Changing Counseling Specialties/Practice

The following case is intended to facilitate the development of your ethical analysis and resolution capacities. Review the scenario and indicate whether you “agree” or “disagree” with the counselorâ€s action. Then, explain briefly—in one paragraph—your ethical rationale for your agreement or disagreement. Youâ€re encouraged to cite appropriate ethical principles and/or code of ethics standards. You may access the ACA Code of Ethics and other ethics codes as a resource.

Cynthia, a counselor who had been successfully working as an AIDS and substance abuse counselor in a large city for several years, recently moved to a very affluent suburb and decided to open a private practice. She was surprised to find that most of the clients who came to see her were young women who suffered primarily from eating disorders and relationship problems. Cynthia had already invested quite a bit of money into her private practice, and was determined to make it work, regardless of the type of clients she had to treat. Furthermore, she felt that because she was now in private practice, she could treat whoever she chose to, regardless of the specific needs of her clients. However, Cynthia also realized that she didnâ€t have much training or experience working with clients with eating disorders, so she decided to attend a week-long seminar on the treatment of eating disorders offered by the local community mental health center. She was pleased to find that by attending the seminar, she could earn 20 CEUs that would count towards maintaining her licensure, and also gain the knowledge needed to successfully treat her new clients.

REQUIRED TEXT BOOK Raymond S. Edge, John Randall Groves Groves. Ethics of Health Care: A Guide for Clinical Practice. 4th edition.  Cengage Learning ISBN-13: 978-1-285-85418-2

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