Chapter 3 questions

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Chapter 3 questions

• At what point are counselors ethically obligated
  to refer a client because of conflict values?
  When would you feel it necessary to refer?
• What are some ways that religion and spirituality
  in counseling might conflict?

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Chapter 3 cont

• What is the possible role that a counselor might
  assume in a end-of-life decision by the client?
• If you were working with a couple, and if one
  person had been involved in an extramarital
  affair for some time, how might this affect your
  work with them?

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Values and the Helping Relationship C

• Value conflicts
• To refer or not to refer
• Referrals appropriate when moral, religious, or
  political values are centrally involved in a
  clients presenting problems and when
• Therapists boundaries of competence have been
  reached
• Therapist has extreme discomfort with a clients
  values
• Therapist is unable to maintain objectivity
• Therapist has grave concerns about imposing his
  or her values on the client

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Values

• Development of values systems are influenced by
• Family
• Peer group
• Culture
• Media
• Religion
• Education
• Politics

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Value Areas

• Education/New Knowledge Love/Affection
• Money/Possessions Security
• Religion/Morals Friendships
• Helping others Marriage/Family
• Health-Emotional and Physical Work/Career
• Achievement/Recognition Leisure

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Role of Spiritual and Religious Values in
Counseling

• Spirituality refers to
• General sensitivity to moral, ethical,
  humanitarian, and existential issues without
  reference to any particular religious doctrine
• Religion refers to
• The way people express their devotion to a deity
  or an ultimate reality
• Key Issues
• Can the counselor understand the religious
  beliefs of the client?
• Can the counselor work within the framework of
  the client?

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Policy on End-of-Life Decisions

• Various continuing care of treatment options
  exist, such as
• Aggressive treatment of the medical condition(s)
• Life-sustaining treatment
• Medical intervention intended to alleviate
  suffering (but not to cure)
• Withdrawing life-sustaining treatment
• Voluntary active euthanasia
• Physician-assisted suicide

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Values Pertaining to Sexuality

• Counselors need to know their attitude toward
• The belief that sex should be reserved for
  marriage only
• Sex as an expression of love and commitment
• Casual sex
• Group sex
• Extramarital sex
• Premarital sex
• Homosexuality
• Teenage sex