Ethics Reflection #2
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Ethics Reflection #1
HPAC- 5301
Sarah Deaton
1.
Give reasons why people may be reluctant to attend counseling for the first time. In
your answer, be sure to include both externally motivated (e.g., motivated by others)
and internally motivated (e.g., motivated by self) reasons for this reluctance.
There are many reasons why a person might be reluctant to attend counseling for
the first time.
A client’s cultural background could not only be a cause for reluctance but
could also be a source of some obstacles when counseling is being considered. They
could be from a culture where it is seen as weak to express emotions, which could be an
externally motivated reason for reluctance to begin counseling. They would like to seek
treatment but fear the social stigma doing so may cause.
A client could also feel that a
counselor wouldn’t understand them, because they are not from the same culture. This
could be an internally motivated reason why someone might be reluctant to attend
counseling for the first time.
Stereotypes about gender can be a source of both internal
and external motivating factors that would lead to reluctance towards attending
counseling. In many cultures the stereotype for males, is that they be strong and not
show feelings. The idea of going to speak to someone about their feelings could be seen
as a sign of weakness. Even if a man does start therapy, they may be reluctant to talk
about it to the other people in their family or in their community for fear of judgement
from their peers. I think that a common internally motivating factor that would cause
reluctance to attend counseling is fear. If someone is experiencing emotions that are
disrupting their life to the point that they are considering counseling, there could be a
level of fear in the knowledge that they are about to confront difficult life experiences
that have been locked away for a long time. There can also be fear that counseling will
fail, and that in the end, the return you get for the effort you put in doesn’t equalize, and
in the end the person is no better off than where they started.
There could be a fear of
judgement present as well. They could be afraid of being judged by their friends, or by
the counselor, as that is the person, they will need to be the most open and honest with.
Another reason there would be reluctance in meeting a therapist, is having the
realization that they are not only meeting a new person, but they will be sharing some of
their deepest feelings and emotions with this new person. It is a real possibility that they
have never talked about these things with anyone. Conversely, being a subjective 3
rd
party could also make it easier for the person to open up. This I believe is where a
counselor has to pay attention to a client, and take cues off of them as to what they
need from their counselor when developing the counselor/ client relationship.
2.
.Compare and contrast the arguments of those who believe counselors should be
directive in their approach with those who believe in a non-directive approach.
Thinking about yourself as a counselor, do you think that you would be directive or
non-directive? Why?
My interpretation of the directive approach to counseling is that as a counselor
will spend a great deal of time developing a large pool of knowledge and vast tools that
come from education and training with which to draw from. They utilize their knowledge
and skills by giving recommendations or advice when appropriate. This is how the affect
change and help a client navigate their path to stable mental health. When I look at the
nondirective approach, it seems to me that the relationship is not collaborative but
instead facilitative. People who practice solely the nondirective approach utilize and
share their knowledge to help the client make the changes in their life that they are
seeking. The nondirective approach seems to me to be a bit more relaxed. The focus is
on the client finding out through self-discovery and without much intervention at all,
what is best for them. The argument for this is that it gives the client ownership of their
decisions and the direction their life is heading.
When I think of myself as a counselor, I would hope to incorporate aspects of
each method into my practice, instead of strictly following one set of guidelines. For
example, I know from my own personal experience that having counselors and
therapists who were themselves in recovery helped me when I was in the beginning
stages of getting clean. I had someone sitting in front of me who had accomplished this
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monumental task that I had deemed impossible for many years. I wanted their advice. I
wanted them to share their knowledge with me. It was this experience which ultimately
led me to working towards getting a Master of Science in Addiction Counseling. Nobody
can make or force another person to get and stay clean. It is important that the decision
be made by the addict and that they feel ownership of their recovery, because without
that maintaining a lifestyle that is conducive to being clean is nearly impossible. No two
addicts have walked the exact same path to recovery, so I suppose that as a counselor I
would need to be flexible when it comes to methodologies, I use to help a still suffering
addict find relief from the binds of addiction.