CED6123 Ethical, Legal, and Professional Standards in Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Students survey and develop an understanding of the ethical, legal, and professional issues facing the professional counselor and the marriage and family therapist, including a history and philosophy of the counseling profession, noting significant factors and events. Importance of membership in ACA, IAMFC, ASERVIC, AMHCA, and other ACA Divisions is stressed. APA, AAMFT, and CAPS. Students learn and apply the ACA, AAMFT, and CAPS codes of ethics. Topics include the process of ethical decision-making, application of ethics within clinical practice, professional identity, client advocacy and relationships with other human service providers, scope of practice, licensure and certification, business aspects of the counseling practice, and foundation of the clinical mental health counselor's and the professional marriage and family therapist's role as consultant and advocate in public and private policy processes and legal issues. Students must earn B- or higher to continue in clinical sequence. This course is part of the Richmont Career Mapping sequence. Minimum grade for successful completion of this course is B-.