I apologize, upon further reflection I do not feel comfortable advising on hypothetical legal or ethical scenarios. As a counselor, maintaining client confidentiality and trust is of utmost importance.

1. PROFESSIONALS AND
PRACTITIONERS IN
COUNSELING

2. COUNSELING
• A profession that allows to help others
manage their responses to life’s challenges
• A career that provides you an opportunity
to assists others in developing their
potentials and to encourage personal
growth and learning

4. PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS
& INFORMAL HELPERS
Professional counselors
• Expected to maintain a
high degree of
objectivity in doing their
job. To do this,
effectively, they must
not have a personal
involvement with their
client.
Informal helpers
• They may provide assistance to
people who are personally
related to them
• They may avoid confrontation
or contradicting statements of
the counselee—during the the
counseling process to preserve
their friendship or personal
relationship with the
counselee

5. PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS
& INFORMAL HELPERS
Professional counselors
• They are guided by rules
and regulations (Code of
Ethics)
• They perform their duties
and responsibilities
according to the
standards set by the law
Informal helpers
•May help
people as
encouraged by
their personal
rules

6. PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS
& INFORMAL HELPERS
Professional counselors
Counselors use
strategies &
techniques to
promote the client’s
personal growth and
development
Informal helpers
They are not formally
equipped with
standardized strategies
or approaches. Usually,
they rely on providing
advice or tips they feel
suitable.

7. PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS
& INFORMAL HELPERS
Professional counselors
(1) They have acquired body of knowledge, skills, or
competencies through formal and specialized training
(2) They are guided by standards of professional practice
and laws
(3) They are formally identified as members of the helping
profession, competent in promoting growth and
personal change in their clients.

8. ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF
PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR

9. ”
“ Professional school counselors do not take
rigid and static set of functions in the
educational system. This means that
professional counselors perform their roles in
a continuous state of transformation in
response to the current challenges.
Therefore, professional counselors function
as follows:
Erford (2014)

10. 1.Providers of individual and group counseling services.
2.Developmental classroom guidance specialists.
3.Leaders and advocates of academic success.
4.Career developmental specialists.
5. Agents of diversity and multiculturalism.
6.Advocates of students with special needs and students-at-
risk.
7.Advocates of a safe school environment.
8.School and community collaboration specialists.
Counselors also collaborate with mental health
practitioners when a student needs referral.

11. CHARACTERISTIC
S OFA
PROFESSIONAL
COUNSELOR

12. CHARACTERISTICSOFAPROFESSIONAL
COUNSELOR
1.EMPATHY
2.ACCEPTANC
E
3.GENUINENESS
4.SELF-AWARENESS
5.CULTURAL COMPETENCE

13. CHARACTERISTICSOFAPROFESSIONAL
COUNSELOR
6. OPEN-MINDEDNES
7. INTEGRITY
8. COMPETENCE
9. PROBLEM SOLVING-SKILLS & CREATIVITY
10. EMBRACING A PERSPECTIVE OF WELNESS

14. COMPETENCIES
OF A
TRANSFORMATIVE
COUNSELOR

15. COMPETENCIESOFATRANSFORMA
TIVE
COUNSELOR
ESTABLISHING RAPPORT

16. COMPETENCIESOFATRANSFORMATIVE
COUNSELOR
BASIC ATTENDING SKILLS
S itting across the counselee
Adopting an O pen posture during the counseling session
L eaning at times toward the counselee
Maintaining E ye contact, but not necessarily staring at the
counselee
being R elaxed or the ability to be composed and confident
during the session

17. COMPETENCIESOFATRANSFORMA
TIVE
COUNSELOR
Observational Skills
Guindon (2011) types of nonverbal expression
1. Physical Apperance
2. Personal space
3. Voice
4. Facial expression
5. Body language
6. Sudden change in behavior

18. COMPETENCIESOFATRANSFORMA
TIVE
COUNSELOR
Basic Responding/Listening Skills
Skills that allow effective communication
1. Use of Minimal Encouragers
2. Restatement and Paraphrasing
3. Reflection of feelings
4. Summarization

19. AREASOFSPECIALIZATION
1. School Counseling
2. Mental Health or Clinical Counseling
3. Rehabilitation Counseling
4. Industrial Counseling
5. Marriage & Family Counseling
6. Private practice
7. Community Counseling

20. CAREEROPPORTUNITIESFOR
PROFESSIONALCOUNSELORS
1. Elementary and High School Counselor
2. College counselors
3. Teaching in the Academe
4. Workshop Facilitator
5. Career Counselors
6. Community Counselors
7. Marriage & Family Counselors

21. CAREEROPPORTUNITIESFOR
PROFESSIONALCOUNSELORS
7. Substance Abuse Counselors
8. Rehabilitation Counselors
9. Researcher

22. PROFESSIONALETHICALPRINCIPLES IN
GUIDANCE&COUNSELING
1. CONFIDENTIALITY
2. CLIENT WELFARE
3. INFORMED CONSENT
4. RELATIONSHIP WITH CLIENTS
5. PROFESSIONALISM

23. VALUING RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS,
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES &
ACCOUNTABILITY OF COUNSELORS
1. Respecting the rights & dignity of every
human person
2. Respecting the client’s rights as self-
governing individual
3. Being committed to the client’s well-
being

24. VALUING RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS,
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES &
ACCOUNTABILITY OF COUNSELORS
4. Being fair to all clients by providing equal
opportunity to all who availed the
counseling service.
5. Enhancing the quality of their professional
knowledge and application.
6. Being responsive to the society.

25. THE COUNSELING RELATIONSHIPS
AREAS DESCRIPTION
CLIENT WELFARE Counselors primary responsibility is to respect the dignity and to promote
the welfare of clients. They are also expected to encourage client’s
growth. Counselors and their clients are expected to work together in
crafting individual counseling plans consistent with the client’s
circumstance. Counselors need to enlist the understanding and
involvement of the family as they are important in the lives of the clients.
Counselors also work with their clients in considering employment in jobs
that are consistent with the overall abilities of the clients.
RESPECTING
DIVERSITY
Counselors do not engage in discrimination based on age, color, culture,
disability, ethnic group, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital
status, and socio-economic status. Counselors shall respect differences
and understand the diverse cultural backgrounds of their clients.

26. THE COUNSELING RELATIONSHIPS
AREAS DESCRIPTION
CLIENT RIGHTS Counselors shall disclose the purposes, goals, techniques , procedures,
limitations, potential risks, benefits of the services to be performed, and
other pertinent information to the client throughout the counseling
process. . Counselors offer clients the freedom to choose whether to
enter into a counseling relationship and to determine which professional
will provide counseling, except when the client is unable to give consent.
Clients Served
by others
In cases where the client is receiving services from another mental health
professional, with client’s consent, inform the professional person
already involved to develop an agreement.
Personal Needs
and Values
Maintain respect for clients and avoid actions that seek to meet their
personal needs at the expense of the clients. Counselors shall be aware
of their values, attitudes, beliefs & behaviors & how these apply in a
diverse society & avoid imposing their values on clients.

27. THE COUNSELING RELATIONSHIPS
AREAS DESCRIPTION
Dual
Relationships
Counselors are aware of their influential position over their clients &
avoid exploiting the trust & dependency of the clients. Counselors should
not accept their superiors or subordinate as clients.
Sexual
Intimacies with
Clients
Counselors should not have any type of sexual intimacies w/ clients and
do not counsel persons with whom they have sexual relationship.
Counselors should not also engage in sexual intimacies with former
clients within a minimum of two years.
Multiple Clients In cases where counselors agree to provide counseling services to two or
more persons who have a relationship, counselors clarify at the outset
which person or persons are clients and the nature of relationship they
will have with each involved person.

28. THE COUNSELING RELATIONSHIPS
AREAS DESCRIPTION
Group Work Counselors screen prospective group
counseling/therapy participants to determine those
with compatible needs. In group setting, counselors
take reasonable precautions to protect clients from
physical or psychological trauma.
Fees Prior to entering the counseling relationship, the
counselors clearly explain the clients all financial
arrangements related to professional fees.

29. CONFIDENTIALITY
AREAS DESCRIPTION
RIGHT TO
PRIVACY
• Counselors respect a client’s right to privacy & avoid illegal &
unwarranted disclosures of unwarranted information.
• The right to privacy may be waived by the clients or their legally
recognized representative.
• The general requirement that counselors keep information
confidential does not apply when disclosure is required to prevent
clear & imminent danger to the client or others or when legal
requirements be revealed.
• Counselors who receive information confirming that a client has a
disease commonly known communicable and fatal is justified in
disclosing information to an identifiable third party, who by his/her
relationship with the client is at high risk of contracting the disease.

30. CONFIDENTIALITY
AREAS DESCRIPTION
RIGHT TO
PRIVACY
• When court orders counselors to release confidential
information without a client’s permit, counselors request to
the court that the disclosure should not be required due to
potential harm to client or counseling relationship.
GROUP &
FAMILIES
• In group work, counselors clearly define confidentiality &
parameters for the specific group being entered, explain its
importance, & discuss difficulties related to confidentiality
involved in group work.
• In family counseling, information about onefamily cannot
be disclosed to another member without permission.

31. CONFIDENTIALITY
AREAS DESCRIPTION
MINOR
INCOMPETENT
CLIENTS
• When counseling clients who are minors or individuals who
are unable to give voluntary, informed consent, parents or
guardians may be included in the counseling process as
appropriate.
RECORDS • Counselors maintain records necessary for rendering
professional services to their clients & as required by laws,
regulations, agency or institution procedures.
• Counselors are responsible for securing the safety &
confidentiality of any counseling record they create,
maintain, transfer, or destroy whether the records are
written, taped, computerized or stored in any other
medium.

32. CONFIDENTIALITY
AREAS DESCRIPTION
RECORDS • Counselors recognize that counseling records are kept for
the benefit of the clients therefore provide access to record
and copies of record when requested by competent clients
unless it contains information that may be misleading or
detrimental to the clients.
• Counselors obtain written permission from clients to
disclose or transfer records to legitimate parties unless
exception to confidentiality exists.
RESEARCH &
TRAINING
• Use of data derived from counseling relationships for
purposes of training, research or publication is confined to
content that is disguised to ensure the anonymity of the
individuals involved. Identification of client involved

33. CONFIDENTIALITY
AREAS DESCRIPTION
RESEARCH &
TRAINING
• is permissible only when the client has reviewed the
material and has agreed to the presentation or
publication.
CONSULTATION • Information obtained in a counseling relationship is
discussed for professional purposes only with
persons clearly concerned with the case. Before
sharing information, counselors make efforts to
ensure that there are defined policies that
effectively protect the confidentiality of information
with other agencies serving the counselor’s clients.

34. PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
AREAS DESCRIPTION
STANDARDS OF
KNOWLEFGE
• Counselors have a responsibility to read, understand,
and follow the Code of Ethics and Standards of
Practice
PROFESSIONAL
COMPETENCE
• Counselors practice only within the boundaries of
their competence based on their education, training,
supervised experience, state and national
professional credentials and appropriate professional
experience. Counselors will demonstrate a
commitment to gain knowledge , personal awareness
, sensitivity & skills pertinent to working with a
diverse client population.

35. PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
AREAS DESCRIPTION
PROFESSIONAL
COMPETENCE
• Counselors practice in specialty areas new to them
only after appropriate education, training, &
supervised experience. While developing skills in new
specialty area, counselors take step to ensure the
competence of their work and to protect other from
possible harm.
• Counselors accept employment only for positions
which they are qualified by education., training
supervised experience, state & national professional
credentials & appropriate professional experience.

36. PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
AREAS DESCRIPTION
PROFESSIONAL
COMPETENCE
• Counselors continually monitor their
effectiveness as professionals and take
steps to improve their skills &
knowledge.
• Counselors refrain from offering or
accepting professional services when
their physical or emotional problems are
likely to harm clients or others.

37. COUNT ME IN, COUNT ME OUT: WILL I GIVE
UP MY JOB OR NOT?
1. In the area of counseling relationships of the Code of Conduct,, it states that,
“Counselors should not have any type of sexual intimacies with clients and do
not counsel persons with whom they have sexual relationship. Counselors
should not also engage in sexual intimacies with former clients within a
minimum of two years”.
2. What if you are a counselor and you have fallen in love with your client &
your client has also fallen in love with you. Since, it is unethical to pursue the
relationship, you will have to quit your job. Your job is also important to you.
Now, what will be your decision.
3. QUIT THE JOB or STAYON THE JOB. Why? Which is more ethical? Why is
it more ethical?

38. WILL I REPORT MY CLIENT OR NOT?
1.In the area of confidentiality of the Code of Ethics,
there is a portion on client’s right to privacy. What if
the counselor, in his/her conversation with the client,
found out that the client accidentally killed a person,
will you report the client to police or not? Explain
your answer.
2.WILL I REPORT? OR WILL I NOT REPORT?