Challenges of Personal Values in Counselling

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Table of Contents
Title - When working with clients there are times when a counsellor’s personal values create
challenges in their ability to work ethically.....................................................................................1
Introduction......................................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
1) Values and Values Conflict.....................................................................................................1
2) Potential Ethical Risks and Implication..................................................................................4
3) Practical Strategies..................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

Title - When working with clients there are times when a counsellor’s
personal values create challenges in their ability to work ethically
Introduction
Counselling values and ethical concerns are considered as one of cornerstone of the
counselling practices, that helps psychologists to support their clients who face struggle in their
life, by addressing their emotional, physical and mental well-being concerns (Sanabria and
Murray Jr, 2018). For more severe psychological symptoms, counsellors or psychologists also
provide diagnosis, assessment and treatment. But under this professional practice, a number of
cases that arise challenges in terms of handling conflicts regarding with personal values, because
any chancellor cannot impose own personal values on client (Santa Maria and et. al., 2017). In
this regard, based on core conditions of counselling related to client-centred, some cases have
been drawn into present project, by aspects of behaviour theories, cognitive development and
certain of Code of Ethics to provide a resolution to dilemma experienced by psychologies (or
counsellors) due to beliefs conflicts. Along with this, ethical guidelines of Australian
Counselling Association related to case study are also demonstrated to highlight the significant
issues about dilemmas occur while counselling. Furthermore, key discussion is also made on
potential ethical risks and implications, as well as practical strategies to resolving the same.
Case 1 (Client I): A client is aware they have fertility issues but does not wish to tell their
partner until after they are married as they are afraid their partner will leave them.
Case 2 (Client II): A client tells you they have a Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) but have
not told their partner and are engaging in unprotected sex.
MAIN BODY
1) Values and Values Conflict
In counselling profession, imposing personal beliefs and own values upon clients consider
as activity that goes beyond the ethics. It is the main responsibility of counsellor to accept every
client for who they are including their concern and where currently they are in their life
(McMahon and et. al., 2017). In any case, when values of counsellor are imposed on an
individual, then they tend to react through rejecting those believes which have been taken
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