A Counselor Education Case Study: The Counselor Values‐Based Conflict Model in Action

Abstract

This article is based on the 2nd‐place winning entry to the 2016–2017 American Counseling Association Graduate Student Ethics Competition and includes a fictional case study of a counselor trainee whose personal beliefs conflict with her client's goals, and of her doctoral supervisor who is reticent to seek consultation. The counselor values‐based conflict model (Kocet & Herlihy, ) is used to generate an ethical resolution for the dilemma. Implications for counselors, supervisors, and counselor educators are discussed.

Counselor Education and Supervision: 2018 Annual Review

“…Retention, remediation, and dismissal literature featured emerging evidence regarding effectiveness of a program to boost retention in a master’s program (Jensen, Midgett, & Doumas, 2018), investigation of collaborative gatekeeping between site supervisors and faculty members (Dean, Stewart‐Spencer, Cabanilla, Wayman, & Heher, 2018), and a qualitative investigation of counselor educators’ perceptions of gatekeeping (Schuermann, Harris, & Lloyd‐Hazlett, 2018). Articles not otherwise classified included a social media policy for counselor education programs (Willow et al, 2018), an ethical case study based on a response to an ACA essay contest (Grunhaus, Tuazon, Gonzalez, & Wagner, 2018), and evidence regarding lack of relationship between client improvement and student theoretical orientation within a counseling training clinic (Holm, Bevly, & Prosek, 2018).…”

Lights and Shadows: Lived Experiences of Guidance Advocates in the Prac-tice of Ethical Bracketing

“…Since the core of counseling is values (Yarhouse & Hataway, 2016), one way to aid the counselor from imposing their values on the counselee is through ethical bracketing (Grunhaus et al, 2018). Ethical bracketing (ACA Code of Ethics, 2014) is the intended separation of a counselor's values to render effective and appropriate counseling to all counselees, especially those whose worldviews, values, belief systems, and decisions are radically different from the counselor's.…”

A Dilemma Within Doctoral Supervision: Applying an Ethical Decision‐Making Model

“…We conclude by offering potential courses of action and consequences, along with recommendations for the best possible outcome. At present, there is limited research about ethical examples at the doctoral supervision level (Grunhaus et al, 2018), although doctoral supervisors may experience a myriad of ethical dilemmas, including (but not limited to) gatekeeping, management of the supervisory alliance and boundaries, dual and multiple relationships, and multicultural issues (Ancis & Ladany, 2010; Dickens et al, 2016; Minor et al, 2013; Pakdaman et al, 2015; Rapp et al, 2018; Scarborough et al, 2006). This article addresses this gap in the literature by exploring a dilemma that includes common ethical issues faced within the context of doctoral supervision.…”