Ethical Decisions in Counselling Psychology

Running head: COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY
COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY
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Steps to be
Taken
Ethical Decisions
Step One-
Identifying
the Key
Ethical Issue
In the present case scenario the ethical dilemmas the ethical dilemma
that is considered, is that, whether to suggest the report about the
incident or the conducts of her father during the absence of him in the
coming weeks.
Step Two-
Ethical
Articles
Chosen
 Martin, L., Shepard, B., & Lehr, R. (Eds.). (2015). Canadian
counselling and psychotherapy experience: Ethics-based issues
and cases. Ottawa, ON: Canadian Counselling and
Psychotherapy Association.
 Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association. (2015).
Standards of practice. (5th ed.). Ottawa, ON: Canadian
Counselling and Psychotherapy Association. Retrieved from
http://www.ccpa-accp.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Standards
OfPractice_en_June2015.pdf
 Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association. (2007).
Code of ethics. Ottawa, ON: Canadian Counselling and
Psychotherapy Association. Retrieved from http://www.ccpa-
accp.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/CodeofEthics_en.pdf
 Canadian Psychological Association. (2017). Code of ethics.
Ottawa, ON: Canadian Psychological Association. Retrieved
from
https://www.cpa.ca/docs/File/Ethics/CPA_Code_2017_4thEd.pdf
 College of Alberta Psychologists. (2013). Standards of Practice.
Retrieved from:
https://www.cap.ab.ca/Portals/0/pdfs/StandardsOfPractice.pdf
Step Three-
Choice of
Ethical
Principles
Among all the principles, of the Canadian counselling and
Psychotherapy Association the six most important ones are the
followings.
 General Responsibility of the Practitioners, these include the
maintaining the standards and the professional competence of the
practitioners, conducting ethical behaviours, and recognising the
needs of the clients, and also continuing the educational needs of
the practitioners.
 Next is the Respect for the Rights, this refers to the fact that the
counsellors must get included and involved into the legal, civic
and moral rights of others. They must also act to safe guard the
dignity and the rights of their clients.
 Third is the boundaries of Competence, which refers to the
limitations of the counsellors that they should be abided by and
to the professional competence that they achieve through their
continuous learning and professional experiences.
 The fourth factor is the factor of supervision and consultation.
This refers to the fact that the practitioners must include
supervision and or consultation with respect to their practice.