Major Ethical Issues for Marriage Counselors

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Professionals confront various ethical issues at various stages in their development . Ethical beliefs and values vary among professionals . There would arise numerous doubts , confusions and ethical dilemmas in the development of these professionals . For example , counseling professionals are often put into trouble by questions like , how do the therapist 's values and life experiences affect the therapeutic

process What are the rights and responsibilities of client and helper ? How can help professionals determine their own level of competence ? How can therapists provide quality services for culturally diverse populations What are some major ethical issues facing practitioners in marital and family therapy

There are several value contradictions regarding issues like divorce Christian values never allow divorce at any circumstance . Bible has a typical stand concerning marriage and divorce . It says that man should not separate what God has united . Moreover , bible recommends separation if and only if the spouse is guilty of adultery . Bible recommends remarriage only in the case of death of wife /husband . Counselors who keep Christian values find themselves in dilemma as divorce becomes unavoidable in certain cases . Divorce is one of the greatest heartbreaks and feeling of failure in human life , and is a tragedy (Restorative Counseling Services , Inc , 2006 . But it can become a necessity as a result of abusive and debilitating behaviors (Restorative Counseling Services , Inc , 2006 . Instances of adultery , physical , emotional , and sexual abuse , as well as debilitating addictions may necessitate a time of separation for healing of the marriage and learning new strategies (Restorative Counseling Services , Inc , 2006 . Other abandonment or adultery may include lewd , repetitive acts of violence , abuse of the partner , substances , pornography , or any other behavior that brings destruction of the partner (Restorative Counseling Services , Inc 2006

Person-centered therapy , which is also known as client-centered non-directive , or Rogerian therapy , is an approach to counseling and psychotherapy that places much of the responsibility for the treatment process on the client , with the therapist taking a nondirective role (Mearns , 1999 . The person-centered approach considers the client as their own best authority on their own experience , and it views the client as being fully capable of fulfilling their own potential for growth (Mearns , 1999 . It also finds that achieving potential requires favorable conditions and that under adverse conditions individuals may well not grow and develop in the ways that they otherwise could (Mearns 1999 . Especially when individuals are denied acceptance and positive regard from others (or when that positive regard is made conditional upon the individual behaving in particular ways ) they may begin to lose touch with what their own experience means for them , and their innate tendency to grow in a direction consistent with that meaning may be stifled (Mearns , 1999

There are few other ethical issues confronted by marriage counselors Counselors try to improve the communication patterns among couples Marriage...