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For this assignment, you will refer to the section “Course Case Study.” Reread the case study, looking specifically at issues related to cultural competence. Examine the ACA’s and APA’s ethical guidelines related to the issue of cultural competence and respond to the following:

• Describe the ethical issues related to cultural competence.
• Examine the influence of your own personal values as related to the diversity issues presented in this case. Reflect on how you felt as you read the case study, how your values came into play, and how you would handle your values in a situation such as this.
• Make recommendations based on your readings and the APA or ACA ethics codes.
• Be sure to apply specific ethical principles.

Save the paper as AU_PSY430_M2_A2_LastName_FirstInitial.doc and submit it to the Submissions Area by the due date assigned. Your response should be at least 2 pages long. please cite and reference the APA and ACA codes of ethics as they apply throughout the paper. Below find the case study:

Course Case Study

Joe, a thirty-five-year-old, male mental health cou

nselor, received a client referral, thirty-five-yea

r-old Jill,

from a community counseling clinic. He began provid

ing counseling services to her. Jill’s complaint wa

s that

she was unsatisfied with her current job as a bank

teller and was experiencing mild anxiety and depres

sion.

Joe had been providing services to Jill for three w

eeks when she disclosed that she was confused about

her sexuality because she experienced sexual attrac

tion toward some women. Joe immediately responded

to Jill with wide eyes and a shocked look. He told

Jill that he was a traditional Catholic, who felt t

hat this

type of feeling was immoral and wrong. He informed

her that she should avoid thinking about this and p

ray

for forgiveness. He also told her that he felt unco

mfortable talking about the issue any further. Jill

continued

to talk to Joe about dealing with her family issues

.

Joe had recently read about a new technique and imm

ediately became excited about trying it. He explain

ed

to her that he had read an article in a magazine ab

out a new technique called rebirthing. The new tech

nique

was being used in Europe to help people change thei

r views about their relationships with their family

. Joe

said, “It is supposed to be really effective in alm

ost wiping out your memory of your family; it is li

ke

hypnosis.” “I would really like to try it on you to

day, what do you think?” Jill declined his offer an

d continued

to talk about her family. Joe thought to himself th

at even though Jill said no, he was still going to

try to

hypnotize her as they talked

because he thought she could benefit from the techn

ique.

Jill disclosed that she was raised in a traditional

Asian American home with many cultural influences

and

culture-specific rules and behavior. Jill was strug

gling with balancing her individualism and her cult

ural

heritage. Joe explained to her that because he was

living and working in a rural community, mostly

consisting of people of East European descent, he c

ould not relate to Jill’s culture and the issues wi

th which

she was struggling. He apologized and explained tha

t he was not required to study these cultural issue

s

because of his geographical location.

Jill moved on to talk about her depression. She beg

an talking about feeling lonely and how it contribu

ted to

her depression. During a counseling session

several months later, she revealed that she was att

racted to

Joe and would like a closer, intimate relationship

with him. Joe, aware that he was also attracted to

Jill,

talked about his feelings toward her but explained

that engaging in a relationship outside the establi

shed

counseling relationship was unethical. He informed

her that because of the mutual feelings of attracti

on, the

counseling relationship would be ineffective and th

at he would refer her to another counselor for cont

inued

services. Jill agreed, and they terminated the coun

seling relationship. Later, she contacted him to co

ntinue

counseling and to discuss the referral. Joe agreed

to meet her that evening at a restaurant and bring

her

the referral information. That night they began an

intimate sexual relationship.

Joe never got around to providing the referral for

Jill even though he was aware of her ongoing state

of

depression and anxiety. Joe stopped seeing Jill aft

er a month of intimate sexual encounters. Joe enjoy

ed

the relationship but felt guilty due to the unethic

al nature of the relationship. Because of his conti

nued

concern about Jill’s depression, Joe considered goi

ng to his current clinical supervisor to discuss th

e case

but decided against it. This was because he and his

supervisor were good friends and he suspected his

supervisor would be hurt by knowing the real reason

he had been cancelling get-togethers.

Joe decided to call Jill’s boss at the bank to chec

k on her and see how she was doing. He called her b

oss

and explained that he had been counseling her for a

nxiety and depression and wanted to check if she wa

s

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Course Case Study

feeling fine. Her boss informed Joe that Jill had q

uit her job and was in the county hospital undergoi

ng

treatment for severe depression. Joe quickly hung u

p and decided not to call or visit the bank again.

After

thinking it over, Joe decided that general counseli

ng might not be for him. He decided to begin marria

ge

and family therapy. He ordered some business cards

and advertised in the yellow pages. He thought, “Af

ter

all, I am a mental health counselor, and it can’t b

e hard to counsel a couple. You don’t need anything

special. I already have one degree, and that’s enou

gh!”

 

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