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Assignment:
It is essential that counsellors be aware of their personal values when choosing a helping profession as a career, as their values will have an impact on the counselling process and their moral development. Although many personal needs can be met through helping others, it is crucial that these needs not be met at the expense of the client. Those who make a lifetime commitment to helping others have a responsibility to be clear about what they are getting from their work and how their personal characteristics play a vital role in their ability to make appropriate ethical decisions.
My own perspective on this subject is that I disagree, yet can see how this would be necessary in some circumstances and how it might be done ethically. Being emotionally competent will enable us to better accept, and monitor ourselves as potential psychotherapists, which is crucial (CCPA, 2021). Despite our best efforts, we may mistakenly provide clients advice that is not always in their best interests (CCPA, 2021). Regardless of our intentions, that is how it could appear when we are attempting to influence someone.
According to Yorkville University (2020), in order for a therapeutic relationship to be successful, we must support our clients to "swim" and let them know we are there while being mindful of countertransference and conscious of our own internal struggles (Martin et el., 2015). I wouldn't necessarily impose my values because we should avoid doing so (CCPA, 2020), but if the situation was serious enough for example, illegal activity and/or abuse, I would have to weigh the pros and cons of intervening and weigh the costs and benefits.
Question: Do you think ultimately when using either the ethics-based decision-making model or the virtue-based model, one should arrive at the same conclusion in their ethical decision-making?
References:
Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association. (2020). Code of ethics.
Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association. (2021). Standards of practice (6th ed.).
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.
Welbourne Eleazar, M. J. (2022). Immoral Entrenchment: How Crisis Reverses the Ethical Effects of Moral Intensity. Journal of Business Ethics, 180(1), 71-89.
Yorkville University. (2020). Countertransference [Video]. Stream.