Professional CounselingCounselor Ethical Boundaries and Practices Assignment Guidelines Directions: Follow the directions below to write a paper of 1,500-1,750 words on counselor ethical boundaries and practices. For this paper, write from the perspective that you are a professional counselor in the field. Provide a thoughtful response to each of the following three sections, including specific, concrete examples to illustrate your ideas. Use the section headings provided below to separate each section of your paper. Your final deliverable should be one cohesive paper addressing all three sections along with an introduction and conclusion. Section 1: Boundary Issues and Dual Relationships Part A – Decision-Making Model and Counseling Examples How would you determine if a boundary-crossing or dual relationship is ethical and appropriate? What criteria would you consider when making your decision? Present examples of how you would apply this criteria to at least four counseling situations in which you believe the dual relationship issues are complex and ambiguous. One of your examples should address the issues of physical attraction between clients and counselors. Part B-Ethical Issues and Dimensions In addition, examine these issues in terms of former clients. Address the following: Do the ethical issues (and your opinion about appropriateness) change, depending on how long after the termination of therapy a dual relationship is initiated? What are the key ethical dimensions that might change, after the termination of therapy? Present an example of a situation that you believe would constitute a boundary violation with a current client but might be acceptable with a former client. Section 2: Professional Collaboration in Counseling Part A – Working with a Multidisciplinary Team Explain why counselors frequently collaborate with other stakeholders regarding a client's care in order to maintain professional and ethical boundaries and practices. For example, professional counselors frequently work with clients with addiction issues. Addiction counselors may work with clients who also have a co-occurring disorder. The specific roles of each of these counselors are well defined; straying into an area outside your scope of practice is unethical. How would you work independently as a counselor within your scope of practice as well as collaboratively with other mental health professionals to ensure quality client care? What is the role of a counselor in a multidisciplinary team? Part B –Relationships with Supervisors and Colleagues Describe the ethical issues involved in the supervisor-counselor relationship. How is this relationship similar to the counselor-client relationship? How is it different? Outline a series of criteria and describe how you would integrate the criteria into an ethical decision-making model to respond to issues of incompetence and/or unethical conduct by fellow counselors. Section 3: Development of Your Thinking about Ethics Clearly describe what you consider to be the most important developments in your thinking about ethical practice that have occurred during this course. This may include areas in which you have clarified your views and beliefs, modified your thinking on a given issue, gained new insights, or acquired a new perspective. It may include issues whose complexity you now appreciate more fully or difficult issues that you now understand you must grapple with, as a counselor. What have you most learned about yourself and/or about what constitutes becoming an ethical practitioner and how has your thinking about ethics and legal issues changed? Be sure that you include specific examples to illustrate general statements. NOTE: You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin (NO Plagiarism). Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide Include at least five scholarly resources in addition to the textbook in your paper.

Protocol:  The board is a chance for you to express your own opinions and personalities, so you can go off in different directions, as long as you’re clearly responding to the topic.  Do NOT attach a separate document with your typed comments. Instead, write/reply directly in the thread. Always title your post with the name of the article or a brief summary of its content, so people know at a glance your focus (e.g., World's oldest calendar, Hunter-gatherer diet, "My attempt at a syllogism," "My reaction to Satyricon," etc.). Feel free to post articles, images, etc. I might award extra points to clever and relevant links, and I’ve given a couple of examples in the slides that follow Stonehenge in the slideshow. But please – no tired memes or tweets, and absolutely nothing cruel or off-color.    Grading:  Before you start writing, you're expected to read all topics, which are testable on the exam. You get an initial 5 points for writing a post on-topic (as opposed to chatting about your love life, your favorite bands, etc.). You get a further 10 points for writing a coherent and reflective consideration of the chosen topic. This initial post must be at least 200 words and must include a word count at the end. You get 5 points each for responses (at least 50 words each) to two other students posts, one of which must be on a different article/subject that your own initial post. That way you're always discussing at least two different topics. You should be sympathetic to and interested in what your peers have to say, and it should be clear from your response that you've read the article(s) in question. Frivolous, dishonest, or obviously undeveloped responses will earn No Credit. You will lose points for any missing, off-topic, or poorly developed elements (initial post/peer response/peer response). Otherwise, follow the directions and you'll get the points: it's Either/Or! I want everyone to feel their opinions are respected and equally valid (whether you consider yourself a “good” writer or not), so as long as you do this to my satisfaction, you’ll get full credit. Module 1:  Using the questions below as a jump-off point, respond to one of these assigned readings (200 words minimum) and then to at least two other students posts, one of which must be on a different reading. At least 300 words total are expected (be sure to add word count). REMINDER: all readings are assigned and testable on the exam, whether or not you write on them as your D-Board response. Option 1: World’s Oldest Calendar:  What circumstances does Vince Gaffney suggest in the interview that might have prompted or encouraged the development of such early technology and cooperation? Does it seem plausible to you, and why (or why not)? Explain. 1.8: World's Oldest Calendar (READ / VIEW) Option 2: How We Grew So Big: What impression does the article give of the lives of our hunter-gatherer ancestors? How has our technology superseded (outdistanced) our biology in the modern world? 1.5: Michael Lemonick & Bryan Walsh - How We Grew So Big (READ) Option 3: Composer's Neanderthal Recreation: What do we learn about the Neanderthals from the BBC article? Cite two key details, at least. What’s your reaction to Simon Thorne’s creation? Is it music to you, and what makes it so -- or not? Finally, is there some kind of story being performed, and what do you think it's conveying? 1.6: Simon Thorne - Neanderthal (READ / LISTEN)

Please select one of the two prompts to address, and then respond to someone that chose the opposite prompt that you addressed.CrimeMany people say that crime is everywhere. Do you believe that this is a true statement? Assess your community. What are the types of crimes that have the most instances? What do you believe could be done to address these types of crimes in your community? How would you use a strength-based approach when advocating client that had been convicted of a crime?ViolenceViolence can be present in many different forms. What are some of the examples of violence that you have been exposed to? What is the difference between crime and violence? What strategies would you use to combat violence? Is there such thing as a victim-less crime? Explain.