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CODE OF ETHICS BY PGCA
Chapter 2
Counseling Relationship
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PHILIPPINE GUIDANCEANDCOUNSELING
ASSOCIATION,INC.
Accredited Professional Organization ofProfessional Regulatory Commission
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Chapter 2: Counseling
Relationship1. General Responsibility
Counselors have a primary responsibility to
respect the integrity and promote the welfare
of their clients.They work collaboratively with
clients in creating counseling that are consisted
with client abilities and needs.
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2. Confidentiality
The counselor must preserve and safeguard the
confidentiality of the clients except:
2.1 When disclosure is required to prevent clear
and imminent danger to the client or others;
2.2When legal requirements demand thatconfidential matter be revealed;
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3. TO BE INCORPORATED WITH RESEARCH
Children and Persons with Diminished Capacity.
Counselorsc
onduc
t the informedc
onsentprocess with those legally appropriate to give
consent when counseling, assessing, and
having as research subjects children and/or
persons with diminished capacity.
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These clients also give consent to such services
or involvement commensurate with their
capacity to do so.
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4. Maintenance of Records
Counselors must maintain records in sufficient
detail to track the sequence and nature ofprofessional services rendered and consistent
with any legal, regulatory, agency, or
institutional requirement.
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They secure the safety of such records and,
create, maintain, transfer, and dispose of them
in a manner complaint with the requirements ofconfidentiality and other articles of this Code of
Ethics.
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5. Access to Records
Counselors must understand that clients have
the right to access their counseling records.Disclosure of such information to others is
possible only through the clients informed
consent or when mandated by law
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6. Dual Relationships
Counselors must avoid personal, intimate and
or business relationships with clients that mayjeopardize this Code ofEthics
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7. REFER TO CHAPTER I NUMBER 8Respecting Diversity
Counselors actively work to understand the
diverse cultural background of the clients withwhom they work, and do not condone or
engage in discrimination based on age,color,
culture, ethnicity, disability, gender, religion,
sexual orientation, marital, or socioeconomic
status.
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8. INCLUDE CHAPTER 4
Consulting with other Professionals
Counselors may consult with otherprofessionally competent persons about the
client. However, if the identity of the client is to
be revealed, it is done with the written consentof the client.
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Counselors choose professional consultants in a
manner which will avoid placing the consultant
in a conflict of interest situation.
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9. Relationships with Former Clients
Counselors remain accountable for any
relationships established with former clients.Those relationships could include, but are not
limited to those of a friendship, social, financial,
and business nature.
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Counselors exercise caution about entering any
such relationships and take into account
whether or not the issues and relationaldynamics present during the counseling have
been fully resolved and properly terminated.
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10. REFER CHAPTER 2 NUMBER 8Sexual Intimacies
Counselors avoid any type of sexual intimacies
with clients and they do not counsel persons
with whom they have had a sexual relationship.
Counselors do not engage in sexual intimacies
with former clients within a minimum of three
years after terminating the counseling thecounseling relationship.
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This prohibition is not limited to the three year
period but extends indefinitely if the client is
clearly vulnerable, by reason of emotional or
cognitive disorder, to exploitative influence by
the counselor. Counselors, in all such
circumstances,clearly bear the burden to
ensure that no such exploitative influence hasoccurred, and to seek consultative assistance.
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11. Termination of Counseling
Counselors must terminate the counseling
relationships when it is deemed necessary.More specifically terminating the counseling
relationships should be done when
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11.1. goals ofcounseling have been met.
11.2. clients condition is beyond the counselors
expertise.11.3. transference or counter-transference
issues are evident.
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12. Computer UseWhen computer applications are used as a
component ofcounseling services, as in testing
or assessment,counselors must ensure that: (a)
client is capable of using the computer
application; (b) the computer application is
appropriate to the needs of the client; and (c)
the client understands the purpose andoperation ofcomputer application.
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Pertinent records stored in the computer suchas counseling transcription, test data and
personal information data must be kept withconfidentiality. In any case,computer
applications do not diminish the counselorsresponsibility to act in accordance with the PGCA
Code ofEthics, and in particular, to ensureadherence to the principles ofconfidentiality,
informed consent, and safeguarding againstharmful effects.
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