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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.

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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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References:

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