Guiza and Alejandro-Counseling Intern

Guiza and Alejandro-Counseling Intern

Name of the Case

The case for this discussion is “Scenario 2: Take the role of Guiza, a counseling intern assigned to work with Alejandro.”

Ethical Concerns

The ethical concern, in this case, is whether Guiza is competent and professionally trained to counsel a client whose faith is unfamiliar to Guiza. The component of ethics revolves around Guiza carrying out counseling sessions beyond the scope of her training and expertise, yet the counseling principle stipulates working within an individual’s competence (Ardi, Putra, & Ifdil, 2017).

Decisions

The first decision I would consider is to refer Alejandro to an expert. Alternatively, I would accept working with Alejandro but require close monitoring from a more experienced supervisor.

Risks and Benefits

Alejandro may not take it positively knowing that he has been referred to another expert when he entrusted Guiza’s organization to handle his case. Moreover, putting him on a waiting list for an expert may be too costly and may delay his treatment (Corey & Corey, 2021). However, being referred to the expert would help him address his condition properly.

Part 2

Case Scenario

Alan attends therapy sessions provided by his therapist, George. Alan is afraid that his bipolar condition will interfere with his work promotion. One day he calls George and threatens that he will kill his wife and then kill himself if he does not write a good medical report about his bipolar condition.

Ethical and Legal Issues

One ethical issue, in this case, is whether to write false statements about a client’s progress in therapy. The legal issue involves the threat to commit murder and violating his license by meeting the client’s demands (Remley & Herlihy, 2014).

Reactive Solutions

George has an ethical and legal responsibility to protect his client and others (Welfel, 2015). Therefore, the reactive solutions are calling the relevant authority at that moment and breaking the confidentiality code when the court is involved.

Proactive Solutions

Proactive solutions are putting Alan on a more intensive treatment and requiring caregivers or social workers to monitor him.

References

Ardi, Z., Putra, M. R. M., & Ifdil, I. (2017). Ethics and Legal Issues in Online Counseling Services: Counseling Principles Analysis. Jurnal Psikologi Pendidikan Dan Konseling: Jurnal Kajian Psikologi Pendidikan Dan Bimbingan Konseling, 3(2), 15.

Corey, M.S. & Corey, G. (2021). Becoming a Helper, Eighth Edition. Boston MA: Cengage Learning.

Remley, T. P., & Herlihy, B. (2014). Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues in Counseling (p. 528). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

Welfel, E. R. (2015). Ethics in Counseling & Psychotherapy. Cengage Learning.

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For this discussion, you will develop solutions for a case scenario in which ethical challenges are apparent. You will also recommend risk-management practices to prevent ethical and legal challenges for a scenario you create. To successfully complete this discussion, complete both Part 1 and Part 2 of the instructions provided below in your initial post.

Guiza and Alejandro-Counseling Intern

Scenario 2: Guiza and Alejandro
Guiza is a counseling intern who feels deeply committed to her clients. She does not want to impose her views on her clients but is aware that her moral principles are intimately connected to her beliefs. Guiza identifies as a devout Christian. She states she respects other religions but has no experience with any faith other than her own. Her client, Alejandro, tells Guiza that he is depressed most of the time and feels a sense of emptiness. He wonders about the meaning of his life. In Guiza’s assessment of Alejandro, she learns that he grew up without any spiritual guidance and that he recently joined a local Buddhist community that meets to chant and discuss readings. He has never explored another religion. He joined this group by the invitation of a coworker who was friendly and compassionate. Guiza notices she is strongly inclined to suggest that Alejandro at least go to a few Christian church services of different denominations to see if he might find any meaning in doing so.

Guiza’s supervisor is agnostic but has some experience working with clients who identify as non-religious/“spiritual,” Muslim, Buddhist, Christian, agnostic, and atheist. The supervisor has not engaged in any extensive study to learn more about various religions but has encouraged clients of different faiths to share what their spirituality means to them. The supervisor recommends that Guiza attend some Buddhist community events to learn more about Alejandro’s faith and talk to a religious leader of his faith to obtain relevant and authentic readings and videos.

When Guiza consults with a religious leader practicing the same faith as Alejandro, the leader agrees the description of Alejandro’s concerns would be considered outside of the norm in that community and that the leader would recommend counseling for a client with those challenges. However, the religious leader wonders whether Alejandro would receive the best quality of care possible, given Guiza’s lack of expertise with that faith. Guiza documents all the advice from the consultations.
Include each of the following in your initial post, using the headings provided for you in boldface to organize your work. Cite your textbook and additional Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible SourcesLinks to an external site. to defend your decisions.

Name of the case: Begin by identifying the case you are assigned.
Ethical concerns: Identify the potential ethical concerns involved in the counseling intern treating the assigned client(s).
Risks and benefits: Specify the potential risks and benefits of placing the client on a waiting list for a therapist with more expertise in the client’s area of concern.
Decisions: Considering the limitations within which one needs to work in the situation like the intern finds themself, state the decision or decisions you consider to be the best course of action.
Part 2: Reactive and Proactive Solutions
Review the information in your textbook on the topics of unethical behavior in a colleague, informed consent, confidentiality and privacy, documentation and keeping records, and ethical issues in a managed care environment. Include each of the following in your initial post, using the headings provided for you in boldface to organize your work. Cite your textbook and additional Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible SourcesLinks to an external site. to defend your decisions.

Case scenario: Create a one-to-two-paragraph description of a hypothetical case depicting at least one ethical dilemma and at least one legal violation or challenge. Your scenario must incorporate at least two of the topics listed above. Although not required, you are encouraged to create your scenario to address ethical and legal challenges you might encounter in a potential future career.
Ethical and legal issues: After describing the case scenario, explicitly identify the ethical and legal concerns. Minimally, cite and reference your textbook and relevant professional ethics codes pertinent to the profession represented in your scenario.
Reactive solutions: Next, propose solutions to the ethical and legal dilemmas you identified.
Proactive solutions: Develop a risk-management plan consisting of at least two practices to prevent the type of ethical and legal challenges you wrote about.