CNL505 Grand Canyon University Counselor Ethics and Responsibilities Paper Access and review the “Counselor Ethics and Responsibilities Assignment Guidelin

CNL505 Grand Canyon University Counselor Ethics and Responsibilities Paper Access and review the “Counselor Ethics and Responsibilities Assignment Guidelines.” Complete the paper according to the assignment guidelines. Include at least six scholarly resources in addition to the textbook in your paper.Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. CNL-505 Topic 4: Counselor Ethics and Responsibilities
Assignment Guidelines
Directions: Follow the directions below to write a paper of 1,750-2,100 words on counselor
ethics and responsibilities.
Provide a thoughtful response to each of the following sections, including specific, concrete
examples to illustrate your ideas. Use the section headings provided below to separate each
section of your paper.
Your final deliverable should be one cohesive paper addressing all six sections along with an
introduction and conclusion.
Part One:
Please note that part one must be written in the third person.
Section 1: Client Rights
1) Describe how you will incorporate the following five principles of ethical practice in order to
maintain your clients’ rights.
a) Autonomy
b) Nonmaleficence
c) Beneficence
d) Justice
e) Fidelity
2) Discuss the informed consent process and how it protects client rights including:
a) Billing
b) Right to Privacy
c) HIPAA compliance
d) Compliance with credentialing board requirements for incorporating informed consent into
practice
Section 2: Responsibility to Warn and Protect
Identify the factors that you will consider in order to determine your “duty to warn” and “duty to
protect” responsibilities as a counselor. Be sure to consider ethical guidelines as well as the laws
pertaining to the “duty to warn” and “duty to protect” in the state in which you plan to practice.
Section 3: Client Record-Keeping
Discuss the role of client record keeping in protecting the following:
a) a client’s right to a professional standard of care
b) the counselor from liability
Part Two:
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Please note this section can be written in the first person.
Section 4: Self-care
After reading the introduction of Section C “Professional Responsibility” in the ACA Code of
Ethics discuss the following:
1. What does the ACA Code of Ethics say about self-care?
2. How do you plan on maintaining a healthy balance between your professional and
personal life?
3. What healthy self-care activities have you engaged in in the past or present?
4. What healthy self-care activities have you considered but haven’t yet implemented?
5. What are some red-flags suggesting that you may need to address personal issues to avoid
personal impairment?
6. How do you feel about counselors being counseled? Some programs require it. Do you
agree with that concept?
Section 5: Advocacy
Go to the American Counseling Association (Government Affairs > Take Action)
(https://www.counseling.org/government-affairs/actioncenter) to find a way to advocate for the
counselors and the counseling profession at the governmental level. Summarize how you can get
involved (approx. 100 words).
Section 6: Counselor Values
1) Select two of the following issues you feel strongest about from the following:
a) Abortion. (A 19-year-old rape victim wants an abortion, but her parents are vehemently
opposed to abortion on religious grounds and have stated that they will no longer
consider her their daughter if she proceeds. The young woman is firm in her plans, but
wants your help in changing her parents’ attitudes.)
b) Gay adoption. (John and Bill, after living in a committed relationship for 7 years, decide
that they want to begin a family. They have differing opinions about whether to use a
surrogate mother or adopt a child.)
c) Assisted suicide. (Eleanor, an 87-year-old with terminal cancer, has decided to end her
life but is undecided about how to discuss this with her family, or if she should discuss it
with them at all. She seeks your guidance in this decision, but is not interested in
revisiting her decision to end her life.)
d) Extramarital affairs. (Both spouses in a couple you are counseling are having affairs,
which they claim are not contributing in any way to their current marital difficulties.
They want your help in strengthening their marriage but they are both committed to the
“open marriage” concept that does not require sexual monogamy.)
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2) Describe your personal values and attitudes towards the selected issues as well as how you
would counsel the client in each situation you selected. HINT: Make sure you reference
ethical codes from ACA, NBCC, or NAADAC.
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