Code of Ethics For Philippine Counselorss

R N ,
FO E I O SAL A
C S H SS N
I
H & OF AT E A
ET S
N
F R R M
O LO G P A I D
-
E E
D S L RA I N Y
O
C UN SE N D
CO UN4 S A
CO P
SWSW
R
PHILIPPINE GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING
ASSOCIATION, INC.
ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
The expectations for ethical conduct as expressed in
this Code are based on the following fundamental
principles:
• Respecting human rights and dignity
• Respect for the client’s right to be self-
governing
• A commitment to promoting the client’s
well being
• Fostering responsible caring
PHILIPPINE GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING
ASSOCIATION, INC.
ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
• Fair treatment of all clients and the provision of
adequate services
• Equal opportunity to clients availing counseling
services
• Ensuring the integrity of practitioner-client relationship
• Fostering the practitioner’s self-knowledge and care for
self
• Enhancing the quality of professional knowledge and its
application
• Responsibility to the society
OUTLINE OF PGCAP CODE OF ETHICS
1. PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
2. COUNSELING RELATIONSHIP
3. EVALUATION, ASSESSMENT, AND
INTERPRETATION
4. COUNSELOR EDUCATION, TRAINING,
AND SUPERVISION
Pro Bono Service. Counselors
render professional services in
the community or society for
which there is little or no
financial return (pro bono).
I. PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
1. General Responsibility.
Counselors maintain a high standard
of professional competence and
ethical behavior thereby recognizing
the need for continuing education in
order to meet this responsibility.
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
2. Respect for Rights.

Counselors respect the rights of a client and
uphold the integrity of the counseling
profession. They participate in only those
practices which are respectful of the legal,
civic, and moral rights of others, and act to
safeguard the dignity and rights of their
clients, students, and research participants.
3. Boundaries of Competence.
Counselors limit their practices within their
professional competence, educational
background, and personal experience as what
the laws, rules, guidelines, accreditation and
credential are concerned. If the counseling
needs of a client are beyond the counselor’s
expertise and competence appropriate referral
must be made.
4. Continuing Education.
Counselors continuously update
themselves with the current trends and
development in the profession to maintain
a high degree of proficiency through
active participation in scientific and
professional endeavor.
5. Research and Development.

Counselors engage in research activities
for the advancement of the counseling
profession. They have the responsibility
to disseminate such information through
presentation and publication.
6. Ethical Behavior.
Counselors uphold the values and ethical
principles operating in this Code. They
are expected to behave as professionals in
their counseling sessions as well as in
dealing with their fellow colleagues.
7. Sensitivity to Diversity. Counselors recognize and

respect client’s diversity in terms of religion, race,
culture, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation,
education, and socio-economic status.
8. Equal Opportunity. Counselors provide equal
opportunity to everyone to avail of the counseling
services in various setting regardless of age, gender,
socioeconomic status, civil status, religion, culture,
ethnicity, disability, and sexual orientation.
9. Good Quality of Practice.

Counselors maintain a good quality of
practice in the helping profession at all
times. They continually monitor their
effectiveness as professionals and take
steps to improve when necessary.
10. Knowledge of Legislative Laws.

Counselors have a responsibility to read,
understand, and follow Republic Act 9258
(Guidance and Counseling Act of 2004)
and its Implementing Rules and
Regulations. Other mandated laws
protecting the interest of clients’ rights
should be known to the practicing
counselors.
11. Extension of Ethical Responsibilities.

Counseling services and products
provided by counselors through
classroom instruction, public lectures,
demonstrations, publications, radio and
television programs, computer technology
and other media must meet the
appropriate ethical standards of this Code
of Ethics.
CHAPTER II
COUNSELING RELATIONSHIP
Counselors have a primary responsibility
to respect the integrity and promote the
welfare of their clients. They work
collaboratively with clients in creating
counseling relationships that are
consistent with client abilities and needs.
2. Confidentiality.
The counselor must preserve and safeguard the
confidentiality of the clients except:
2.1 When disclosure is required to prevent clear
and imminent danger to the client or others;
2.2 When legal requirements demand that
confidential matter be revealed;
3. Children and Persons with Impaired

Capacity. Counselors conduct the
informed consent process with those
legally appropriate to give consent when
counseling children and/or persons with
diminished capacity. These clients also
give consent to such services or
involvement commensurate with their
capacity to do so.
4. Maintenance of Records.
Counselors maintain records in sufficient
detail to track the sequence and nature of
professional services rendered and consistent
with any legal, regulatory, agency, or
institutional requirement. They secure the
safety of such records and, create, maintain,
transfer, and dispose of them in a manner
compliant with the requirements of
confidentiality and other articles of this Code
of Ethics.
5. Access to Records.
Counselors understand that clients have
the right to access their counseling
records. Disclosure of such information to
others is allowed only through the clients
informed consent and/or if there is
imminent changes to life properly.
6. Understanding Diversity.
Counselors actively work to understand
the diverse cultural background of the
clients with whom they work, and do not
condone or engage in discrimination
based on age, color, culture, ethnicity,
disability, gender, religion, sexual
orientation, marital, or socioeconomic
status.
7. Relationships with Former Clients.

Counselors exercise caution about
entering any friendly, social, financial and
business relationships with former clients
until such time that the issues in relational
dynamic present during counseling have
been fully resolved and properly
terminated.
8. Termination of Counseling.
Counselors must terminate the counseling
relationships when it is deemed necessary. More
specifically terminating the counseling relationships
should be done when
12.1. Goals of counseling have been met.
12.2. Client condition is beyond the counselor’s
expertise.
12.3. Transference or counter-transference issues are
evident.
CHAPTER III
EVALUATION, ASSESSMENT, AND INTERPRETATION
Counselors take responsibility to
inform the clients about the purpose
of any evaluation and assessment
instruments and procedures and the
meaning of evaluation and
assessment results.
2. Test Selection and Evaluation.

Counselors have the competence to evaluate
tests in terms of the
(a) appropriateness of the test to the purpose of
testing;
(b) reliability and validity;
(c) appropriateness of level of difficulty to
clients; and
(d) appropriateness of norms of norm-referenced
tests.
3. Test Competence.
Counselors using psychological tests and other
assessment tools should only do so if they
have undergone training in the use of these
tools, familiar with the training requirements
of different tests, and are conversant with the
concepts of reliability and validity.
4. Purpose and Results of Assessment. Counselors

take responsibility to inform clients about the
purpose of assessment, the procedures involved, and
the meaning of evaluation and assessment results.
5. Test Administration.
Counselors administer psychological tests in
accordance with standards or guidelines of testing
procedures found in the Test Manual.
6. Administrative and Supervisory

Conditions. Counselors ensure that evaluation
and assessment instruments and procedures
are administered and supervised under
established conditions consistent with
professional standards. They note any
departures from standard conditions, and any
unusual behavior of irregularities which may
affect the interpretation of results.
7. Test Data Utilization.

Counselors utilize assessment data by
taking into account various factors and
characteristics of the person derived from
integrated profile of battery test results
that might affect the counselor’s judgment
or reduce the accuracy of information.
8. Test Confidentiality. Counselors have

the responsibility to observe the principle
of confidentiality in testing.
9. Computer-Generated Tests.
Counselors ensure that computer-
generated test administration and scoring
programs operate properly thereby
providing clients with accurate test
results.
10. Obsolete Data.

Counselors do not base their
assessments or recommendations or
decisions on data or test results that
are outdated for the current purpose.
11. Intellectual Property.

Counselors safeguard and respect the
publisher’s intellectual property rights of
psychological tests. Reproduction and/or
modification of parts thereof without
acknowledgement and permission from
the publisher of psychological tests are
punishable by the Law.
12. Maintaining Test Security.

Counselors make reasonable
efforts to maintain the integrity
and security of tests and other
assessment techniques.
CHAPTER VI
COUNSELOR EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND SUPERVISION
Counselors responsible for counselor
education, training, and supervision
adhere to current guidelines and
standards with respect to such activities
and conduct themselves in a manner
consistent in this Code and Standards of
Practice.
2. Counselor Educators and Trainers.

Counselor educators and trainers
possess the necessary qualifications,
skills and competencies to conduct
counselor education and training
programs.
3. Description of Education and Training

Programs.
Counselors responsible for education and
training programs ensure accurate
description of the course/training, goals
and objectives, content outline,
requirements, methodology, and
references.
4. Program Orientation.
Counselors in teaching, training, and
supervision programs take
responsibility to orient perspective
students, trainees, and supervisees to
all core elements of such programs
and activities.
5. Counselor Supervision.
Counselors inform the supervisees
about the process of supervision,
expectations, outcomes, monitoring,
and evaluation in order to provide
competent counseling services.
6. Ethical Orientation.
Counselors have an obligation to make their
students, trainees, and supervisees aware of
their ethical responsibilities.
7. Evaluation.
Counselor educators and trainers ensure a fair,
accurate and honest appraisal of students,
supervisees and trainees.
8. Relational Boundaries. Counselors establish

relationships with their students, trainees, and
supervisees such that appropriate relational
boundaries are clarified and maintained, and dual
relationships avoided.
9. Contribution to Research. Counselors give credit
to students and supervisees for their contributions to
research and scholarly projects in the field of
guidance and counselling.
10. Counselor Care.

The counselor organization provides
continuing activities for counselor
care.
11. Counselor Rights.
Rehabilitation services should be
available for counsellors under stress.
THE END
QUESTIONS?

Code of Ethics For Philippine Counselorss

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Code of Ethics For Philippine Counselorss

Uploaded by

Document Information

Original Description:

Original Title

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

Code of Ethics For Philippine Counselorss

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

R N ,

2. Respect for Rights.

5. Research and Development.

7. Sensitivity to Diversity. Counselors recognize and

9. Good Quality of Practice.

10. Knowledge of Legislative Laws.

11. Extension of Ethical Responsibilities.

3. Children and Persons with Impaired

7. Relationships with Former Clients.

2. Test Selection and Evaluation.

4. Purpose and Results of Assessment. Counselors

6. Administrative and Supervisory

7. Test Data Utilization.

8. Test Confidentiality. Counselors have

10. Obsolete Data.

11. Intellectual Property.

12. Maintaining Test Security.

2. Counselor Educators and Trainers.

3. Description of Education and Training

8. Relational Boundaries. Counselors establish

10. Counselor Care.

You might also like