HW 2

Professional Issues and Mental Health

Week 2 Summary, Connection & Reflection

A summary, connection and learning reflection discussion board post of the week’s readings, Tuesday night class meeting, content and learning activities are due by Tuesday 1/24 class meeting for peer review.

Class meeting: 1/24/23

Readings & Assessments:

· Ethics in Psychotherapy and Counseling: chapters 6 & 17

· AMHCA Section I.C

· ACA Code of Ethics Section C

· “Sitting Down with Nedra Glover Tawwab” article

· Appendix B Standards of Self-Care Guidelines

· Self-Care Assessment

· Self-Assessment: An Inventory of your Attitudes and Beliefs about Professional and Ethical Issues

1. BRIEFLY Summarize readings and class meeting summary (100-200 words), written in your own words, in paragraph form

2. Connect course readings, class activities and/or your personal and/or professional experiences (three connections in total). Underline or bold course reading material. Describe/define the course reading and how it relates to another course reading and/or class activity (-ies) (paragraph form OR bullet points).

Examples: Both the ACA & AMHCA sections…….

Reading ……reminded me of a time when I saw, felt, did…..

One difference I noticed between____________and ______________.

3. Reflect on your learning experiences. This is an opportunity for you to reflect on your class experiences, readings, written assignments and the course objectives as they are outlined in the syllabus.

· a. Review chapter 2 of Ethics in Psychotherapy and Counseling. Which 1-2 of the fictional scenarios most resonated with you? How so?

· Consider your professional AND personal roles (i.e., social identities/positions) and values. How do those roles and values relate to the scenario that most resonated with you?

· Which values from the personal values handout are most related/relevant to your selected scenario?

· Which items the Self-Assessment: An Inventory of your Attitudes and Beliefs about Professional and Ethical Issues seem most relevant to your selected scenario?

· Draft a question, statement, dilemma and/or concern regarding your selected scenario. This scenario is about…..The essential question here is…..In a nutshell, the dilemma is…..The concern here is……

· Which ethical principles from the ACA seem most pertinent to the scenario?