I believe, one decide if he/she is competent as a therapist to treat client is when the therapist feel confident in his/her knowledge, training, and supervision in the full scope in the profession equipping the therapist through the various skillsets. Also, by knowing and understanding the legal and ethical concepts and ramifications within his or her professional practice. There are other aspect that would help to decide if the therapist to become competent to treat a client and that is knowing the characteristic of self or the quality of self. Being competent as a professional therapist require some basic prerequisites that is require within the individual self as a therapist (Gehart, 2014). Some of the characteristic within individual that …show more content…
If the therapist has a good understanding on what diversity really is and view the client as an individual regardless of the client humanistic make-up and look at the client content of his/her issues then it would be possible to see client due to race, gender, sexuality and religious belief. The CAMFT Code of Ethics points out a specific understanding about therapist being aware of his/her own personal values and not to put those values on their clients (Gehart, 2014). I believe that it is the prejudice of the therapist that create his/her discriminatory behavior or mindset toward client prohibiting the unwillingness to provide the quality of care professionally and …show more content…
The therapist who co-counsel can provide support helping the therapist to guide and navigate through the difficult challenges that he/she might encounter. Also, co-therapy can helps the therapist who feel he/she is unable to see the client to recognize ethical dilemmas in practice setting also to recognize situations in which ethics, laws, professional liability, and standards of practice applicable. Being and becoming an ethical practitioner as a marriage family therapist, one must understand to make the best decision possible through ethical reasoning have the ability to stay within the confines of law, regulations, and the code of ethics by implementing the ethical guidelines and principle to be an effective therapist in a clinical