PCN 505 All Assignments
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PCN 505 Week 1 Counseling Disposition Reflection Worksheet PCN 505 Week 3 Benchmark Value Objectivity Paper PCN 505 Week 4 Counselor Ethics and Responsibilities Paper PCN 505 Week 6 Benchmark State Credentialing Board Research Project PCN 505 Week 7 Scenario Analysis PCN 505 Week 8 (Benchmark) Counselor Ethical Boundaries and Practices -------------------------------------------------
PCN 505 Topic 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2
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Topic: Introduction to Professional Orientation, Ethics, and Legal Standards In your own words, where do you think laws, ethics, and values come from? Describe the similarities and differences between these three. Give an example of when you can be lawful, but unethical.
How can the ACA and NAADAC codes of ethics help you in providing treating to someone with different values than your own? What actions might you take to help you work through this conflict? -------------------------------------------------
PCN 505 Topic 2 DQ 1 and DQ 2
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Topic: Professional Orientation, Licensing, and Credentialing
Janet has been seen by you for treatment of depression. On intake, she disclosed that she was in AA and had been sober for 6 months. Janet seems to be happy with her progress, but after a few sessions, she seems to be noncommunicative and upset. After six sessions, she discontinues therapy with you. You learn that she has engaged another counselor who treats alcohol use and the co-occurring disorders. This morning you received notice from your licensing board that Janet filed a complaint against you alleging that you attempted to treat Janet’s addiction to alcohol and that you did not have the expertise necessary to do so. You are a Licensed professional counselor but you have not obtained training in addictions. Based on this information, answer the following questions: 1. Does Janet have a valid complaint? Why or why not? 2. How would you respond to the Licensing board complaint? 3. How would you avoid this type of complaint in the future?
DQ 2 Present examples of why counselors in private practice have special risks and obligations with regard to ethical decision making that may be different from those of counselors who practice in agency settings. What special precautions or practices should a private practitioner adopt in order to minimize professional liability and ensure that their treatment of clients remains soundly within the boundaries of professional practice standards? -------------------------------------------------
PCN 505 Topic 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2
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Topic: Values and Cultural Issues in Professional Ethics
How can multicultural competence be an ethical issue as it relates to professional standards regarding competence to practice? Present three examples of how a counselor's lack of cultural awareness could affect the quality and outcomes of counseling. What steps could be taken to ensure that counseling a client is both culturally competent and ethical? Cite a multicultural-related code from the ACA or NAADAC codes of ethics.
DQ 2
Topic: Values and Cultural Issues in Professional Ethics
Describe in detail situations in which referring your client to a different counselor and/or agency should be considered. If referral is not an option, what ethical alternatives could you identify to continue to work
with this client? Include references to the ACA and/or NAADAC code of ethics to support your response. -------------------------------------------------
PCN 505 Topic 4 DQ 1 and DQ 2
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Topic: Client Rights, Counselor Responsibilities, and Confidentiality
Sheila came to your office about 8 months ago seeking counseling. She stated that she, "hoped to save her marriage." After a few sessions with Sheila, you suggested that couples counseling might be helpful, but her husband, Roy, refused to participate. Three months ago, Sheila and Roy went through a very nasty breakup of their marriage, and now you have been subpoenaed to produce all of your records pertaining to Sheila's treatment. Sheila has told you not to comply with the subpoena.
What should you do? Why?
Describe the specific steps you would take in responding to the subpoena.
DQ 2
Topic: Client Rights, Counselor Responsibilities, and Confidentiality
Marcie is a new client and a 22-year-old female who works as a receptionist in a doctor's office. She has just revealed to you during the intake session that she has recently lost interest in most activities, has been sleeping a great deal yet feels tired all the time, and sometimes wishes she could cease to exist. She mentioned feeling as though she has been "on an emotional roller coaster" during the past year, throughout her on-again/off-again relationship with a 35-year-old married man. The last breakup with him seemed final, and Marcie has felt herself sinking deeper and deeper into depression ever since. When probed further about suicidal ideations, Marcie admitted that she has considered killing herself, although she is uncertain whether or not she would actually do it. She said that she is currently in possession of a gun that her friend allowed her to keep in her home following a rash of burglaries in the neighborhood, but she does not know whether she would actually use it.
You have consulted with your supervisor, who has agreed that Marcie should be referred immediately for a psychiatric evaluation and has instructed you to arrange for Marcie to go directly from your office to a nearby hospital. Marcie told you that her mother accompanied her and is in the waiting room, but she has emphatically stated that she does not want her mother to know what is going on with her. How should this delicate situation be handled? Why? What are three ethical and/or legal concerns about this case? -------------------------------------------------
PCN 505 Topic 5 DQ 1 and DQ 2
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Topic: Managing Boundaries and Multiple Relationships: Making Ethical Decisions Read the ACA and NAADAC Codes of Ethics and compare the positions that each takes on issues of dual relationships. Provide examples of dual relationships for which these codes do not give definitive guidance about the appropriateness of the relationship. How should a counselor make a decision to enter or not enter into a dual relationship?
DQ 2 Topic: Managing Boundaries and Multiple Relationships: Making Ethical Decisions How would you handle the following three situations? What would you do in each? 1. Your client expresses emotional or physical attraction to you and you have similar feelings for your client. 2. You have feelings of attraction to your client, but you do not know if your client has similar feelings toward you. 3. Your client expresses attraction to you, but you do not have any feelings of attraction toward your client. -------------------------------------------------
PCN 505 Topic 6 DQ 1 and DQ 2
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Topic 6 Topic: Ethical Issues in Family and Group Work
You are a counselor working at a publicly funded alcohol and drug treatment program. Your client, Doug, attends one of your counseling groups. Although he has a previous conviction and is on probation for possession of an illegal substance, he entered treatment as a voluntary client. Doug's probation officer recently learned from another probationer that Doug is in treatment, and the officer has sent you a letter requesting that you provide a progress report and an assessment of Doug's likelihood of relapse. The probation officer will use this information, if favorable, to petition the court for Doug's early release from probation. Discuss your options for responding to the probation officer's request and describe what you would do. Cite relevant legal issues, including federal confidentiality and privacy regulations in your discussion. Identify the specific circumstances under which you would provide the information requested by the probation officer. How would you handle this differently if Doug were involuntarily attending the group?
DQ 2 Topic: Ethical Issues in Family and Group Work Judith is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in private practice. She has a contract to facilitate psycho-educational groups for students in a local public high school. Many of the students in her groups are dealing with the divorce of their parents. Judith has decided to create a specific
psychoeducational group for adolescents whose parents are divorcing or divorced. What should be covered in her pregroup screening interviews with the students? -------------------------------------------------
PCN 505 Topic 7 DQ 1 and DQ 2
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Topic: Ethical Issues in Private Practice and Community Work You are the executive director of a small publicly funded behavioral health agency that serves indigent clients. After 10 years of being able to serve all clients seeking help, your agency has just received a 20% funding cut and must prioritize which services to discontinue and which clients to turn away. The community has many suggestions: stop serving undocumented immigrants and their children; stop serving substance abuse clients, limit all clients to six sessions, discontinue providing expensive services like psychiatry, lay off professional counselors and hire non-licensed paraprofessionals, stop providing counseling and instead simply offer peer self-help groups and parenting classes, serve only the most seriously ill (or the least seriously ill), and serve only children. How would you approach the difficult task of cutting services by 20% in a manner that reflects your ethical
obligations as a community counselor? What criteria would you consider? How would you make a final decision about what to cut from your program? Reference the ACA and/or NAADAC Code of Ethics to support your answer.
DQ 2 Topic: Ethical Issues in Private Practice and Community Work A managed care clinician completed a utilization review and has just denied authorization for you to continue treating a client. You believe that the client could benefit from four additional sessions. At the same time, you understand that the managed care clinician must apply criteria of medical necessity to justify continued treatment, and you are aware that many of your agency's clients have problems much more severe than your client's. Make a list of all of the ways that you could try to ensure that the managed care system does not prevent you from giving your client the type and duration of treatment services that he or she needs. Categorize each of the items into two groups reflecting those that would be considered professionally appropriate and ethical, and those that would be considered to be a violation of professional ethical standards.
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PCN 505 Topic 8 DQ 1 and DQ 2
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Topic: Professional Competence: Issues in Supervision and Consultation You are counseling in an agency setting in which your supervision consists of a weekly group staff meetings. At these meetings, agency policies, procedures, and other administrative issues are discussed. You are uneasy with this situation because you believe that true clinical supervision would help you improve your counseling skills and your current work with clients. You are also aware that you need a minimum number of documented hours of clinical supervision in order to obtain your independent counseling license, and you wonder if your supervisor’s brief notes about “staffing cases” as the activity in these staff meetings are sufficient documentation. Discuss the ethical issues involved in this situation, describe your options for how to proceed, and identify the option(s) you would choose. Explain your reasoning. Cite an ethical code in your response.
PCN 505 Topic 8 DQ 2
Darla is a Master’s of Arts in Professional Counseling student working at her prepracticum site. Mike is a prepracticum student assigned to the same prepracticum site as Darla. Both Darla and Mike report directly to the same site supervisor. About halfway through the prepracticum, Darla realizes that many of the clients assigned to Mike for counseling are coming to see her. Comments from Mike's clients have led Darla to believe that Mike is acting unethically. How should Darla handle this situation? What are the ethical and legal implications? If Darla tells her supervisor, and her supervisor does not act on her concerns, what are the ethical and legal implications? -------------------------------------------------
PCN 505 Week 1 Counseling Disposition Reflection Worksheet (100% Score)
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PCN 505 Week 1 Counseling Disposition Reflection Worksheet A Topic: Introduction to Professional Orientation, Ethics, and Legal Standards Complete the “Counseling Disposition Reflection Worksheet.”
While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Directions: Review the dispositions document and select three dispositions that you currently meet. Complete the chart by listing the dispositions met as well as a description of how the disposition is met. Each description response should be 75-100 words in length. [TABLE OMITTED HERE] Directions: Now that you have identified dispositions that you currently meet, review the disposition document again and consider any dispositions that you do not meet. Complete the chart below by adding the two dispositions you do not meet as well as a preliminary plan in regards to how you plan to improve the identified dispositions. Each description response should be 75-100 words in length. -------------------------------------------------
PCN 505 Week 1-8 All DQs
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PCN 505 Topic 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2 PCN 505 Topic 2 DQ 1 and DQ 2 PCN 505 Topic 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2 PCN 505 Topic 4 DQ 1 and DQ 2 PCN 505 Topic 5 DQ 1 and DQ 2 PCN 505 Topic 6 DQ 1 and DQ 2 PCN 505 Topic 7 DQ 1 and DQ 2 PCN 505 Topic 8 DQ 1 and DQ 2 -------------------------------------------------
PCN 505 Week 3 Benchmark Value Objectivity Paper (100% Score)
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PCN 505 Week 3 Benchmark - Value Objectivity Paper PCN 505 Week 3 Benchmark - Value Objectivity Paper Topic: Values and Cultural Issues in Professional Ethics Should a counselor remain value-objective about controversial issues presented by a client (such as abortion, suicide, adultery, drug use, domestic violence, child abuse, etc.)? Some counselors might argue that they should not express their values or criticize their clients for these behaviors, while others would say that expressing moral judgment is appropriate. Consider the information above and chapter 3 of the textbook. Write a 1,000-1,250-word paper addressing the following: Analyze the ethical implications of a counselor expressing their values to a client. Identify actions a counselor might take when confronted with clients they find difficult to treat due to differences in values/beliefs regarding one or more of the following issues: abortion, suicide, adultery, drug use, domestic violence, child abuse Identify factors that might lead a counselor to consider referring a client with any controversial issues to another counselor. Describe steps a counselor should take if referral is not an option. Be sure to use the ACA and NAADAC codes of ethics as guidelines when constructing your paper. Include three additional scholarly resources in your paper. The Writing Suggestions document provides further suggestions for writing a quality paper. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center. This benchmark assignment assesses competency 2.3: Analyze ethical issues in the practice of professional counseling. -------------------------------------------------
PCN 505 Week 4 Counselor Ethics and Responsibilities Paper (100% Score)
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PCN 505 Week 4 Counselor Ethics and Responsibilities Paper Access the "Counselor Ethics and Responsibilities Assignment Guidelines." You will be writing a 1,500-1,750-word paper. Complete the paper according to the assignment guidelines. Include at least six scholarly resources in addition to the textbook in
your paper. The Writing Suggestions document provides further suggestions for writing a quality paper. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required. This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center. -------------------------------------------------
PCN 505 Week 6 Benchmark State Credentialing Board Research Project (100% Score)
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PCN 505 Week 6 Benchmark - State Credentialing Board Research
Project Directions: The purpose of this project is to help you become familiar with the credentialing and regulatory processes that will govern your practice as a counselor. In order to complete this project, you will need to select a state to use as the basis for your research. You should select either the state in which you currently reside or the state in which you plan to practice. Information regarding credentialing in the state you have selected can be gathered in one or more of the following ways. (These are options. You are not required to do all three of these.) 1. (Preferred) Reviewing the content of the state credentialing board website. 2. Attending a public meeting of the state credentialing board. 3. Interviewing a member of the state credentialing board. Note: Please do not contact the board to get this information as most likely they will not get back to you in time to complete this assignment. State Credentialing Board Research Project Paper Using the information you gathered, write a 1,250-1,500-word paper on your state credentialing board. Include the following in your paper: 1. Identifying information about the state board (name, location, etc.) 2. Mission of the state board 3. Regulatory authority and scope (cite the statutes and rules that govern the board’s activities, describe the discipline(s) regulated by the board, and describe the scope of the board’s authority to regulate professional practice)
4. State board/committee structures through which the board performs its functions (committee names and responsibilities, frequency of meetings, topics included on board/committee agendas, and composition of board and committees) 5. Summary of the requirements for licensure or certification in the state 6. Description of the credentialing/licensing process, including the kinds of information reviewed to establish an applicant’s eligibility for certification or licensure for differing tier levels, and the typical number of applications processed per month 7. Description of the complaint process, from the initial receipt of a complaint to its final adjudication, and the typical number of complaints processed per month. What are some of the disciplinary outcomes cited? (Review the meeting notes to obtain this information). 8.Explain how the board refers legal issues that they cannot address to the appropriate agencies. If this information is not available, please describe the efforts you made to access it. -------------------------------------------------
PCN 505 Week 7 Scenario Analysis (100% Score)
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PCN 505 Week 7 Scenario Analysis Directions: Read the scenarios below. For each scenario, provide a 75150 word response to each question. Use the ACA and NAADAC Codes of Ethics and other scholarly resources to support your responses. You must provide at least one citation to support your response for each scenario. Citations and references should be presented in accordance with APA guidelines. Scenario One: Barbara is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) working for a nonprofit social service agency. Many of the clients in the agency are female domestic violence victims. The director of the agency has asked Barbara to develop a counseling group to serve the needs of these individuals. Question 1: What ethical matters should Barbara consider as she plans this group? Question 2: What methods should Barbara use to ensure confidentiality in the context of group counseling? Question 3: If breaches of confidentiality occur, how should Barbara manage them? Scenario Two: David is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) and a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) working for a family counseling center. Steve, one of his adult clients, would like to begin couples counseling with his wife. Question 1: What ethical matters should David consider before beginning to see Steve and his wife?
Question 2: What special issues of confidentiality may arise in the case? How should David address these issues? Question 3: How might differences in personal values and gender/cultural issues create ethical dilemmas in this case? Scenario Three: Stephanie is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) who has decided to start a private practice. As she makes her plans, there are many ethical issues she must consider. While these issues are of concern to all counselors, she must consider how they specifically impact a counselor in private practice. Question 1: How can she ethically handle limited resources, respond to discrimination, and promote community change? Question 2: As a service provider, with what ethical issues and practices related to state insurance laws and managed care must she be familiar? Question 3: What are the ethical obligations and limitations faced by a counselor who serves clients who have been the victim of discrimination, injustice, poverty, or lack of access to behavioral health services? -------------------------------------------------
PCN 505 Week 8 (Benchmark) Counselor Ethical Boundaries and Practices (100% Score)
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PCN 505 Week 8 (Benchmark) Counselor Ethical Boundaries and Practices Access the "Counselor Ethical Boundaries and Practices Assignment Guidelines." You will be writing a 1,500-1,750-word paper. Complete the project according to the assignment guidelines. Include at least five scholarly resources in addition to the textbook in your paper. The Writing Suggestions document provides further suggestions for writing a quality paper. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required. This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center. This benchmark assignment assesses the following competencies: • 1.2: Analyze independent and collaborative roles of the professional counselor. • 2.1: Evaluate elements of counselor-client relationships within the
practice of professional counseling, focusing on professional ethical standards. • 5.2: Recognize the importance of establishing and maintaining appropriate professional boundaries. -------------------------------------------------