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Chapter 2

Ethics,
Multicultural
Competence,
and Wellness

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Thomson Learning
Ethics in the Helping Process
 Competence
 Informed Consent
 Confidentiality
 Power
 Social Justice

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Competence
• Practice within the boundaries of your
own competence.
• Boundaries include education, training,
supervised experience, recognized
professional credentials, and
professional experience.
• Recognize your limitations and seek
supervision as required.
• Refer clients as necessary.
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Informed Consent
• Clients have the right to participate in ongoing
counseling plans.
• Keep clients informed of pertinent elements, as
necessary, before, during, and after sessions:
(including, but not limited to)

~ Goals
~ Procedures and techniques
~ Risks and benefits
~ Confidentiality
~ Boundaries of competence
~ Limitations
~ Fee collection and record keeping
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Confidentiality

• Trust is built on your ability to keep


confidences.
• Recognize and maintain compliance with
state codes regarding confidentiality.
• Communicate the parameters of
confidentiality in a culturally competent
manner.

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Power
• Power differentials occur where privilege
may go with skin color, gender, sexual
orientation, or other multicultural
dimensions.
• Dual relationships may increase conflict of
interest, risk of harm, or client
exploitation.
• Maintain awareness and open discussion;
work toward a balance of power in helping
sessions.
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Social Justice
• Is the problem, concern or challenge “in
the client” “caused by the in the
environment,” or in some balance of the
two?
• Beware of “Victim Blame”
• Is the interviewer’s task completed when
the session is over?
• Maintain awareness of cultural /
environmental / social context of the
client.
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Diversity and Multicultural
Competence
• Helpers are committed to the dignity and value of each
individual.
• We can enhance individuality the more we understand we
are all part of multiple cultures.
• Multicultural includes gender, sexual orientation, age,
geographic location, physical ability, religion,
socioeconomic status, and other factors.
• All interviewing and counseling is multicultural; seek the
“win-win” approach.
• Helpers need to address own personal issues of prejudice
40.
and
Adapted from Mark Pope, racism.
Cherokee Nation and Past President of the American Counseling Association, Box 2-3, pg.
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Contextual / Holistic View of Wellness

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