Issues and Ethics in the Helping Professions

Issues and Ethics in the Helping Professions
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Issues and Ethics in the Helping Professions
Chapter One: Introduction to Professional Ethics
Ethics is a discipline of philosophy concerned with the notions of right and wrong, as well as good and evil. Moral philosophy is another name for ethics. Morality typically refers to a more practical approach to ethics, such as concerning what is good and wrong in deeds. The adjectives "moral" and "ethical" can be used interchangeably. Applied ethics deals with real-world concerns. Providing the best possible responses to questions like "Is this act or policy right or wrong?" is often normative. Based on contemporary life, simple answers to questions, including ethical questions, have not been easy. Applied ethics may serve as a tool for explaining difficult issues, accounting for these decisions, and assisting decision-making.
Professional ethics gives us the tools we need to handle ethical challenges specific to a profession. Professional ethics is normally provided as principles and norms, but applying them too complicated situations that need sensitivity to the circumstances and the persons in issue can be challenging (Corey et al., 2011). Thus, professional ethics cannot be narrowed down to just following the rules but also about the demands of customers or patients and maintaining ongoing awareness of the rights, as well as critical thinking amid ethics, regulations, customs, and social interaction problems. Professional ethics is a continual process that involves comparing conduct to norms subject to continuous change. Behaviors considered ethical in one generation or field may be considered differently by others in another. Many factors can impact this, including broader public interests, rules of behavior, legal systems, Etc.
Chapter Two: The Counselor as a Person and as a Professional
The counselor has a profound and direct impact on the path of therapy, for better or worse. Every therapist, like a human being, has their own psychological needs, unresolved problems, and unique strengths and sensitivities. In psychotherapy, the counselor's personality and its consequent impact on the course of therapy and the therapeutic relationship are sometimes disregarded variables. In essence, the counselor must contribute their humanity to the counseling sessions in addition to academic knowledge and practical expertise.
The counselor's strengths might be used as a therapeutic tool to aid the client in the process of change. On the other hand, aspects of the therapist's personality might impede therapeutic development depending on the personal dynamics of the encounters and the qualities of the client (Corey et al., 2011). The t...