Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 30 - Professions and Occupations › Part 2202 - 2014 American Counseling Association Code of Ethics › Glossary of Terms

Current through June 25, 2024
Abandonment -
the inappropriate ending or
				arbitrary termination of a counseling relationship that puts the client at
				risk.
Advocacy -
promotion of the well-being of
				individuals, groups, and the counseling profession within systems and
				organizations. Advocacy seeks to remove barriers and obstacles that inhibit
				access, growth, and development.
Assent -
to demonstrate agreement when a person
				is otherwise not capable or competent to give formal consent (e.g., informed
				consent) to a counseling service or plan.
Assessment -
the process of collecting in-depth
				information about a person in order to develop a comprehensive plan that will
				guide the collaborative counseling and service provision process.
Bartering -
accepting goods or services from
				clients in exchange for counseling services.
Client -
an individual seeking or referred to
				the professional services of a counselor.
confidentiality -
the ethical duty of counselors
				to protect a client's identity, identifying characteristics, and private
				communications.
Consultation -
a professional relationship that
				may include, but is not limited to, seeking advice, information, and/ or
				testimony.
Counseling -
a professional relationship that
				empowers diverse individuals, families, and groups to accomplish mental health,
				wellness, education, and career goals.
Counselor Educator -
a professional counselor
				engaged primarily in developing, implementing, and supervising the educational
				preparation of professional counselors.
Counselor Supervisor -
a professional counselor
				who engages in a formal relationship with a practicing counselor or
				counselor-in-training for the purpose of overseeing that individual's
				counseling work or clinical skill development.
Culture -
membership in a socially constructed
				way of living, which incorporates collective values, beliefs, norms,
				boundaries, and lifestyles that are cocreated with others who share similar
				worldviews comprising biological, psychosocial, historical, psychological, and
				other factors.
Discrimination -
the prejudicial treatment of an
				individual or group based on their actual or perceived membership in a
				particular group, class, or category.
Distance Counseling -
The provision of
				counseling services by means other than face-to-face meetings, usually with the
				aid of technology.
Diversity -
the similarities and differences
				that occur within and across cultures, and the intersection of cultural and
				social identities.
Documents -
any written, digital, audio, visual,
				or artistic recording of the work within the counseling relationship between
				counselor and client.
Encryption -
process of encoding information in
				such a way that limits access to authorized users.
Examinee -
a recipient of any professional
				counseling service that includes educational, psychological, and career
				appraisal, using qualitative or quantitative techniques.
Exploitation -
actions and/or behaviors that
				take advantage of another for one's own benefit or gain.
Fee Splitting -
the payment or acceptance of
				fees for client referrals (e.g., percentage of fee paid for rent, referral
				fees).
Forensic Evaluation -
the process of forming
				professional opinions for court or other legal proceedings, based on
				professional knowledge and expertise, and supported by appropriate data.
Gatekeeping -
the initial and ongoing academic,
				skill, and dispositional assessment of students' competency for professional
				practice, including remediation and termination as appropriate.
Impairment -
a significantly diminished capacity
				to perform professional functions.
Incapacitation -
an inability to perform
				professional functions.
Informed Consent -
a process of information
				sharing associated with possible actions clients may choose to take, aimed at
				assisting clients in acquiring a full appreciation and understanding of the
				facts and implications of a given action or actions.
Instrument -
a tool, developed using accepted
				research practices, that measures the presence and strength of a specified
				construct or constructs.
Interdisciplinary Teams -
teams of professionals
				serving clients that may include individuals who may not share counselors'
				responsibilities regarding confidentiality.
Minors -
generally, persons under the age of 18
				years, unless otherwise designated by statute or regulation. In some
				jurisdictions, minors may have the right to consent to counseling without
				consent of the parent or guardian.
Multicultural/Diversity Competence -
counselors'
				cultural and diversity awareness and knowledge about self and others, and how
				this awareness and knowledge are applied effectively in practice with clients
				and client groups.
Multicultural/Diversity Counseling -
counseling
				that recognizes diversity and embraces approaches that support the worth,
				dignity, potential, and uniqueness of individuals within their historical,
				cultural, economic, political, and psychosocial contexts.
Personal Virtual Relationship -
engaging in a
				relationship via technology and/or social media that blurs the professional
				boundary (e.g., friending on social networking sites); using personal accounts
				as the connection point for the virtual relationship.
Privacy -
the right of an individual to keep
				oneself and one's personal information free from unauthorized
				disclosure.
Privilege -
a legal term denoting the protection
				of confidential information in a legal proceeding (e.g., subpoena, deposition,
				testimony).
Pro bono publico -
contributing to society by
				devoting a portion of professional activities for little or no financial return
				(e.g., speaking to groups, sharing professional information, offering reduced
				fees).
Professional Virtual Relationship -
using
				technology and/ or social media in a professional manner and maintaining
				appropriate professional boundaries; using business accounts that cannot be
				linked back to personal accounts as the connection point for the virtual
				relationship (e.g., a business page versus a personal profile).
Records -
all information or documents, in any
				medium, that the counselor keeps about the client, excluding personal and
				psychotherapy notes.
Records of an Artistic Nature -
products created
				by the client as part of the counseling process.
Records Custodian -
a professional colleague who
				agrees to serve as the caretaker of client records for another mental health
				professional.
Self-Growth -
a process of self-examination and
				challenging of a counselor's assumptions to enhance professional
				effectiveness.
Serious and Foreseeable -
when a reasonable
				counselor can anticipate significant and harmful possible consequences.
Sexual Harassment -
sexual solicitation,
				physical advances, or verbal/nonverbal conduct that is sexual in nature; occurs
				in connection with professional activities or roles; is unwelcome, offensive,
				or creates a hostile workplace or learning environment; and/or is sufficiently
				severe or intense to be perceived as harassment by a reasonable person.
Social Justice -
the promotion of equity for all
				people and groups for the purpose of ending oppression and injustice affecting
				clients, students, counselors, families, communities, schools, workplaces,
				governments, and other social and institutional systems.
Social Media -
technology-based forms of
				communication of ideas, beliefs, personal histories, etc. (e.g., social
				networking sites, blogs).
Student -
an individual engaged in formal
				graduate-level counselor education.
Supervisee -
a professional counselor or
				counselor-in-training whose counseling work or clinical skill development is
				being overseen in a formal supervisory relationship by a qualified trained
				professional.
Supervision -
a process in which one individual,
				usually a senior member of a given profession designated as the supervisor,
				engages in a collaborative relationship with another individual or group,
				usually a junior member(s) of a given profession designated as the
				supervisee(s) in order to (a) promote the growth and development of the
				supervisee(s), (b) protect the welfare of the clients seen by the
				supervisee(s), and (c) evaluate the performance of the supervisee(s).
Supervisor -
counselors who are trained to
				oversee the professional clinical work of counselors and
				counselors-in-training.
Teaching -
all activities engaged in as part of
				a formal educational program that is designed to lead to a graduate degree in
				counseling.
Training -
the instruction and practice of
				skills related to the counseling profession. Training contributes to the
				ongoing proficiency of students and professional counselors.
Virtual Relationship -
a non-face-to-face
				relationship (e.g., through social media).