Dilemma+-+Group+B


 * Dilemma**: A high school counselor has recently become licensed as a professional counselor by her state and has decided to open a part-time private counseling practice. Very few counselors in her community have the background to counsel adolescent clients, and she believes there is a market for her services. She talks with the school district guidance coordinator, and they both agree that the high school counselors in her district do no personal counseling because their days are filled with administrative duties, testing, scheduling students, and classroom career development activities. The counselor and the guidance director agree that it would be appropriate for the counselor to accept students as clients in her private practice from the school where the counselor works because she would not be able to provide them with personal counseling at the school and some of them need personal counseling (Rockinson-Szapkiw, 2010).
 * Solution**: This dilemma states:“Very few counselors in her community have the background to counsel adolescent clients.”This part of the dilemma was interpreted by our group to mean that there could be other professional counselors available in the area that could counsel adolescent students and this would make the statement she made about the “market of her services” unethical.In accordance with the ASCA National Model, the Ethical Standards for School Counselors, Section F.1.f states:“Does not use his/her professional position to recruit or gain clients, consultees for his/her private practice or to seek and receive unjustified personal gains, unfair advantage, inappropriate relationships or unearned goods or services.”

Reference American School Counselor Association (2005). //The ASCA National Model: A Framework for School Counseling Programs,

Second Edition//**.** Alexandria, VA. Author.

Rockinson-Szapkiw, A.J., //Legal and Ethical Issues in School Counseling.// Liberty University: Lynchburg, VA. Retrieved July 20,

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Jeff Chase Tabatha VanDyke Andre Carpenter Jessie Green Stephen Hicks