Value Objectivity In Counseling Case Study

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VALUE OBJECTIVITY IN COUNSELING

Value Objectivity in Counseling
Thomas J. McCarthy
Grand Canyon University: PCN-505
February 24, 2016

Value Objectivity in Counseling A.4.b. Personal Values: Counselors are aware of?and avoid imposing?their own values, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors. Counselors respect the diversity of clients, trainees, and research participants and seek training in areas in which they are at risk of imposing their values onto clients, especially when the counselor?s values are inconsistent with the client?s goals or are discriminatory in nature. (ACA Code of Ethics 2014, 2014) This is a very important point in the ACA Code of Ethics. And in the textbook ?Issues and Ethics in the Helping Professions? it is stated that one does not automatically make a referral for a client that has different value sets than the counselor. It can be worked out through consultation and supervision. (Corey, Scheider Corey, Corey, & Callanan, 2015, 2011) The following will explore these themes and hopefully put it to rest. …show more content…

Take abortion, and an issue I am adamantly opposed to in all cases (which will be explained in next week?s assignment), it is important that I act objectively toward the client and work within her value system. I can act with the skill I was trained in and get the information regarding abortion and that it is accurate. I can refer the client to a safe place to have the abortion. And in the same realm, I would make sure that that referral is the best one I can give the client because I believe in beneficence. The only reason I would personally do this, and as I said this goes against my religious beliefs, is that I would not want to do my client harm by her winding up at a butcher shop for an abortion clinic. I would not want my client to possibly die

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