COUNSELING (CHAP 2) Flashcards
intimate form of learning, and it demands a practitioner who is willing to be anauthentic person in the therapeutic relationship. It is within the context of such a person-to-person connection that the client experiences growth.
Counseling
Counselors must develop the ability to manage their personal values so that they do not undulyinfluence the counseling process
- “intentional setting aside of the counselor’s personal values in order to provide ethical andappropriate counseling to all clients, especially those whose worldviews, values, belief systems, and decisions differ significantly from those of the counselor” (
ethical bracketing
refers to counselors directly attempting to define a client’s values, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors. It is unethical for counselors to impose their values in the therapeutic relationship
Value imposition
s at the heart of why many counselor education programs encourage or requirepersonal therapy for counselors in training. Your personal therapy sessions provide an opportunityforyou to examine your beliefs and values and to explore your motivations for wanting to share your belief
system.
Value exploration
Effective counselors have moved from being culturally unaware to ensuring that theirpersonal biases, values, or problems will not interfere with their ability to workwithclients who are culturally different from them
Beliefs and Attitudes
o Culturally effective practitioners possess certain knowledge. They knowspecificallyabout their own racial and cultural heritage and how it affects thempersonallyandprofessionally.
Knowledge
Effective counselors have acquired certain skills in working with culturally diversepopulations. Counselors take responsibility for educating their clients about thetherapeutic process, including matters such as setting goals, appropriate expectations,
legal rights, and the counselor’s orientation.
Skills and Intervention Strategies
