Legal and Ethical Issues in Counseling

The purpose of this course is to familiarize the prospective counselor with the code of ethics, legal standards, licensing, role identity of counselors versus other helping professionals, fee structures, and the impact of fees on the counseling profession. No information in this course is a legal opinion. The instructor is not a lawyer. The information given in this course is intended solely to increase the counseling student’s awareness of some of the issues in the field. Core (CSR, I)


Credit hours: 3.0

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Last updated: 07/06/2021