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This lesson focuses on the rights, responsibilities, and accountabilities of counselors, emphasizing their professional standards and the importance of their work. It outlines the ethical guidelines set by the Philippine Guidance and Counseling Association, which members must adhere to in their practice. Additionally, it highlights the mutual rights and obligations between counselors and clients in the counseling relationship.

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Week3-Lesson1

This lesson focuses on the rights, responsibilities, and accountabilities of counselors, emphasizing their professional standards and the importance of their work. It outlines the ethical guidelines set by the Philippine Guidance and Counseling Association, which members must adhere to in their practice. Additionally, it highlights the mutual rights and obligations between counselors and clients in the counseling relationship.

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WEEK 3 - LESSON 1

Value Rights,
Responsibilities, and
Accountabilities
At the end of this lesson, the students should be
able to:

value rights, responsibilities and accountabilities of a


counselors. (HUMSS_DIASS12-Ic-9)
• understand the practice of counselling
professions by knowing the rights,
responsibilities, and accountabilities; and
• value the importance of the work of the
counsellor.
A Things to Remember!
Counselors are employed in schools,
colleges, communities, employment agencies,
and business. They are also used in mental
institutions, family and rehabilitation centers,
government agencies and non-government
organizations and civic society organizations.
Some counselors work with the churches or
church-affiliated counseling services. There
are also private practice counselors who
provide their services to clients.
Since counselor is a profession, there
are certain standards and quality service
that needs to comply.
Working as a counselor is fulfilling
because of its impact on the lives of the
people he/she has worked with. Counseling,
therefore, is a noble profession which can
be considered as a personal ministry in the
perspective of the practitioner.
Get Started…
As one of the quickly growing profession in
the Philippines, the Counselling Psychology
attracts a lot of attention from the young
learners as a career path. As a discipline that
gives importance to just and fair treatment of
the human person, each session should always
bear in mind the welfare of the client as well as
the counsellor. In a counselling relationship both
the counsellor and counselee have their rights,
responsibilities and accountabilities. However,
the person with the most accountability will
always be the counsellor
Right - something to which one has a just
claim: such as the power or privilege to which
one is justly entitled.
Responsibility - refers to moral, legal and
mental accountability.
Accountability - an obligation or willingness
to accept responsibility or to account for one's
actions
Counselor - a person who gives advice or
counseling
Counseling - professional guidance of the
individual by utilizing psychological methods
especially in collecting case history data, using
various techniques of the personal interview,
and testing interests and aptitudes
Counselee\Client - one who is being
counselled.
Every counselling session is a professional
relationship between the counsellor and the
counselee. If we are talking about therapy,
the session is between the psychologist and
the client. With every start of the session,
both the counsellor and the client are
bounded by guidelines and protocols. As a
practitioner, the counsellor is bounded to
follow a Code of Ethics in the area he is
practicing the Profession. In the Philippines,
the practitioners are regulated by the
Guidelines set by the Philippine Guidance
Counselor ‘Organization (PGCA) and the
Professional Regulatory Commission (PRC).
Code of Ethics for Counselors & The
Counseling Profession
PHILIPPINE GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING
ASSOCIATION, INC.
Accredited Professional Organization (APO)
by the Professional Regulation Commission
(PRC)

PROPOSED CODE OF ETHICS


(Revised as of December 21, 2006 @ Dr. Villar’s
Residence)
PREAMBLE
The Philippine Guidance and Counseling
Association, Inc. (PGCA) is an
organization of helping professionals
whose members are committed to the
development of the well-functioning
individual in a society utilizing his/her
potentials to the fullest. Members of the
Association are bound to uphold the
dignity and worth of the individual
throughout life in the following settings:
educational, community, clinical,
This Code of Ethics in Guidance and
Counseling expresses the ethical
principles and values of the Association
and serves as a guide to the professional
and personal conduct of all its members.
It also informs the public which they
serve of the standards of ethical conduct
for which members are to be responsible
and accountable. The Code reflects such
values as integrity, competence,
responsibility and an understanding of
and respect for the cultural diversity of
society.
Members have a responsibility to ensure
that they are familiar with this Code of
Ethics, understand its application to their
professional and personal conduct, and
strive to adhere to its principles and
values. They should also be familiar with
other sources of information which will
assist them in making informed
professional decisions. These include the
laws, rules and regulations, and policies
which are professionally relevant in their
working environment.
Members are accountable to both the
public and their peers and are therefore
subject to the complaints and disciplinary
procedures of the Philippine Guidance
and Counseling Association. By accepting
this statement of ethics, members of the
Association are committing themselves to
act ethically in the provision of
professional services.
Learning Activity
Both Clients and Counselors have rights
and obligations. Since counselling is an
agreement between the practitioner and the
client, both should maintain each other’s
rights and obligations.
Write in the column below which is
classified as Client’s Rights and Obligations
and which is classified as Counselor’s
obligations.
Processing Questions:
1. When can you consider something to
be a Right?
2. Explain when something becomes a
Responsibility.
3. Do counsellors have Rights?
Expound
your answer.
4. Does clients have Responsibilities?

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