training do not yet exist, psychologists nevertheless take reasonable steps to ensure the competence of their work and to protect clients/patients, students, supervisees, research participants, organizational clients and others from harm” (Corey et al., 2011, p. 325).
According to Corey, Corey, and Callanan, there is a general ethics code established for the behavioral sciences, however, many professional organizations have specialty guidelines geared toward their niche in the helping professions (2011). The purpose of this paper is to discuss the similarities and differences between the ethics codes of the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC), and the American Counseling Association (ACA), addressing them in the general sense; in addition to having a more in depth discussion about the similarities and differences in the aforementioned documents’ informed consent, sexual intimacies, and referrals sections. Section I The logistics of the codes are similar, each having eight main sections; the AACC’s purposes are encompassed within their “Biblical-Ethical Foundations” section, whereas the ACA’s purposes are found in their “Purpose” section. A noticible contrast exists within the mission statements from each organization; the AACC’s mission involves bringing “honor to Jesus