Case Study: Overview

Ethical codes are a set of established standards developed by professional organizations. These codes are meant to guide the professional behavior of a discipline. For counselors, the ability to make sound ethical decisions in the client's best interest is paramount and can be challenging. Often, no clear answers exist with regard to dilemmas. Rather, the counselor's response is a reflection of best ethical fit and practice. Based on principles such as autonomy, justice, fidelity, nonmaleficence, and beneficence, the ethical codes that counselors espouse play a pivotal role to the therapeutic process.

In this assessment, you will have the opportunity to explore how and why ethics are important to the counseling profession. After reviewing a case that has ethical implications, you will describe the key elements of the case that must be addressed and identify how ethical codes apply. Using this information, you will formulate and justify a plan of action based on the application of an ethical decision-making model and historical precedents. Further, you will have the opportunity to reflect on the process of ethical decision making as it relates to the profession of counseling.

There are two parts to the final project: an ethical case study analysis and a self-reflection. The ethical case study analysis represents an authentic demonstration of competency because ethical codes are meant to guide the professional behavior of a discipline. The project includes one draft, which will be submitted at an earlier point within the course to scaffold learning and ensure a quality final submission. This draft will be submitted in Week Six. The ethical case study analysis will be submitted in Week Eight. The self-reflection will be submitted in Week Nine.

In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:

• Explain the historical influence and philosophy of the counseling profession as it relates to society

• Determine ethical standards and legal considerations in professional counseling as they relate to client case conceptualization

Prompt: In this assessment, you will analyze a case study by conceptualizing the case and applying a decision-making model that is appropriate for the situation. You will also have the opportunity to justify the decisions you are making and reflect on the process of making them.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

I. Case Conceptualization

a. Describe the key components of the case study that are essential in conceptualizing the case.

b. Identify the ethical codes that are relevant to working with this specific case in a professional counseling capacity.

II. Decision Making

a. Choose an ethical decision-making model that is appropriate for conceptualizing this case.

b. Using historical precedence, explain why you chose this decision-making model to conceptualize the case.

c. Apply the components of your chosen decision-making model to the case to determine the ethical and legal considerations that need to be made.

III. Reflection: Based on your personal philosophy of counseling, discuss how this case influences the practice of professional counseling in our society.

Information related to above question is enclosed below:

Attachment:- FinalEthics.rar