The National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) Code of Ethics (1 credit hour)

Program Summary:  This course examines the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) Code of Ethics which was approved in May of 2023 and revised in August of 2023.  The NBCC Code of Ethics establishes ethical standards for Counselors and is a resource for ethical decision-making and practice.  The NBCC Code of Ethics offers 114 ethical standards in the areas of professional responsibilities; counseling relationships; supervision and consultation; testing, appraisal, and research; counselor education; and telemental health, social media, and technology.

This course is recommended for counselors and is appropriate for all levels of practice.

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Publisher:  National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)

Program Objectives:  To enhance professional practice, values, skills, and knowledge by identifying minimum ethical behaviors and ethical standards for Counselors.

Learning Objectives:  Identify ethical standards related to professional responsibilities.  Identify ethical standards related to counseling relationships.  Identify ethical standards related to supervision and consultation.  Identify ethical standards related to testing, appraisal, and research.  Identify ethical standards related to counselor education.  Identify ethical standards related to telemental health, social media, and technology.

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1: This NBCC Code of Ethics provides an enforceable set of directives.
 
 
2: Counselors shall perform
 
 
 
 
3: When unsure about client treatment and/or professional practice responsibilities, Counselors shall
 
 
4: Counselors may share information obtained through the counseling process in all of the following circumstances except:
 
 
 
 
5: Counselors will not engage in any form of sexual or romantic contact with a client or former client for at least _____________ following the date of counseling service termination.
 
 
 
 
6: Prior to or during the initial counseling session, counselors will provide information about client's rights and responsibilities, including assurances of confidentiality.
 
 
7: Counselors understand that __________ own the content of their clinical records, and counselors work to provide reasonable access to the content of the records when requested.
 
 
 
 
8: Counselors who provide supervision services shall provide supervisees with  __________ feedback throughout the supervision process.
 
 
 
9: Counselors shall only use tests and assessments that are
 
 
 
 
10: Counselors shall set _________ expectations and boundaries with telemental health service recipients about the type(s) and timing of communications that will be included in service provision.
 
 

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Read more:
American Counseling Association Code of Ethics
http://www.counseling.org/resources/aca-code-of-ethics.pdf

G.M. Rydberg-Cox, MSW, LSCSW is the Continuing Education Director at Free State Social Work and responsible for the development of this course.  She received her Masters of Social Work in 1996 from the Jane Addams School of Social Work at the University of Illinois-Chicago and she has over 20 years of experience.  She has lived and worked as a social worker in Chicago, Boston, and Kansas City. She has practiced for many years in the area of hospital/medical social work.  The reading materials for this course were developed by another organization.


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