CNSL 510 Ethical, Legal & Professional Issues in Counseling

This is a graduate level course designed to explore ethical, legal, and professional issues in counseling, such as the American Counseling Association and American School Counselor Association ethics codes, responsibility, competence, therapeutic boundaries, confidentiality, reporting abuse, and practicing in a managed care environment. Professional issues in the context of school and community mental health are also covered, as well as licensing, roles, policies, legislation, reimbursement, and the professional identity of counselors. Cultural diversity issues in counseling are also addressed.