CED 520 - Legal and Ethical Issues in Counseling and Psychotherapy

Credits: 3
This course is designed to provide the counselor in training with a more thorough understanding of the major ethical and legal issues they may encounter in community and educational counseling settings today. Issues that impact upon management of counseling and psychotherapy practices will be explored in depth for legal and ethical requirements that have implications for the counseling profession. Learners will be
exposed to such topics as ethical decision making, ethical standards of practice for the counselor, legal issues in school and community settings and ethical responses to unethical behavior.