About Lesson
Ethics
Overview
This lesson aims to examine the role of ethics for the student counsellor. It will:
- Give reasons for ethical conduct
- Show some of the damaging practices that sometimes occur
- Consider how to avoid such problems.
Focus Questions
- What are the effects of student counsellors behaving in dishonest and incompetent ways?
- What kinds of professional standards do student counsellors need to meet?
- What kinds of unethical practices do they need to avoid?