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Ethical Counseling Chapter Summaries

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Chapter one This chapter of the book introduces the ethics foundation and includes some important objectives on teaching the process of ethical decisions. It briefly explained the differences of law and ethics. Furthermore, it introduces the ethical decision making that includes definitions of values, ethics, morality, community standards, positive ethics, and so forth.
Chapter two Chapter two talks about self-awareness, self-understanding, personal therapy, transference and countertransference, and the importance of focusing and helping the client. However, before the counselor can help the clients’ it’s crucial for the counselor to understand and recognize their own needs before they can direct the focus to the client’s needs. Including
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