Consent American Counsel Association ( Aca )

The first ethical issue that counselors have to worry about in counseling children is to be a competent counselor. It includes that the counselor must be familiar with child and adolescent development. Also, in order to be competent in counseling children, a counselor must frequently participate in trainings, specialized education, and supervised practice (Henderson & Thompson, 2011). Another ethical issue in counseling minors is privacy and confidentiality. According to the American Counseling Association (ACA) (2014) Code of Ethics, when counseling minors a counselors protect the confidentiality of information received (ACA, 2014, B.5.a). Counselors also have responsibilities with the child’s parents such as inform parents about the role of counselors and the confidential nature of the counseling relationship (ACA, 2014, B.5.b). When a counselors needs to release confidential information, he needs to seek permission from the child’s parents, legal guardians, or the appropriate third party in order to disclose the information (ACA, 2014, B.5.c). According to Henderson and Thompson (2011), children have to have their parents’ consent to see a

Remley and Herlihy (2016) defines confidentiality as an ethical concept which refers to the counselor 's obligation to respect the client 's privacy and in session discussion will be protected from disclosure without their consent (p.108). The receptionist never disclosed what was being discussed in wife A session; however, her inadvertent breach of confidentiality occurred the moment she divulged the fact that wife A is a patient at a mental health facility. An important premise to understanding the ethical principle of confidentiality is base that a counselor respects the client 's right to privacy (Remley & Herlihy, 2016; Quigley, 2007). Premise one states the "counselor honor the rights of clients to decide who knows what information about them and in what circumstances" (p.110).

What the client shares in the session stays in there, unless a counselor consults a supervisor, or anyone is at risk of harming themselves or other people. In regards to the ASCA Ethical Standards for School Counselor’s Confidentiality falls under section A in terms of confidentiality being a responsibility to the students. Section A.2. Confidentiality all attempts need to be made, but counselors may need to make choices to best support the student’s well-being.

In some situations, counselors must clarify that confidentiality cannot be guaranteed (Herlihy and Corey, 2016). Ethically, a counselor should be sure that

Counselors are obligated by ethical and legal laws the duty to warn. This can vary in different states but may include the knowledge of abuse,

Confidentiality is important for not revealing personal information about the client. Confidentiality has a clinical role, which would include not disclosing sensitive information such as diagnosis, medications, and treatment plans for the client. It is important to consider the ACA Code of Ethics’ stance on confidentiality because information about the client is personal and their records should remain private. Personal records should be restricted in order to ensure that information about the client's mental health is not disclosed to unauthorized individuals.

According to According to (Gerald, Corey, Schneider, & Callanan, 2015) “Informed consent involves the right of clients to be informed about their therapy and to make autonomous decisions pertaining to it” (p.154). Section B of the ASCA National standards for School Counselors states “Recognize that providing services to minors in a school setting requires school counselors to collaborate with students’ parents/ guardians as appropriate” (pg.6). Since I will be working in the school system. I have to be aware that parents and guardians are heavily involved with the student’s school counseling experience.

“Confidentiality is a professional’s promise or contract to respect clients’ privacy by not disclosing anything revealed during counseling, except under agreed upon conditions.”

Informed consent is one of the initial steps in the therapy and any medical practice. According to ACA Code of Ethics (2014) A 2 b counselors should inform the client regarding to “purposes, goals, techniques, procedures, limitations, potential risks, and benefits of services; the counselor’s qualifications, credentials, relevant experience, and approach to counseling; continuation of services upon the incapacitation or death of the counselor; the role of technology; and other pertinent information”. Clients have a right to decide to next step in light to this information. Personally, I do not have much experience with informed consent, because confidentially still is upsetting issue in my country, Turkey. Except the mental health field, it is not commonly performed

When mental health counselors work with various clients during their career, they need to practice confidentiality and privacy when conducting one-on-one, group, or any type of counseling services. Like any medical patient, mental health clinicians need to treat their clients with dignity and respect. It is extremely important for the mental health counselor working with his or her assigned caseload

The CRSS will disclose to the client that if they are to harm another or themselves they will have to break confidentiality. In the ACA code of ethics informed consent is given to the client and respecting confidentiality is another ethical guideline (Illinois Certification Board, Inc., 2017). The counselor will not disclose any information about the client to anyone only when consent is given from the client that they want to tell others about this information. Confidentiality has some limitations in the ACA just like CRSS the client’s confidentiality will be breached if the client makes claims about wanting to harm themselves, harm others or if they’re doing something illegal under the state. It’s the counselor’s duty to report this to their supervisor and they must let the client know that their confidentiality is no longer kept private due to these exceptions since these are instances that are very crucial to a client/ client’s peer’s health that needs to be reported on (ACA,

This is also stated in subsection 1-421 of the AACC code of ethics (AACC Law and Ethics Committee, 2004, p 12). However, the ACA guidelines with regards to this area are more comprehensive and clearly stated than the AACC guidelines. Section B of the ACA code of ethics provides guidelines on how a counselor can maintain client confidentiality in various circumstances such as incapacity of client, when treatment calls for services with others and even in consulting other counselors (American Counseling Association, 2005, p 7-9). On the other hand, the guidelines of the AACC are more limited in scope as can be seen in Section ES1-400 (AACC Law and Ethics Committee, 2004, p 11-13).

The informed consent I found online and reviewed is for TrueNorth Christian Counseling. TrueNorth is a professional counseling practice that offers counseling services to individuals seeking to integrate Christian principles into the process of resolving personal issues. TrueNorth Christian Counseling promises that in most situations their counselors can only release information about the client’s treatment to others if the client provides written authorization that meets certain legal requirements. If the client is involved in a court proceeding and a request is made for information concerning the client’s diagnosis and treatment, such information is protected by the counselor-patient privilege law. No information will be provided to the

There are many legal, ethical and safety issues that a counsellor must take into consideration when working with children and/or young people. Issues being dealt with should aim to intertwine all three safety, ethical and legal principles together rather than as separate entities. An important issue that one must face is the extent of Confidentiality. An ethical approach to this is covered by the New Zealand Association Counsellors Code of Ethics. It describes that “Counsellors shall treat all communication between counsellor and client as confidential and privileged information, unless the client gives consent to particular information being disclosed” (NZAC, 2012). This statement is

The trust between Heather and me as a Counsellor is a vital part of our therapeutic relationship. I am aware that my client must feel that whatever she discloses in therapy will be treated confidentially. As a counsellor I am not to disclose information unless required by law or authorized by my client. The informed consent document Heather has signed prior to our first session does not state particularly that the Counsellor has to break confidentiality in instances of child abuse.