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Value Objectivity in Counseling
Ambier Williams
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Value Objectivity in Counseling

Content: 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. Lastly, a counselor can seek support from fellow counselors whereby if it still  does not work, he or she may consider terminating the counseling relationship (Lassiter, &  Chang, 2006). In counseling and therapeutic processes, counselors are not only faced with ethical  dilemmas. They also encounter real legal difficulties. This is often met when a counselor faces a  client with a situation that is bound by the law. This may include the legislation surrounding  issues such as abortion, suicide and assisted suicide and drug abuse among others.