Developing the Counseling Skill of Bracketing David Kaplan

Developing the Counseling Skill of Bracketing

David Kaplan ACA Chief Professional Officer dkaplan@counseling. org www. counseling. org/kaplan

Ethics background • Member, ASCA ethics committee • Chair, IAMFC ethics committee • Developed IAMFC code of ethics • TFJ ethics columnist • Journal articles and conference presentations • Staff liaison to both the 2005 and 2014 ACA Ethics Revision Task Force.

Let’s talk lawsuits Ward v. Wilbanks

ACA’s official position on the Ward Case www. counseling. org/knowledge-center/ethics Scroll down to: Ethical Implications of a Critical Legal Case for the Counseling Profession: Ward v. Wilbanks 5

As a result of these cases…

An explicit focus on avoiding the imposition of a counselor’s personal values

A. 4. b. Personal Values Counselors are aware of – and avoid – imposing their own values, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors.

Which extends to referrals A. 11. b Counselors refrain from referring prospective and current clients based solely on the counselor’s personally held values, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors 9

Ethical Bracketing

The intentional setting aside of a counselor’s personal values from his or her professional values in order to provide ethical and appropriate counseling to all clients, especially those worldviews, values, belief systems, and decisions differ from those of the counselor. Kocet & Herlihy, Journal of Counseling & Development, April 2104, Vol. 92, p. 182.

Ethical Bracketing

Carl Rogers

Unconditional Positive Regard

Exercise Time!

WHERE TO GO FROM HERE THE ACA KNOWLEDGE CENTER WWW. COUNSELING. ORG

David Kaplan ACA Chief Professional Officer dkaplan@counseling. org www. counseling. org/kaplan