COUN 515 Professional, Ethical and Legal Issues in Counseling

Introduction to dealing with professional and ethical responsibilities and multicultural issues in the counseling field. This course provides a legal and ethical framework for the counseling profession as well as a focus on standards and credentialing and current professional issues relevant to the work of the counselor.

Credits

3

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Ethical standards of professional counseling organizations and credentialing bodies, and applications of ethical and legal considerations in professional counseling (II.F.1i)
2. Technology’s impact on the counseling profession (II.F.1j; II.F.5e)
3. Strategies for personal and professional self-evaluation and implications for practice (II.F.1k)
4. Ethical and culturally relevant strategies for establishing and maintaining in-person and technology-assisted relationships (II.F.5d)
5. Legal and ethical considerations specific to clinical mental health counseling (V.C.2l)
6. The role of counseling supervision in the profession (II.F.1m)