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Read the following Case Study: Joe, a 35-year-old, male mental-health counselor, received a client referral, 35- year-old Jill, from a community-counseling clinic. He began providing counseling  services to her. Jill's problem was that she was unsatisfied with her current job as  a bank teller and was experiencing mild anxiety and depression. Joe had been  providing services to Jill for three weeks when she disclosed that she was  confused about her sexuality because she was sexually attracted toward women.  Joe immediately responded to Jill with wide eyes and a shocked look. He told Jill  that he was a traditional Catholic, who felt that this type of feeling was immoral  and wrong. He informed her that she should avoid thinking about this and pray  for forgiveness. He also told her that he felt uncomfortable talking about the issue  any further. Jill continued to talk to Joe about dealing with her family issues.  Joe had recently read about a new technique and immediately became excited  about trying it in therapy. He explained to her that he read an article in a  magazine about a new technique called rebirthing. The new technique was being  used in Europe to help people change their views about their relationships with  their family. "It is supposed to be really effective in almost wiping out your  memory of your family; it is like hypnosis" Joe said. "I would really like to try it on  you today, what do you think?" Jill declined his offer and continued to talk about  her family. Joe thought to himself that even though Jill said no, he was still going  to try to hypnotize her as they talked. He thought she could benefit from  hypnosis.  Jill disclosed that she was raised in a traditional Asian-American home with many  cultural influences and culture-specific rules and behavior. Jill was struggling with  balancing her individualism and her cultural heritage. Joe explained to her that  because he was living and working in a rural community, mostly consisting of  people of East European descent, he could not relate to Jill’s culture and the  issues with which she was struggling. He apologized and explained that he was  not required to study these cultural issues because of his geographical location.  Jill moved on to talk about her depression. She began talking about feeling lonely  and how it contributed to her depression. During a counseling session, she  revealed that she was attracted to Joe and would like a closer, intimate  relationship with him. Joe, aware that he was also attracted to Jill, talked about  his feelings toward her but explained that engaging in a relationship outside the  established counseling relationship was unethical. He informed her that because  of the mutual feelings of attraction, the counseling relationship would be  ineffective and that he would refer her to another counselor for continued  services. Jill agreed and they terminated the counseling relationship. Jill asked  for time to think it over and left the office. Later, she contacted him to continue  counseling and to discuss the referral. Joe agreed to meet her that evening at a  restaurant and bring her the referral information. That night they began an  intimate sexual relationship.  Joe never got around to providing the referral for Jill even though he was aware  of her ongoing state of depression and anxiety. Joe stopped seeing Jill after a  month of intimate sexual encounters. Joe enjoyed the relationship but felt guilty  due to the unethical nature of the relationship. Because of his continued concern  about Jill's depression, Joe considered going to his current clinical supervisor to  discuss the case. However, he decided against it and never contacted her. This  was because he and his supervisor had recently started a sexual relationship,  and he knew it would hurt the supervisor’s feelings if she knew of his sexual  relations with Jill.  Joe decided to call Jill's boss at the bank to check on her and see how she was  doing. He called her boss and explained that he had been counseling her for  anxiety and depression and wanted to check if she was feeling fine. Her boss  informed Joe that Jill had quit her job and was in the county hospital undergoing  treatment for severe depression. Joe quickly hung up and decided not to call or  visit the bank again. After thinking it over, Joe decided that general counseling  might not be for him. He decided to begin marriage and family therapy. He  ordered some business cards and advertised in the yellow pages. He thought,  “after all, I am a health counselor and it can’t be hard to counsel a couple. You  don't need anything special. I already have one degree, and that's enough!”  Analyze the behavior of the counselor, as a professional, which you consider unethical or unprofessional. Write a brief summary of the unbecoming behavior. Substantiate the summary with reasons for your analysis.   Then, examine the influence of your own personal values as it relates to the issues presented in the case. Write a brief summary of how your own personal values could influence you if you were the counselor in the case study. Next, focusing specifically on the issue of imposing values on clients, identify how the counselor may have been in violation of the ACA Code of Ethics. Give the number and definition of specific violations and compare these violations to the APA ethical standards. Remember – only list those which are related to the imposition of the counselor’s value system onto the client. Finally, in relation to these specific violations, describe the similarities or differences in the ACA and APA ethical code. Your paper should be at least 4 pages, not counting the title page and the reference page. Assignment 3 Grading Criteria Maximum Points Summarized the behavior they consider unethical and unprofessional in the case study. 15 Substantiated their analysis with reasons. 15 Examined the influence of their own personal values as it relates to the issues presented in the case. 15 Identified, using the specific section of the Code, how the counselor may have been in violation of the ACA Code of Ethics and substantiated each with reasons. 20 Described similarities and differences between the ACA and APA codes. 15 Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources, displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation. 20 Total: 100