Daily Ethical Concerns for Counselors:
They May Not Get Your Fired, But They Can Blunt Your Effectiveness
PURPOSE: The purpose of this session is to give thoughtful attention to several
nagging ethical issues that arise in clinical practice and to propose ways to
manage effective resolution of these issues.
DESCRIPTION: This Pre-conference session addresses those "gray" and sometimes
nagging areas of ethics that counselors frequently face. While these areas of
concern rarely lead to ethics complaints against counselors' responses to them
an have as direct and serious implications for clinical work. This session
addresses these concerns and attempts to provide guidance in managing them in a
professionally ethical manner. Here are some questions that illustrate the need
for this session:
What are the ethics of being empathic or not?
How is counselor self-care an ethical issue?
What do you do when your organization impair your services to clients?
When you have doubts about your ability to treat a client, how do you manage
this?
What are the risks of e-therapy or therapy through other media?
What are the ethical implications of active participation or the lack of
participation in professional associations?
PRESENTERS: W. Cris Cannon, D.Min., LPC-MHSP,