Navigating Value Conflicts in Counseling: Abortion Considerations
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American River College**We aren't endorsed by this school
Course
HSER 310
Subject
Philosophy
Date
Dec 11, 2024
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2
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#11 Value Conflict: Contemplating an Abortion (Lucia/Sally)Summary of role-play #11. In this part there is a value clash between the client and the counselor. The client (Sally) is considering an abortion, and the therapist has difficulty with this possible decision. The counselor (Lucia) says she is feeling uncomfortable because of her belief that life begins at conception. Lucia tells Sally that she will have to get some consultation so she can sort out her thinking.Your Reactions to the Role Play You Just ViewedIf you were the client in this situation, how might you have felt? Do you think you would have wanted to come back to the counselor?⦁ I would go back to the counselor becouse I would belive they would work around there own belfeWas the request to have time to consult on this the proper course to take? What other ways might the counselor have handled her conflicted values?⦁ I do think that was the proper course to take due to the counselor own belife. ⦁ The counselor could have set astide her own belifes and asked the the client what she feels is the right things to do, and do a pro and con list of how both would affect the client.Do you feel you have a sense of what value issues may cause a problem for you as a counselor? How would you resolve that ethically?⦁ For me I do dont belive in abortion unless a person was raped or molested.⦁ As a counselor I have to look at it from the persepctive of the client and what they feel they should do not my want or belifes.What are your values regarding a woman’s right to an abortion? How do you expect your values to help or hinder you in counseling a client like Sally?⦁ My values regarding woman's rights to a abortion is I do not believe in abortion or the day after pill.⦁ My values are mine and not Sally's so I cant tell her what she should do and do not do.1
If you were counseling Sally and she said she was considering having the baby and rearing it as a single mother, what would you want her to consider? Would you have any investment in the outcome of this decision?I would have to know more about Sally's upbring to be able to give you more of a detailed infomation on some of the things I would have her consid. I would let her know that rasing a child on her own is not ease. I would tell her infromation on potpartum depression and to let her know that there is alot of supportive pograms out there for single mothers. 2