FRHD 3400 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: American Counseling Association, De-Identification, The Counselor

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Chapter 2: ethics, multicultural competence, and the positive psychology and wellness approach. The ethical foundations of counseling and psychotherapy. Includes confidentiality and competence: there is much diversity in all sessions. Ethics in the helping process: all major helping professionals throughout the world have a code for ethical practice. These codes promote empowerment for both counselors and their clients. Teaching and promoting the basics of ethical appropriate practice. Serving as a mechanism to improve practice. Ethical codes can be summarized in the following statement: (cid:862)do (cid:374)o har(cid:373) to (cid:455)our (cid:272)lie(cid:374)ts; treat the(cid:373) respo(cid:374)si(cid:271)l(cid:455) (cid:449)ith full a(cid:449)are(cid:374)ess of the so(cid:272)ial (cid:272)o(cid:374)te(cid:454)t of helpi(cid:374)g(cid:863) All ethical codes contain information on competence, informed consent, confidentiality, and diversity. Issues of advocacy, power and social justice are implicit in all codes, but most explicitly in counseling, social work, and human services: competence. Competent counselors and psychotherapists need awareness, knowledge, skills, and the ability to take appropriate action in the session.

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