Main Post Discussion B Ethical Challenges Related to Record Keeping/Report A professional counselor uses record keep for a number of different reasons, when treating clients. Their primary purpose of keeping records is to assist in providing clients best possible counseling service (Remly & Herlihy, 2014). Record keeping helps counselors to refresh their memory prior to their sessions. Record keeping is not only beneficial to the counselor but the client as well, it helps to measure their progress and change during their sessions. There are also some ethical challenges or dilemmas related to record keeping and reporting in which records are subpoenaed by a judge or any legal representative requests records of a client. ACA code of ethics in section B.4.e. and Section B.4.c. Standard B4.e. requires counselors to obtain written permission from clients to disclose or transfer records to legitimate third parties unless exceptions to confidentiality exist (ACA, 2014). This is an ethical challenge when a counselor is subpoenaed for record legally even if a client has not signed off on it. Standard B.4.c addresses the issue of informed consent (ACA, 2014). This has became an ethical challenge in the legal system when it comes to electronically recording or observing a session. Addresses The Challenges In Remly and Herlihy (2014) textbook they recommend a counselor to always consult with their own attorneys before turning over records or appearing at a deposition hearing, or trail in response to a subpoena. Although a subpoena is a legal court order, counselors have to be mindful of what information to turn over. Many attorneys will accept summaries of notes or any other compromises (Remly & Herlihy, 2014), When counselors turn over records to legitimate third parties written document is always best, the Standard of Practice (SP-15) requires a clients consent to disclose information but does not have to be written. Writing consent shows evidence confidently is not broken if a client or other parties denies the consent. References American Counseling Association (ACA). (2014). 2014 ACA code of ethics [White Paper]. Retrieved from http://www.counseling.org/docs/ethics/2014-aca-code-of-ethics.pdf?sfvrsn=4. Remley, T. P., Jr., & Herlihy, B. (2014). Ethical, legal, and professional issues in counseling (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education. PAGE 6 Insert your header here by using “Insert” then “Header” then “Edit” PUT IT ALL IN CAPS Running head: INSERT HERE 1 This is the Title of My Ethical Autobiography My Name Course Name Walden University Abstract Put 50 to 100 word abstract here. An abstract is a short overview of what the paper will address. Repeat Your Title Here You will begin your Ethical Autobiography with an introduction. Do not type the word “Introduction.” The following outline is for reference only. You will not include the numbers or letters of your main points, but will follow standar ...

1. Main Post Discussion B
Ethical Challenges Related to Record Keeping/Report
A professional counselor uses record keep for a number of
different reasons, when treating clients. Their primary purpose
of keeping records is to assist in providing clients best possible
counseling service (Remly & Herlihy, 2014). Record keeping
helps counselors to refresh their memory prior to their sessions.
Record keeping is not only beneficial to the counselor but the
client as well, it helps to measure their progress and change
during their sessions. There are also some ethical challenges or
dilemmas related to record keeping and reporting in which
records are subpoenaed by a judge or any legal representative
requests records of a client. ACA code of ethics in section
B.4.e. and Section B.4.c. Standard B4.e. requires counselors to
obtain written permission from clients to disclose or transfer
records to legitimate third parties unless exceptions to
confidentiality exist (ACA, 2014). This is an ethical challenge
when a counselor is subpoenaed for record legally even if a
client has not signed off on it. Standard B.4.c addresses the
issue of informed consent (ACA, 2014). This has became an
ethical challenge in the legal system when it comes to
electronically recording or observing a session.
Addresses The Challenges
In Remly and Herlihy (2014) textbook they recommend a
counselor to always consult with their own attorneys before
turning over records or appearing at a deposition hearing, or
trail in response to a subpoena. Although a subpoena is a legal
court order, counselors have to be mindful of what information
to turn over. Many attorneys will accept summaries of notes or
any other compromises (Remly & Herlihy, 2014), When
counselors turn over records to legitimate third parties written
document is always best, the Standard of Practice (SP-15)

2. requires a clients consent to disclose information but does not
have to be written. Writing consent shows evidence confidently
is not broken if a client or other parties denies the consent.
References
American Counseling Association (ACA). (2014). 2014 ACA
code of ethics [White Paper]. Retrieved from
http://www.counseling.org/docs/ethics/2014-aca-code-of-
ethics.pdf?sfvrsn=4.
Remley, T. P., Jr., & Herlihy, B. (2014). Ethical, legal, and
professional issues in counseling (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River,
NJ: Pearson Education.
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6
Insert your header here by using “Insert” then “Header” then
“Edit” PUT IT ALL IN CAPS
Running head: INSERT HERE
1
This is the Title of My Ethical Autobiography
My Name
Course Name
Walden University
Abstract

3. Put 50 to 100 word abstract here. An abstract is a short
overview of what the paper will address.
Repeat Your Title Here
You will begin your Ethical Autobiography with an
introduction. Do not type the word “Introduction.” The
following outline is for reference only. You will not include the
numbers or letters of your main points, but will follow standard
APA heading format as usual.
Section I. Influences on My Moral and Ethical Development
A. Main Idea #1 - First category of influence
1. Corresponding supporting point
2. Corresponding supporting point
B. Main Idea #2 - Second category of influence
1. Corresponding supporting point
2. Corresponding supporting point
C. Main Idea #3 - Third category of influence
1. Corresponding supporting point
2. Corresponding supporting point
Here are some issues to consider for the main ideas in Section I.
You are not limited to these....
•You may share how you developed a sense of right and wrong.
•Who/what influenced your moral and ethical development?
•What is your idea of right and wrong? Are there absolutes or
are there shades of gray? Do the same guidelines apply in all
circumstances?
Section II. Experiences that Contributed to My Personal and
Professional Development
A. Main Idea #1 - First category of experiences

4. 1. Corresponding supporting point
2. Corresponding supporting point
B. Main Idea #2 - Second category of experiences
1. Corresponding supporting point
2. Corresponding supporting point
C. Main Idea #3 - Third category of influence
1. Corresponding supporting point
2. Corresponding supporting point
Here are some issues to consider for the main ideas in Section
II. You are not limited to these....
•What experiences contributed to your personal and professional
beliefs? Are your personal and professional beliefs congruent?
•What aspects of your personality and work ethic are most
compatible with the counseling field? Which aspects are the
least compatible?
•Was there a time, in your personal or professional life, when
you felt that your confidentiality was violated, that you were
involved in a dual relationship in which you felt uncomfortable,
or perhaps an issue resonated unexpectedly with you (e.g.,
transference)?
•What are some of your basic values that guide your work and
your life? What experiences have potentially influenced your
decision making?

5. Section III. Legal and Ethical Issues in Counseling as they
Relate to My Ethical Autobiography
*APA should be present in this section to support the
information you provide about the main ideas
A. Issue #1
1. Describe
2. Potential Ethical Challenge for Addressing Issue in Practice
3. State or region laws or statutes that might apply to this
ethical challenge
4. Reference specific codes of ethics that you ascribe to for
your practice and how adhering to ethics and law present
challenges for addressing this issue you selected.
B. Issue #2
1. Describe
2. Potential Ethical Challenge for Addressing Issue in Practice
3. State or region laws or statutes that might apply to this
ethical challenge
4. Reference specific codes of ethics that you ascribe to for
your practice and how adhering to ethics and law present
challenges for addressing this issue you selected.
C. Issue #3
1. Describe
2. Potential Ethical Challenge for Addressing Issue in Practice
3. State or region laws or statutes that might apply to this
ethical challenge
4. Reference specific codes of ethics that you ascribe to for
your practice and how adhering to ethics and law present
challenges for addressing this issue you selected.
D. Issue #4
1. Describe
2. Potential Ethical Challenge for Addressing Issue in Practice

6. 3. State or region laws or statutes that might apply to this
ethical challenge
4. Reference specific codes of ethics that you ascribe to for
your practice and how adhering to ethics and law present
challenges for addressing this issue you selected.
Section IV. Reflection
A. Meaningfulness of the Assignment
a. Corresponding supporting point
b. Corresponding supporting point
B. Assignment Contributes to Professional Development
a. Corresponding supporting point
b. Corresponding supporting point
C. Corresponding supporting point Ways Ethical and Legal
Practice Influences Social Change
a. Corresponding supporting point
b. Corresponding supporting point
D. Values Reexamined in Course
a. Corresponding supporting point (personal)
b. Corresponding supporting point (ethical)
c. Corresponding supporting point (social-political values)
Conclusion
You will end of your Ethical Autobiography with a conclusion.
You should create a header entitled “Conclusion” for this
section in your paper. The conclusion is used to wrap up the
paper at the end. In the conclusion, you are to summarize the
points made earlier in the paper. All points should be in the
body of the paper and no new information should be put in the
conclusion. View the conclusion as the place where you “tell us
again, what you just told us.”
References

7. (Notice that this starts on a new page. To make sure it stays on
its own page, use Insert > Page Break.)Your references will
follow the general format below and will be double-spaced
without additional spaces between. Be sure to consult your APA
manual for specific instructions on reference formatting.
Provide a minimum of two (2) references that you are likely to
use in your Final Project.
LastName, FirstInitials. (year). Title of article in lower case
unless first word, proper noun, or following a colon. Journal
Title in Italics, volume(issue), 00–00.
Section I. Influences on My Moral and Ethical Development
A. Developmental of right and wrong
1. Things and people in my life that influence the person I grew
to become
a. Family
b. Religion
c. Spiritual backgrounds
2. Professional verse personal; do they equal out?
a. Contact and Participation
b. Do I hold my ethical thinking in my professional life and
same in the personal light?
B. Experiences and People who influenced my moral and ethical
development
1. Power of empathy and altruistic pleasure
2. Predisposition for justice and caring as a young child to help
people around me
C. My idea of right and wrong
1. The idea of maintenance: the degree in which people hold
onto the values and traditions of their culture or origin.
2. The adaptation of the APA ethical standards as a means for
valuing others rights.

8. Section II. Experiences that Contributed to My Personal and
Professional Development
A. Aspects of my personality and work ethic are most
compatible with the counseling field
1. The ability to be people driven first. Use my skills
of empathy and viewing the world as others see it in my work
setting to understand clients in a better light
2. The ability to feel compassion for others, to let
them know even though I may not be in the same boat as them. I
ability to feel responsibly for there well being and ability to
change lives
B. Decision Making
1. Basic values like honesty, respect and fairness in a
counseling session gives people around me the feeling to be
open and safe when discussing issues.
2. Know when to come from an ethics of justice or operating
from a position of caring.
Section III. Legal and Ethical Issues in Counseling as they
Relate to My Ethical Autobiography
*APA should be present in this section to support the
information you provide about the main ideas
A. Confidentiality
1. What and how much to share with others
2. The ability to hurt or harm a client in the process of trying to
help them
3. Standard of Practice (SP-15)
a. requires a clients consent to disclose information but does not
have to be written
4. Standard B4.e. requires counselors to obtain written
permission from clients to disclose or transfer records to
legitimate third parties unless exceptions to confidentiality exis

9. B. Record Keeping
1. Record keeping helps counselors to refresh their memory
prior to their sessions
2. ethical challenges or dilemmas related to record keeping and
reporting in which records are subpoenaed by a judge or any
legal representative requests records of a client State or region
laws or statutes that might apply to this ethical challenge
3. R Standard B.4.c addresses the issue of informed consent
Section IV. Reflection
A. Meaningfulness of the Assignment
a. This assignment gives me the opportunity to view growth. To
see where my understanding for laws and ethical understand
meet to protect client and myself
b. This paper allows to see how personal values and life
experiences intercept to positively impact my counseling
journey
B. Assignment Contributes to Professional Development
a. The ability to think about, use, and integrate what I learned
about myself and the experiences of others.
b. Closer understanding of how ethics and law form to help
counselings in the best possible way.
C. Corresponding supporting point Ways Ethical and Legal
Practice Influences Social Change
a. Corresponding supporting point
b. Corresponding supporting point
D. Values Reexamined in Course
a. My views on how I carry myself in my personal life, and bias
I may have (personal)
b. My ability to establish the differences between what is
ethically right and wrong in a counseling setting (ethical)
c. How my worldview and values shape how I feel about people
different than myself (social-political values)
References
American Counseling Association (ACA). (2014). 2014 ACA

10. code of ethics [White Paper]. Retrieved from
http://www.counseling.org/docs/ethics/2014-aca-code-of-
ethics.pdf?sfvrsn=4
Bashe, A., Anderson, S. K., Handelsman, M. M., & Klevansky,
R. (2007). An acculturation model for ethics training: The
ethics autobiography and beyond. Professional Psychology:
Research and Practice, 38(1), 60–67.
Herlihy, B., & Corey, G. (2015). ACA ethical standards
casebook (7th ed.). Alexandria, VA: American Counseling
Association.
Remley, T. P., Jr., & Herlihy, B. (2016). Ethical, legal, and
professional issues in counseling (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River,
NJ: Pearson.