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KEY FEATURES: A case-based approach engages students through interactive discussions about real-world counseling situations. A decision-making model gives students a systematic way to approach ethical problems with five easy-to-follow steps. The integration of ethical standards within a virtue-based framework shows students that counseling ethics is about building character rather than simply applying a set of rules. In-depth applications of ethical, legal, and professional standards allow students to see how codes of ethics, state and federal statutes, and case law play a role in ethical decision-making.
Empowering Adult Victims of Domestic Abuse Case Studies: Physical and Emotional Abuse
Empowering Adult Victims of Domestic Abuse Case Studies: Physical and Emotional Abuse
A s discussed in the last chapter, providing a client with informed consent fosters the autonomy and dignity of the client. As such, client empowerment appears to be particularly critical when counseling abused, battered, and victimized populations (Wood, 2015). Acts of abuse or victimization, particularly those of a repetitive nature tend to foment feelings of disempowerment, low self-esteem, low self-efficacy, and depression (Anczewska, Roszczynska-Michta, Waszkiewicz, Charzynska, & Czabala, 2012). Counselor virtues can serve to help facilitate disclosure and, subsequently, exploration and processing of client issues. This chapter focuses on ways in which empowerment and supportive virtues of authenticity, empathy, and ...
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