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Personal Values And Ethical Standards 2

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Personal Values and Ethical Standards 2 Counseling in the substance abuse/mental health business is not an easy job. Working in the Women’s with children population, as a counselor I am charged with assisting women to learn how to develop the ability and strength to learn what addiction mean, learn better coping skills, how to become a better mother and most important how to recover. Counselors deal with putting people’s lives back together so that they may begin being a productive member of society. Important factors exist in the field of substance abuse, they don’t only include staying sober but also how to live a totally different lifestyle from before and why that is so very important. It is very important in this process for the …show more content…

I as clinician works with her on people skills which she have none and always being so offensive when someone said something. Clients feel that when others are talking about them but that is not so this is call insecurities within the client. So to work with this client using ethical decisions in this difficult situation using specific steps to evaluation the whole situation so that this would not happened again using ethical thinking which including the first reaction to the situation, we might say, “I am not sure about this or does not feel right”. When using rules and codes these are resources that help us with thinking. They do not tell us as professionals what to do, but they do provide guidelines and can sometimes help when there is a conflict with the clinician and client with the rules. When it comes down to the personal values and beliefs is working with the client in using our ability to show the client how to think logical and in a positive manner. Showing the client as well that values play a big part in how we make our decision making when working with our clients. Before we make a decision and decide that there is a dilemma then the professional way would be time to start

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