The family therapist realizes that their position can influence their clients so they try hard not to mingle with their clients outside of their professional relationship so that the trust and dependency of the client is not questioned or impaired. Feminist therapist also feels that overlapping relationships can have a negative impact on the client/professional relationship and can cause impaired professional judgment. Along with multiple other organizations that feel it is best to keep the relationship between the client and the helper on a professional level to ensure that judgment in not compromised and there is no
Somehow, I’m breaking her trust, but at least I’m not doing anything that can bring shame for my family or offend my parents. I just want to spend a little bit more time with my friends. It’s just a small piece of lie. I never lie to her in serious cases. Moreover, I never continue to lie for getting late.
The ACE Code of Ethics is also something that was created to keep counselors out of trouble when taking on a client. Each client has diffirent issue that he our sure may wont to sure or may not wont to share just with anyone. So when going to a counselor a person is able to talk to someone that is not allowed to communicate with anyone else about their situation at all. In Section B Confidentiality and Privacy, explains this and also let you know when and who you can share information with if need be. For example, some that does not have capacity like a minor or the elderly.
My old counselor and I are very good friends now. We started becoming friends while I was in counseling after I had told him that I wasn’t worthy enough to have friends. When I left counseling, he suggested that I not call him for a while, so I could continue to grow. He explained the code of ethics and said he wouldn’t be a good friend if he broke them. I will say in one way it hurt, but I also understood.
It may also leave someone feeling torn between parents because they don’t want to pick one over the other. It also may come as a shock because the child didn’t see the fact that their parents were having problems. And another thing is that the parents may start dating each other again after the divorce, or start bringing overnight visitors
He is convinced this is the route he wants to take. The counselor listens carefully to what the client has to say, asks appropriate questions and engages in a clinically appropriate discussion. The counselor informs the client that although she is happy to continue working with him, she does not believe reparative/conversion therapy is effective and no empirical support exists for the approach. She further states that this form of therapy can actually be harmful to clients, so she will not offer this as a treatment. The client says he is disappointed that the counselor will not honor his wishes.
It was crucial for this therapist to clearly state her stance on secrets when she began working with the couple, especially how she would deal with secrets pertaining to affairs. This case is a good example of what can happen when a therapist fails to clearly inform her clients from the outset about the limits of confidentiality. Because of her failure to provide for informed consent by stipulating a “no secrets” policy, this therapist is limited in her ability to work with this couple therapeutically. Ethical standards do not mandate that affairs must be disclosed. As a clinical issue, however, such secrets pose a real challenge to the therapist’s work and may influence the outcomes with couples.
Why is the initial consultation so important? What factors will an ethical therapist cover at this time? The initial consultation is probably one of the most fundamental aspects of any therapy with hypnotherapy being no exception. Everything from building a rapport with the client to the eventual success of the therapy has a basis in the first meeting between client and therapist. The client’s decision to remain engaged with the therapeutic process will be determined by factors from this early stage.
They say that “good standards of practice and care require professional competence, good relationships with the clients and colleague, and commitment”. As an ethical therapist I would offer a free initial consultation because it would show my commitment to the client through me devoting my time to them, to talk and get to know them, hopefully I will be able to build confidence and show the client that I am a competent therapist, all of this should start to build a relationship and rapport with the client, also the initial consultation gives both the client and the therapist a chance to decide whether you can work together. The flaw in offering an Initial Consultation is that you could get time wasters, also people might not show up for the appointment. When you first meet your client it
A counselor can be honest and disclose parts of her life that can be beneficial to the client, should be used only in discretion, and should never confess or vent her own feelings to the client; this would not be therapeutic to the client and may cause more problems. Warmth is a deep process, to allow the client to be one with the counselor, and emotional bond when the client is feeling lost and alone. Just knowing that someone cares how they feel and what they feel. A smile or a touch with another human being is very strong therapy for the client. Immediacy, I would say is best described as being totally involved with the client getting to know the client as himself, and how he is feeling at the moment, instead of reliving the past.