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Value Objectivity in Counseling
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Value Objectivity in Counseling

Content: This means that the counselor is not able to provide the  required therapy. Such situations mostly arise from knowledge and skills mismatch, a difference  in values, attitudes, beliefs and culture (Arredondo, & Toporek, 2004). The situation may also f VALUE OBJECTIVITY IN COUNSELING 3   arise from countertransference and transference whereby the counselor and the client influence  each other’s emotions which becomes difficult to maintain professional boundaries. Finally, a  counselor may find it hard to counsel a client based on the attitudes of the client and refusal of  therapy (Gelso, Nutt Williams, & Fretz, 2014). Based on these possible scenarios, there are a few  actions that a counselor might take when confronted with such situations. When it is difficult to treat a client due to differences in values, it is important to seek  permission from the client to transfer them to another counselor. However, before a counselor  gets to this point, it is important that the counselor utilizes good communication skills such as  effective listening and turn taking. Value neutrality also applies here where the counselor  remains neutral to their values and beliefs to avoid challenging, criticizing and confronting those  of the client. However, the counselor should not remain so neutral to the extent that he or she is  stripped of human significance. This means that a counselor should persuade a client to adopt  values that are culturally and morally acceptable to prevent the client from engaging in the  defiant behavior.