Chapter 1: Using Counselling Skills Ethically And Safely

Question 1

Moral principles that govern a person‘s behaviour or the conducting of an activity

Answer 1

Ethics

Question 2

What are the BACP ethical framework principles for counselling and psychotherapy? (6)

Answer 2

Being trustworthy: honouring the trust placed in you. Also called fidelity

Autonomy: respecting a person’s right to make their own choices

Beneficence: acting in the best interests of the person

Non-maleficence: not doing any harm

Justice: being fair and impartial

Self-respect: having integrity, self knowledge, and taking care of yourself

Question 3

Someone who is fully trained to work therapeutically with clients within a coherent framework of underpinning knowledge, theory, and skills which informs the way they work.

Answer 3

Counsellor

A fully trained person is called a counsellor who enters into a contract for counselling with the client

Question 4

Not a fully trained counsellor but someone who has learned some general counselling skills such as listening and supporting skills, which they use to enhance or complement another professional or voluntary role

Answer 4

A person using counselling skills

Often called the helper and the person they are helping is the helpee

Question 5

In order to work ethically and safely using counselling skills you need to: (summary)

Answer 5

Have a framework for looking at what appropriate behaviour and attitudes are

Recognize the limits of your ability and monitor your own values

Convey the limits of what you can offer to the person you are helping

Enable the person you are helping to find other support where appropriate