Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LX - Licensed Professional Counselors Board of Examiners › Subpart 1 - Licensed Professional Counselors › Chapter 21 - Code of Conduct for Licensed Professional Counselors › Section LX-2103 - Counseling Relationship

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				  Licensees encourage client growth and development in ways that foster the
				  interest and welfare of clients and promote formation of healthy relationships.
				  Licensees actively attempt to understand the diverse cultural backgrounds of
				  the clients they serve. Licensees also explore their own cultural identities
				  and how these affect their values and beliefs about the counseling process.
				  Licensees are encouraged to contribute to society by devoting a portion of
				  their professional activity to services for which there is little or no
				  financial return (pro bono publico).
1.
				  Welfare of Those Served by Licensees
a.
				  Primary Responsibility. The primary responsibility of licensees is to respect
				  the dignity and to promote the welfare of clients.
b. Records. Licensees maintain records
				  necessary for rendering professional services to their clients and as required
				  by laws (see Chapter 15,
				  §1505 A),
				  regulations, or agency or institution procedures. Licensees include sufficient
				  and timely documentation in their client records to facilitate the delivery and
				  continuity of needed services. Licensees take reasonable steps to ensure that
				  documentation in records accurately reflects client progress and services
				  provided. If errors are made in client records, licensees take steps to
				  properly note the correction of such errors according to agency or
				  institutional policies.
c.
				  Counseling Plans. Licensees and their clients work jointly in devising
				  integrated, counseling plans that offer reasonable promise of success and are
				  consistent with abilities and circumstances of clients. Licensees and clients
				  regularly review counseling plans to ensure their continued viability and
				  effectiveness, respecting the freedom of choice of clients.
d. Support Network Involvement. Licensees
				  recognize that support networks hold various meanings in the lives of clients
				  and consider enlisting the support, understanding, and involvement of others
				  (e.g., religious/spiritual/community leaders, family members, friends) as
				  positive resources, when appropriate, with client consent.
e. Employment Needs. Licensees work with
				  their clients considering employment in jobs that are consistent with the
				  overall abilities, vocational limitations, physical restrictions, general
				  temperament, interest and aptitude patterns, social skills, education, general
				  qualifications, and other relevant characteristics and needs of clients. When
				  appropriate, licensees appropriately trained in career development will assist
				  in the placement of clients in positions that are consistent with the interest,
				  culture, and the welfare of clients, employers, and/or the public.