1. Developing the Counseling Skill of Bracketing

2. David Kaplan ACA Chief Professional Officer dkaplan@counseling.org www.counseling.org/kaplan

3. Ethics background Member, ASCA ethics committee
Chair, IAMFC ethics committee
Developed IAMFC code of ethics
TFJ ethics columnist
Journal articles and conference presentations
Staff liaison to both the 2005 and 2014 ACA Ethics Revision Task Force.

4. Let’s talk lawsuits
Ward v. Wilbanks

5. ACA’s official position on the Ward Case
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Ethical Implications of a Critical Legal Case for the Counseling Profession: Ward v. Wilbanks

6. As a result of these cases…

7. An explicit focus on avoiding the imposition of a counselor’s personal values

8. A.4.b. Personal Values Counselors are aware of – and avoid – imposing their own values, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors.

9. Which extends to referrals
A.11.b
Counselors refrain from referring prospective and current clients based solely on the counselor’s personally held values, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors

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Ethical Bracketing

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The intentional setting aside of a counselor’s personal values from his or her professional values in order to provide ethical and appropriate counseling to all clients, especially those whose worldviews, values, belief systems, and decisions differ from those of the counselor.
Kocet & Herlihy, Journal of Counseling & Development,
April 2104, Vol. 92, p. 182.

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Ethical Bracketing

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Carl Rogers

14. Unconditional Positive Regard14
Unconditional Positive Regard

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Exercise Time!

16. The ACA knowledge center www.counseling.org
Where to go from here
The ACA knowledge center

17. David Kaplan ACA Chief Professional Officer dkaplan@counseling.org www.counseling.org/kaplan