2.1 Explain the importance of reflective practice in continuously improving the quality of service protocol. Reflection is the examination of personal thoughts and actions. This means focusing on how you interact with colleagues, people you support and the environment. It means thinking about how you could have done something differently, what you did well, what you could have done
Ethics is a system of principles that are deemed moral for an individual or the society. A concept that derives from culture and systematic practices. In the following discussion, we are going to discuss about ethical leadership and its importance in creating an ethical workplace. Ethical leadership is a display of good conduct through interpersonal relationship and actions and in leadership context. With the promotion of ethical conduct through two way communication, decision making and reinforcement.
* Provide all information * Be truthful * If you do not remember say no do not speculate. * Only give information on events that you witnessed 2. Describes how personal and societal values can influence ethical decision-making. * Personal values play a part in ethical decision-making. Individuals make ethical decisions based on what was expected of them growing up, religion, personal integrity, cultural background, personal experience, honesty and judgment.
Therefore, if the ethical code is followed by healthcare professionals, patient and/or family members can develop confidence in their standard of care. Representation of ethical code by healthcare professionals develops patient/family confidence and provides a positive community identity. How does the organization reflect ownership and practice of ethical standards? When ethical code is written well for interpretation, employees can better apply and practice. More importantly, the organization should provide training sessions to employees to enhance their comprehension of the ethical code and values within the entity.
If a patient needs treatment but they are not covered, that may motivate a counselor to place an incorrect billing code on an invoice to get paid for an non-covered service. While the counselor may believe this to be the best thing for the client, it is not ethically or legally allowed. This behavior actually hurts the industry as more regulation will be placed upon the counselor who will have to take more time to prove their compliance. That time they are using to prove compliance is time they are not seeing clients or generating revenue. One aspect of counseling that is very helpful is the licensure that is granted to counselors by the state.
Analyze the ethical aspects of professional psychology as they relate to mental health professionals. The concept of understanding the ethical aspects of professional psychology and the issues that relates to mental health professional. Each of these codes was used to protect the community while offering guidance to each qualified psychologist on how to service their clients. This critical reason is use to educate each professional psychologist on a more proper ethical conduct. These standards could expand their problem solving, awareness, values and clarification ability.
If I went to therapy, I would choose person-centered therapy. This type of therapy is designed to provide clients with an opportunity to develop a sense of self where they can realize how their attitudes, feelings and behavior are being negatively affected. I would choose this type of therapy for a couple of reasons. One reason is because the therapist wouldn’t see me as a patient. The therapist would see me as a client which is the reason this type of therapy is also know as client-centered therapy.
2. How does personality apply to counseling theories? Personality can both assist and hinder in the counseling process. Personality can hinder the process by preventing an individual from exploring issues or feelings. Our superego can often prevent us from seeing an obvious solution to a problem or often times be the problem itself.
In the event a therapist is faced with an ethical dilemma he or she may follow the steps of the ethical decision making process. The ethical decision making process provides guidance to therapists assisting each therapist to respond to ethical dilemmas. As Pope and Vasquez state, the steps may help therapists to identify important aspects of a situation, consider positive and negative consequences of the ways in which therapists may respond, and discover better approaches. Therapists’ decisions and actions have an effect on the welfare, dignity, and independence of the client. One of the most common dual relationships in therapist psychology refers to an intimate relationship between therapist and client.
Without studying this portion, it may be hard to understand the underlying style of the certain person in fullness. This is important to study within relational communication because it could answer certain questions regarding building communication styles. A lot of one’s communication style is a ‘learned trait’, or in other words, from experience or someone advising them to communicate in a certain way. B) Another aspect to relational communication is future interaction expectations. There may be a time when you know you aren’t going to see a person again, or it wouldn’t matter what they thought and you could have a TMI situation (too much information).