Q1 Module 3 DIASS
Q1 Module 3 DIASS
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Disciplines and Ideas in the Applied Social Sciences
Self-Learning Module
1st Semester – Module 3: Professionals and Practitioners in Counseling
First Edition, 2021
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Lesson PROFESSIONALS AND
PRACTITIONERS IN COUNSELING
INTRODUCTION
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LESSON AND PRACTICES
1. To help children
The rights of social workers are partially outlined. Social worker’s rights include the right
to fulfill its professional mandates and to live by its values. Its responsibilities cover those that
pertain to the dispensation of its basic functions, roles, professional standards, and adhesive to
its local and international codes of ethics. Social worker is accountable to the clients, the general
public, and the society.
Accountability of social worker is to the clients, colleagues, employers, professional
associations, and to the law. Social workers are accountable for their actions to the values and
principles of the profession, which require them to act in a reliable, honest, and trustworthy
manner. They are answerable to their clients, professional bodies like registered social workers
(RSW), certified social workers (CSW), licensed social worker (LSW), licensed clinical social
workers (LCSW), and licensed independent social workers (LISW) organization, and the laws
promulgated and enforced by appropriate government agencies. Code of ethics help counsellors
to remind them of their rights, responsibilities and accountabilities in the counseling profession.
The rights, responsibilities and accountabilities of the counsellors are based on the counselor’s
associations of Code of Conduct.
The code of ethics of counsellors is divided into seven sections, namely, (a) counseling
relationship, (b) confidentiality (c) professional responsibility (d) relationships with other
professionals, (e) evaluation, assessment, and interpretation, (f) teaching, training and
supervision (g) research and publication. (Gladding, 2000). We shall only be presenting in details
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three of the seven areas, namely, counseling relationships, confidentiality, and professional
responsibility. The following three tables below provide a sample code of ethics of the American
Counseling Association.
AREAS DESCRIPTION
The Counseling Relationships
1. Client welfare Counselor’s primary responsibility is to respect the dignity and
promote the welfare of clients. They are also expected to
encourage client’s growth. Counsellors and clients are expected
to work together in crafting individual counseling plans consistent
with the client’s circumstances.
2. Respecting Diversity Counsellors do not engage in discrimination based on age, color,
culture, disability, ethnic group, gender, race, religion, sexual
orientation, marital status and socio-economic status.
Counsellors shall respect differences and understand the diverse
cultural backgrounds of their clients.
3. Client Rights Counsellors shall disclose the purposes, goals, techniques,
procedures, limitations, potential risks, benefits of the services to
be performed and other pertinent information to the client
throughout the counseling process. Counsellors offer clients the
freedom to choose whether to enter into a counseling
relationship and determine which professional will provide
counseling, except when the client is unable to give consent.
4. Clients Served by In cases where the client is receiving services from another
others mental health professional, with clients consent, inform the
professional person already involved to develop an agreement.
5. Personal Needs and Maintain the clients and avoid actions that seek to meet their
values personal needs at the expense of the clients. Counsellors shall
be aware of their values, attitudes, beliefs, and behavior and how
these apply in a diverse society and avoid imposing their values
on clients.
6. Dual Relationships Counsellors are aware of their influential position over their
clients avoid the exploiting the trust and dependency of the
clients. Counsellors should not accept as superiors or
subordinate’s clients’.
7. Sexual Intimacies with Counsellors should not have any type of sexual intimacies with
Clients clients and do not counsel persons with whom they have sexual
relationship. Counsellors should not also engage with sexual
intimacies with their former clients within a minimum of two years.
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9. Group Work Counsellors screen prospective group counseling / therapy
participants to determine those with compatible needs. In group
setting, counsellors take reasonable precautions to protect
clients from physical or psychological trauma.
10. Fees Prior to entering the counseling relationship, the counsellors
clearly explain the clients all financial arrangements related to
professional fees.
(Reference: Source: Gladding, 2000)
AREAS DESCRIPTION
Confidentiality
1.Right to Privacy ➢ Counsellors respect a client’s right to privacy and avoid
illegal and unwarranted disclosures of unwarranted
information.
➢ The right to privacy may be waived by the clients or their
legally recognized representative.
➢ The general requirement that the counsellors keep the
information confidential does not apply when disclosure is
required to prevent clear and imminent danger to the client
or others or when legal requirements demand that
confidential information is being revealed.
➢ Counsellors who received information confirming that a client
has a disease known to be communicable and fatal is
justified in disclosing information to an identifiable third party,
who by his/her relationship with the client is at high risk of
contracting the disease.
➢ When court orders the counsellors to release confidential
information without client’s permit, counsellors request to the
court that the disclosure should not be required due to
potential harm to client or counseling relationship.
2. Group and Families ➢ In group work, counsellors clearly define confidentiality and
parameters for the specific group being entered, explain its
importance, and discuss difficulties related to confidentiality
involved in group work.
➢ In family counseling, information about one family cannot be
disclosed to another member without permission.
3. Minor Incompetent ➢ When counseling clients who are minors or individuals who
client are unable to give voluntary, informed consent, parents or
guardians may be included in the counseling process as
appropriate.
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4. Records ➢ Counsellors maintain necessary records for rendering
professional services to their clients and as required by laws,
regulations, or agency or institution procedures.
➢ Counsellors are responsible for securing safety and
confidentiality of any counseling record they create,
maintain, transfer, or destroy whether the records are written,
taped, computerized, or stored in any other medium.
➢ Counsellors recognized that counseling records are kept for
the benefits of the clients therefore provide access to record
and copies of record when requested by competent clients
unless it contains information that may be misleading or
detrimental to the clients.
➢ Counsellors obtain written permission from clients to disclose
or transfer records to legitimate third parties unless exception
to confidentiality exists.
5. Research and Training ➢ Use of data derived from counseling relationships for
purposes of training, research, or publication is confined to
content that is disguised to ensure the anonymity of the
individuals involved. Identification of the client involved is
permissible only when the client has reviewed the material
and has agreed to its presentation or publication.
6. Consultation ➢ Information obtained in consulting relationship is discussed
for professional purposes only with persons clearly
concerned with the case. Before sharing information,
counsellors make efforts to ensure that there defined policies
that effectively protect the confidentiality of information with
other agencies serving the counsellors clients.
(Source: Gladding, 2000)
AREAS DESCRIPTION
Professional Responsibility
1. Standards Knowledge ➢ Counsellors have a responsibility to read, understand, and
follow the Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice
2.Professional ➢ Counsellors practice only within the boundaries of their
Competence competence based on their education, training, supervised
experience, state and national professional credentials and
appropriate professional experience. Counsellors will
demonstrate a commitment to gain knowledge, personal
awareness, sensitivity, and skills pertinent to working with
diverse client population.
➢ Counsellors practice specialty areas new with to them only
after appropriate education, training, and supervised
experience. While developing skills in new specialty area,
counsellors take step to ensure the competence of their work
and to protect other from possible harm.
➢ Counsellors accept employment only for positions which they
are qualified by education, training, supervise experience,
state and national professional credentials, and appropriate
professional experience. Counsellors continually monitor
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their effectiveness as professionals and take steps to
improve their skills and knowledge.
➢ Counsellors refrain from offering or accepting professional
services when their physical, mental, or emotional problems
are like to harm clients or others.
As registered and licensed professionals, counsellors are protected. They are governed
by scientific theories, practices, and processes as well as professional standards and ethics.
ETHICAL AND UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR OF COUNSELLORS
As registered and licensed professionals, counsellors are protected. They are governed by
scientific theories, practices, and processes as well as professional standards and ethics.
It is critical that the counselor They are responsible for the practice of their
and the client fully profession in accordance with their mandates
understand the nature of the and professional guidelines and ethics.
concerns, which leads to a
contract to take action on a
mutually agreed upon They are accountable to
problem. their clients, the
professional body, and
the government.
• The code of ethics also states that counsellors live and work in accordance with the
professional standards of conduct set forth for the practice of guidance and counseling.
They should be people of high moral standing.
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FOUR OVERALL ETHICAL PRINCIPLES THAT SUBSUME A NUMBER OF SPECIFIC
ETHICAL STANDARDS:
PRINCIPLE Competence.
Guidance counsellors maintain and update their professional skills.
The Code of Ethics goes into specifics to detail professional behavior from respect for
fundamental rights, moral and cultural values, dignity and worth of clients to respect for rights to
privacy, confidentiality, self-determination and autonomy, consistent with the law, and ensuring
that the client understands and consents to whatever professional action they propose. Hence,
Codes define parameters for general respect, privacy and confidentiality, informed consent and
freedom of consent, and recognition of limits of competence.
First let us consider what would constitute unethical behavior from a counselor. Consider
this list.
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4. Exceeding the level of professional competence. Counselors must recognize
their strengths and limitations in serving their clients in the most competent
manner or refer them to other experts.
6. Creating dependence on the part of the clients to meet the counselor's own
needs, e.g., sexual relations and social interactions.
8. Charging fees for private counseling to those who are entitled to free services
through the counselor's employing institution, and/or using one's job to recruit
clients for a private practice.
PRACTICE EXERCISES
PRACTICE EXERCISE 1: MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE
Directions: Read each statement carefully. Write T on the line if you think the statement is TRUE.
If FALSE, change the word or group of words to make the whole statement true.
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5. Counsellors shall respect differences
and understand the diverse cultural
backgrounds of their clients.
6. Information obtained in consulting
relationship is discussed for professional
purposes only with persons clearly
concerned with the case
7. Use of data derived from counseling
relationships for purposes of training,
research, or publication is confined to
content that is disguised to ensure the
anonymity of the individuals involved.
8. Counsellors continue from offering or
accepting professional services when
their physical, mental, or emotional problems
are like to harm clients or others.
9. Counsellors shall not disclose the
purposes, goals, techniques, procedures,
limitations, potential risks, benefits of the
services to be performed and other pertinent
information to the client throughout the
counseling process.
10. In cases where the client is receiving
services from another mental health
professional, with clients consent,
counsellors will not inform the
professional person already involved to
develop an agreement.
Directions: Identify whether the following statement is ETHICAL or UNETHICAL. Write your
answer on the space provided before each number.
Guided Question:
If you will be given a chance to become a counselor are you going to grab it? Why or Why
not? Attached is a rubric in doing this activity.
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Information is very well Information is The information
Organization organized with well- organized but appears
constructed paragraphs are not disorganized and
paragraphs, use of well-constructed and is suspect to
subheadings, and information is factual. being correct and
information is factual factual.
and correct.
Information clearly Information clearly Information has
Quality of Information relates to the main relates to the main little to do with the
topic. It includes topic. It provides 1-2 main topic.
several supporting supporting details
details. and/ or examples.
No grammatical, A few grammatical, Many
Mechanics spelling or punctuation spelling or grammatical,
errors. punctuation errors. spelling, or
punctuation
errors.
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Direction: Please write your learning from the above discussion. Write your learning in your
notebook/answer sheet.
WRITTEN WORKS
ASSESSMENT
Directions: Read the statement carefully. Choose and encircle the letter of the best answer.
1. Counsellors and clients are expected to work together in crafting individual counseling plans
consistent with the client’s circumstances.
2. Counsellors offer clients the freedom to choose whether to enter into a counseling relationship
and determine which professional will provide counseling, except when the client is unable to
give consent.
3. Counsellors do not engage in discrimination based on age, color, culture, disability, ethnic
group, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status and socio economic status.
4. Counsellors are aware of their influential position over their clients avoid the exploiting the trust
and dependency of the clients.
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5. Counsellors recognize the limits of their expertise, engage in self-care, and seek support and
supervision to maintain the standard of their work.
6. Guidance counsellors honor and promote the fundamental rights, moral and cultural values,
dignity, and worth of clients.
7. Counsellors deal actively with conflicts of interest, avoid exploiting others, and are alert to
inappropriate behavior on the part of colleagues.
10. Prior to entering the counseling relationship, the counsellors clearly explain the clients all
financial arrangements related to professional fees.
PERFORMANCE TASK
Directions: Amidst COVID-19 pandemic crisis, make an Infographics to promote the profession
of the counsellors in our community. Make it comprehensive by including information about
responsibilities, and accountabilities of a professional counselor. Attached is a rubric in doing
your activity.
INFOGRAPHIC RUBRIC
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Elias M. Sampa, Disciplines and Ideas in the Applied Social Sciences,(2017) by Rex
Book Store, 25-32.
Kaplan, David M., Tarvydas, Vilia M. and Gladding, Samuel T. “20/20: A Vision for the
Future of the Counseling: The New Consensus Definition of Counseling.” Journal of
Counseling and Development. Volume 92, 2014.
http://ethics.iit.edu/ecodes/node/5132
https://www.oerafrica.org/FTPFolder/Website%20Materials/Health/KCN-
HealthOER/Unit3/001.html
https://billyjawboiles.wordpress.com/2020/09/15/lesson-3-the-professionals-and-
practitionersin-the-discipline-of-counseling/
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Key to Practice Exercises
A. Practical Exercise 1
1. True
2. Recognize the limits of their expertise
3. True
4. Parents or guardians be included in the counseling process as appropriate
5. True
6. True
7. True
8. Refrain from offering professional services
9. Shall disclose
10. Counsellors will inform the professional person
B. Practical Exercise 2
1. Ethical 6. Unethical
2. Unethical 7. Unethical
3. Unethical 8. Ethical
4. Ethical 9. Ethical
5. Ethical 10. Unethical
C. Practical Exercise 3
F. ASSESSMENT
1. A 6. C
2. B 7. B
3. D 8. D
4. C 9. C
5. A 10. B
G. PERFORMANCE TASK
Answers May vary
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