CAREER

OPPORTUNITIES AND
AREAS OF
SPECIALIZATION OF
COUNSELORS
•The various counseling needs that
arise in different settings define the
career opportunities and specialization
of counselors. These areas include
Marriage and family counseling, child
and adolescent counseling,Group
counseling,Career counseling, School
counseling, and Mental health
counseling
MARRIAGE AND FAMILY
COUNSELING
••refersto the efforts to establish an
encouraging relationship with a
couple or family and appreciate the
complications in the family system.
CHILD AND ADOLESCENT
COUNSELING
• Child and adolescent counseling is a
developing area of expertise in the
counseling profession. Common
problems include Child Abuse,
Child/Adolescent depression, and
antisocial behavior.
GROUP COUNSELING
•Is a practice can be located in
most counseling programs are
becomes an essential part of
the counselors system.
CAREER COUNSELING
•Is an evolving and challenging
counseling field.This type of
counseling aids individuals on
decisions and planning
concerning their career.
SCHOOL COUNSELING
•refers to the process of
reaching out to students with
concerns on drugs, family, and
peers or gang involvement.
MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING

•Is manifested in the challenges

posed by its clientele with mental
disorders. Mental disorders
include serious
depression,schizophrenia , and
substance.
RIGHTS RESPONSIBILITIES AND
ACCOUNTABILITIES OF COUNSELORS

•Undertaking ethical decisions are not easy.

Most of the time, we rely on our values.
Code of ethics help counselors to remind
them of their rights, responsibility and
accountabilities in the counseling profession.
THE CODE OF ETHICS
OF THE COUNSELORS IS
DIVIDED INTO SEVEN
SECTION
a. Counseling relationship
b. Confidentiality
c. Professional responsibility
d. Relationships with others professional
e. Evaluation assessment, and interpretation
f. Teaching, training and supervision
g. Research and publication.
We shall only be presenting in details
three of the seven areas counseling
relationship, confidentiality and
professional responsibility.
The following tables below provide a
sample code of ethics which are
incorporated in the code of ethics of
the american counseling association.
 Areas . Description

1.Client Welfare •counselors primary

responsibility is to respect the
dignity and to promote the
welfare of clients. Also
Counselor work with thier
clients in considering
employment in jobs that are
consistent with the over all
abilities of the clients.
 •counselors do not engage in
2. Respecting Diversity discrimination based on age, color,
culture, disability, ethnic
group,gender,race ,religion, sexual
orientation, mental status and socio
economic status. Counselors shall
respect differences and understand
the diverse cultural backgrounds of
their clients.
•counselors shall disclose the
3.Clients Right purposes,goals,techniques,procedure
s,limitations,potential risks, benefits
of the services that the Counselors
offer clients the freedom to choose
whether to enter into counseling
Relationship.
 •in cases where the client is recieving
4.Clients Served by services from another mental health
others professional ,with clients consent,
inform the professional peraon
already involved to develop an
agreement.

•maintain respect for clients and avoid

5.Personal needs and acrions that seek to meet their
values personal needs at the expense of hte
clients counselors shall be aware of
their attitudes, beliefs, behavior, and
avoid imposing thier values on clients.
6.Dual Relationship •counselors are aware of their
infuential position over their
clients and avoid exploiting the
trust and dependency of the
clients

7. Sexual Intimacies •counselors should not have any

type of sexual intimacies with
with clients clients and do not counsel
persons with whom they have
sexual relationship.
8. Multiple Clients •in cases where counselors
agree to provide counseling
services to two or more
persons who have a
relationship

9. Group work •counselors screen

prospective group counseling
/therapy participants to
determine those with
compatible needs.
10. Fees •prior to entering the
counseling relationship, the
counselors clearly explain
the clients all financial
arrangements related to
professional fees.
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Prepared by:
Romar John Apurado
Kristil Amarila