| CODE | COU5140 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Advanced Ethical and Professional Issues | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Counselling | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit prepares students for the professional obligations they will be assuming as warranted counsellors on graduating from this course. It will critically examine various ethical approaches adopted by different professional associations from various parts of the world where counselling is practiced. It will also examine contextual and ethnic differences and how these may impinge on the ethical considerations and decisions that counsellors take in the course of their professional lives. Case studies will be presented and students will be supported to use and contrast different approaches to solving ethical dilemmas in the field of counselling. Study-Unit Aims: - To identify issues in professional ethics with regards to counselling; - To examine ethical dilemmas in counselling practice; - To depict how ethnic and contextual differences may impact professional ethics; - To analyse how ethical dilemmas in the field of counselling may be addressed. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Identify and describe relevant theories and concepts related to professional ethics in counselling; - Synthesise and identify differences in various contextual codes of ethics; - Identify and describe ethical dilemmas across cultures. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Demonstrate dilemma solving skills in counselling; - Use the Counselling Profession Act and different codes of ethics appropriately; - Use professional ethics skills during their placement practicum. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Ethical codes of various counselling organisations. - Bond, T. (2000). Standards and ethics for counselling in action. London: Sage Publications. Supplementary Readings: - Bersoff, D. N. (1990). Ethical conflicts in psychology. Washington DC: American Psychological Association. - Bond, T. 2014. Confidentiality & Record Keeping in Counselling & Psychotherapy (Legal Resources Counsellors & Psychotherapists) Sage. - Casemore, R. and Gabriel, L. (Eds) (2009)Relational Ethics in Practice: Narratives from Counselling and Psychotherapy. - Corey, G., Corey, M.S., & Callanan, P. (1998) Issues and ethics in the helping professions, (5th ed.). London: Brooks/Cole. - Daniels, D. (2010)Therapy with Children (Ethics in Practice Series) Sage. - Feltham, C. (1999) Controversies in psychotherapies and counselling. London: Sage. - Madden, R. G. (1998) Legal issues in social work, counselling and mental health. London: Sage. - Patterson, L. E. & Welfel, E. R. (1994) The counselling process. (4th ed.). London: Brooks/Cole. - Proctor, G. (2014)Values & Ethics in Counselling and Psychotherapy Sage. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Students are expected to attend all the lectures and prepare themselves by completing assigned readings prior to the respective lecture. They are also expected to have successfully completed COU5227 before attending this study unit. | ||||||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Dione Mifsud |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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