CED 6123: Ethical, Legal, and Professional Standards in Professional Counseling and Marriage and Family Therapy

3 hours. Prerequisite for CED6913. 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. Presents additional information on other professional societies such as 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.

Note: Please reference the syllabus for your specific section to ensure you're completing the correct readings. The readings listed here represent a comprehensive list from all current sections of this course, and may not match each section exactly.