VALUES AND THE HELPING RELATIONSHIP

Introduction
Counselors and their client focus on issues of value and the meaning of life as they solve problems, develop strategies, and work towards goals.

i-The Short List of Universal Moral Values

Commitment to something greater than oneself To recognize the existence of and be committed to a Supreme Being, higher principle, transcendent purpose or meaning to ones existence To seek the truth (or truths) To seek Justice

ii-The Short List of Universal Moral Values

Self-respect, but with humility, self discipline, and acceptance of personal responsibility To respect and care for oneself To not exalt oneself or overindulge-to show humility and avoid gluttony, greed, or other forms of selfishness or self-centeredness To act in accordance with ones conscience and to accept responsibility for ones behavior

iii-The Short List of Universal Moral Values

Respect and caring for others (i.e. Golden Rule) To recognize the connectedness between all people To serve humankind and to be helpful to individuals To be caring, respectful, compassionate, tolerant, and forgiving of others

iii-The Short List of Universal Moral Values

To not hurt others (e.g., do not murder, abuse, steal from, cheat, or lie to others)

iv-The Short List of Universal Moral Values

Caring for other living things and environment

Question for reflection

Your 16-year-old client inform you that she is pregnant by her 17-year-old-boyfriend. She tells you that she does not love her boyfriend and was thinking about ending the relationship prior to the pregnancy. She wants to have an abortion and needs your help. You are pro-life and do not support abortion; however, you work in a public school that does not have policy prohibiting counselors from working with students considering abortion. What do you do?

Counselors Values in the Relationship

Counselors should become intensely involved in assessing their own values and how they affect their counseling process. It is highly unethical for counselors to impose their values on a client.

Counselors Values in the Relationship

The essential therapeutic values described by Strupp (1980) are that (a) people have rights, privileges, and responsibilities (b) have the right personal freedom (c) have responsibilities to others (d) should be responsible for conducting their own affairs, as much as they are able

Counselors Values in the Relationship

(e) should have their individuality respect (f) should be not dominated, manipulated, coerced, or indoctrinated (g) are entitled to make their own mistakes and learn from them.

Counselors Values in the Relationship

Values may be observed interpersonally within the counseling relationship through studying the perceived operation of: (a) support, the receiving of encouragement, understanding, and kindness from others (b) conformity, the following of rules and observation of societal regulations

Counselors Values in the Relationship

(c) recognition, the attraction of favorable notice and being considered important (d) independence, seeing oneself as being free to make ones own decisions and acting autonomously (e) benevolence, the experience of sharing, helping, and acting generously toward others. (Gordon, 1976)

Counselors Values in the Relationship

Clearly, the values of counselors are expressed through specific behaviors that affect the client in the counseling relationship.

APPLYING ETHICAL PRINCIPLES IN COUNSELING

Principle Ethics involves objectively applying a system of ethical rules and principles to determine what is the right or moral decision about an ethical dilemma.
Autonomy Beneficence Nonmaleficence Justice Fidelity

PRINSIP ETIKA

AUTONOMI
MERUJUK KEPADA HAK KLIEN UNTUK MEMILIH TINDAKAN SENDIRI SELAGI INI TIDAK MENJEJAS HAK INDIVIDU LAIN. KAUNSELOR PERLU MENGHORMATI KLIEN SEBAGAI INDIVIDU YANG MEMILIKI AUTONOMI DI MANA IA BERTANGGUNG JAWAB KE ATAS TINGKAH LAKU SENDIRI.

BENEFICENCE
PRINSIP BERBUAT BAIK TERHADAP INDIVIDU LAIN. INI MERUPAKAN FAKTOR YANG KRITIKAL DALAM KAUNSELING. KAUNSELOR YANG TIDAK MEMILIKI KEMAMPUAN ATAU TIDAK JUJUR TERHADAP KLIENNYA TIDAK AKAN MENYUMBANG KEPADA PERTUMBUHAN DAN KEBAJIKAN KLIEN. MALAH IA AKAN MEMBAWA PADAH KEPADA KLIEN DAN PROFESION.

NONMALEFICENCE
TIDAK MENCEDERAKAN ATAU TIDAK MENDATANGKAN BAHAYA KEPADA KLIEN. TIDAK MEMBUAT SEBARANG TINDAK TANDUK YANG BOLEH MEMBAWA RISIKO KEPADA INDIVIDU LAIN.

JUSTICE & FAIRNESS (KEADILAN)

KESAMAAN KLIEN TIDAK KIRA BANGSA, JANTINA DAN SEBAGAINYA. MAKA INI MEMBERI AKSES YANG SAMA KEPADA RAWATAN DAN PERKHIDMATAN DALAM SESEBUAH AGENSI.

FIDELITY (TAAT SETIA/KEPATUHAN/TIDAK MUNGKIR JANJI)

TIDAK BERBOHONG DAN TIDAK MELANGGAR KONTRAK (SEPERTI TIDAK MEMENUHI JANJI TANPA MEMBERI NOTIS TERLEBIH DAHULU ATAU MELANGGAR KERAHSIAAN.

PRINSIP ETIKA/MORAL
1. AUTONOMI (MENGHORMATI KEBEBASAN MEMBUAT PILIHAN) 2. NONMALEFICENCE (TIDAK MELAKUKAN KECEDERAAN) 3. BENEFICENCE (MEMBANTU) 4. JUSTICE (FAIRNESS-KEADILAN) 5. FIDELITI (TAAT) 6. VERACITY (HONESTY/TRUTHFULNESS KEBENARAN)

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