How will you intentionally and consistently practice self-assessment to ensure your ethical responsibility to wellness?”

Your paper should be constructed with three (3) parts. Part 1 (two pages): Please include a true moral conflict (Abortion counseling for a graduate student who states that it just does not fit her lifestyle right now) Discuss the reason this value is important to you.

Include biblical principles that support your value, please include Scripture references. In addition, refer to two (2) commentaries related to that Scripture reference.

Discuss how you would feel if the person you were counseling asked you to assist them with a goal that was opposite of your value system. Include countertransference in your discussion. Please cite your source. Part 2: Consider the stress that may come when counseling outside of your own value system. How would you recognize burnout in yourself?

How will you intentionally and consistently practice self-assessment to ensure your ethical responsibility to wellness?”

Part 3 (up to one page):] In your paper, consider the concept of advocacy for the profession.

Think critically to apply best practices in advocacy as you identify and discuss ways in which maintaining ethical boundaries and engaging in self-care supports and displays this important counselor activity. A.11.b. “Counselors refrain from referring prospective and current clients based solely on the counselor’s personally held values, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors. Counselors respect the diversity of clients and seek training in areas in which they are at risk of imposing their values onto clients, especially when the counselor’s values are inconsistent with the client’s goals or are discriminatory in nature.” (American Counseling Association, 2014, p. 6)

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