Counselling and psychotherapy PDF
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Running head: COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPYCOUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPYName of the Student:Name of the University:Author note:
1COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPYIntroduction The concept of counselling psychology has gained recognition as an area of expertise inthe United Kingdom during the establishment of Counselling Psychology Section in 1982 by theBritish Psychological Society (BPS) (Bacp.co.uk 2018). The institution of this segment emergedout of the necessity to take into consideration the association between psychology andcounselling in UK and further identify the position of counselling psychology in the domain ofapplied psychology. However, in the year 1989, this Section transformed into a “Special Group”with its individual practice procedures and guidelines and further exercised as a ‘half way house’between a methodological inclined section and an expertise body (Health.gov 2018). Theconcept of counselling in United Kingdom is not operated under statutory regulation and hasbeen supervised and underpinned by various organizations whereby none of which have anyformal recognition by the government (Moodley, Gielen and Wu 2013). The Health ProfessionsCouncil (HPC) that is autonomous of any official body released a government report on TrustAssurance and Safety-The Regulation of Health Professionals in the 21st century that has statedthat the British Government has aimed to introduce constitutional regulation aimed forpsychotherapists and counsellors (Wilde, McTavish and Crawshaw 2014The report will evaluatethe practice of BPS and further distinguish between the limited, short term and enduringcounselling practices. It will further analyse the foundations which have been proposed by TimBond which must be implemented as sources of guidance and assistance for professionalpractice. Tim Bond outlines the principles, ideologies and ethical standards inherent in thedomain of counselling. It will also assess the fundamental entities of making a client evaluationand comprehend the approaches through which access to counselling can be viewed within abroader aspect. In addition to this, the paper will focus on encouraging formal and professional
2COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPYdevelopment concerns for counsellors along with assessing the counselling requirements ofclients and demonstrate an ability to implement skills specifically to short term counselling work.DiscussionProfessional codes and guidelinesThe British Association for Counselling emerged from the Standing Conference for theAdvancement of Counselling in 1970s at the initiation of the National Council for VoluntaryOrganizations. The BACP recognized as a large organization that several counsellors aroundBritain are registered with. This agency not only operates as a charity but is also known as anaccrediting organization that establishes certain standards and codes of morals and principles forcounsellors and psychotherapists in order to make an adherence to the codes (Killick andSchaverien 2013). However, if psychotherapists are provided with accreditation by the BACP itimplies that they have completed a significant level of induction and knowledge approved by theAssociation. The BACP is recognized for its immense dedication for maintaining and improvinggood and ethical practice. However, this guidance on the fundamental elements of ethicalpractice has been stated to take into consideration the altering circumstances wherebycounselling and psychotherapy are now being served in particular:Transformations in the array of concerns and levels of need presented by clients The development in levels of knowledge accessible from practitioners with the growth inthe rate of availability of induction and consultative encouragement and supervision(Connolly et al. 2014).
3COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPYIn the opinion of Tim Bond, the British Association for Counselling has relatively publishedcertain comprehensive and role centric codes for the range of counsellors, instructors andusers of the counselling expertise and competence which have been reportedly creatingcollaboration with all members of the association of BAC. Furthermore the fundamentalguidance for the associates of the British Psychological Society (BPS) which has beeneffectively collated into the framework of Code of Conduct, Ethical Principles andGuidelines which has been associating all members of the society. However Bond stated thatthe United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) entails related framework of thefundamental set of ethical and moral guidelines which has further been binding on the rangeof members and shape the least needs and requirements for the codes of organizationalassociates. LawPractitioners need to abide by several laws and regulation when it comes to PsychologicalCounselling. One of the major rules that have been set by BACP Legal Resources (2016) is thatcouncillors must keep the identity of the healthcare service users confidential. The abovementioned concern also falls under the BACP Ethical Framework (2016) (Killick and Schaverien2013). According to the above mentioned law, it is the sole ethical responsibility of theconsumers to protect all the information provided by the healthcare service users to thepractitioner during his or her treatment. Considering the fact that that generally, the dataprovided by a healthcare service user to the practitioner is highly personal, any unauthorisedaccess to those information has the potential to bring about severe legal as well as social issuesthat are highly difficult to handle. Apart from this, according to BACP quality (2016), it isunethical to neglect or provide inappropriate care to the healthcare service users on the basis of
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