The Ethical Principles In Counselling

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In this essay the ethical principles that underpin counselling in theory and practice will be discussed and within this context and parameters of providing therapy will include the importance of working with clients to establish and maintain this therapeutic framework.
The therapeutic framework is a set of laid down conditions governing how the practitioner should adhere to the core values, principles and morals that they are expected to work within, to provide therapy that is ethical and safe. The BACP(2012), states that “Values inform principles”, which means that if the therapists values aren’t strong the principles needed will be affected..
Maulhauser(2008)Argues that the reasons people come to counselling or psychotherapy are as varied as people themselves. The client is vulnerable, …show more content…

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