Chapter 1: introduction
In the present society where individuals are faced with difficult choices in their day to day lives the need for counsel has become an integral part of the everyday life. The need for counsel is more wide spread causing the part of a counsellor to become a fundamental element in modern society. Counselling is seen as an activity that has been ingrained in all kinds of service work. There is no specific definition for counselling however Counselling can be defined as “ a learning oriented method pursued in a simple, one-to-one social setting in which a counsellor, who is competent in the respective psychology skills and awareness, seeks to aid the client by using procedures appropriate to the clients requirements …show more content…
There are various definitions for ethics; simply put ethics are a set of moral values which heads a person’s behaviour in regard to a particular action. (PItta, Fung, & Isberg, 1990) . Ethics plays a vital role in counselling psychology; there are a number of ethical dilemmas that may arise in the areas that the psychologist may work in. To prevent any harm from coming to the client there are a set of laws in place to control how psychology is used, which covers various ethical problems which might arise for individuals working in the psychology field. The code of conduct and the ethical principles set by the APA ensures that the harm that may come to the client is curbed, by outlining the role of the psychologist; this prevents the psychologist from deceiving his/her clients. The code of ethics also ensures no harm comes to both the client and the psychologist as a result of a situation being mishandled. In a situation where the psychologist fails to abide by the ethics code the psychologist’s license is apprehended in which case he/she can no longer offer counselling to …show more content…
Choosing the first option would mean that the therapist is violating his duty to care for the client and not preventing any harm to the client. On the other hand he would be able to hold on to client confidentiality. This might result in affecting the client counsellor relationship and since the client has a habit of self-harm this may cause him to regress back into that stage.
Choosing the second option would mean that the therapist has to violate the client confidentiality to prevent any harm from coming to the client and upholding his duty to care for the client. This option would most likely destroy the client counsellor relationship as the client would no longer feel comfortable about confiding in the
In the present society where individuals are faced with difficult choices in their day to day lives the need for counsel has become an integral part of the everyday life. The need for counsel is more wide spread causing the part of a counsellor to become a fundamental element in modern society. Counselling is seen as an activity that has been ingrained in all kinds of service work. There is no specific definition for counselling however Counselling can be defined as “ a learning oriented method pursued in a simple, one-to-one social setting in which a counsellor, who is competent in the respective psychology skills and awareness, seeks to aid the client by using procedures appropriate to the clients requirements …show more content…
There are various definitions for ethics; simply put ethics are a set of moral values which heads a person’s behaviour in regard to a particular action. (PItta, Fung, & Isberg, 1990) . Ethics plays a vital role in counselling psychology; there are a number of ethical dilemmas that may arise in the areas that the psychologist may work in. To prevent any harm from coming to the client there are a set of laws in place to control how psychology is used, which covers various ethical problems which might arise for individuals working in the psychology field. The code of conduct and the ethical principles set by the APA ensures that the harm that may come to the client is curbed, by outlining the role of the psychologist; this prevents the psychologist from deceiving his/her clients. The code of ethics also ensures no harm comes to both the client and the psychologist as a result of a situation being mishandled. In a situation where the psychologist fails to abide by the ethics code the psychologist’s license is apprehended in which case he/she can no longer offer counselling to …show more content…
Choosing the first option would mean that the therapist is violating his duty to care for the client and not preventing any harm to the client. On the other hand he would be able to hold on to client confidentiality. This might result in affecting the client counsellor relationship and since the client has a habit of self-harm this may cause him to regress back into that stage.
Choosing the second option would mean that the therapist has to violate the client confidentiality to prevent any harm from coming to the client and upholding his duty to care for the client. This option would most likely destroy the client counsellor relationship as the client would no longer feel comfortable about confiding in the