Dispositions are the values, commitments, and professional ethics that influence
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Dispositions are the values, commitments, and professional ethics that influence behaviors toward others, and, if sincerely held, dispositions lead to actions and patterns of professional conduct. The Grand Canyon University Counseling Program’s dispositions adhere to the University’s mission statement, as well as to the established counseling profession codes of ethics.
The Grand Canyon University Counseling Program have adopted the following dispositions for its students derived from the American Counseling Association (ACA) Code of Ethics. Although these dispositions are not all inclusive, they do represent values and qualities that are warranted by counseling students. Students who fail to adhere to or demonstrate such dispositions may be subject to disciplinary actions.
Psychological Fitness:Counselors* are aware and assess their motives for pursuing the counseling profession. They are aware of their unfinished emotional and/or mental health issues, and resolve them before starting to provide counseling services to others. Counselors engage in self-care and seek resolutions to issues that arise during their practice. Counselors adhere to the American Counseling Association (ACA) Code of Ethics and/or the NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals Code of Ethics.
Self-Awareness: Counselors are aware of their personal moral, ethical, and value systems and provide counseling services with objectivity, justice, fidelity, veracity, and benevolence. Counselors are acutely aware of their personal limitations in providing services, and are willing to refer clients to another provider when necessary.
Cultural Diversity: Counselors respect, engage, honor, and embrace diversity and a multicultural approach that supports the worth, dignity, potential, and uniqueness of people within their social and cultural context. Counselors promote self-advocacy and assist clients in advocating for empowerment within their cultural context.
Acceptance: Counselors foster a healthy climate of change by providing and promoting acceptance, and a nonjudgmental environment during the therapeutic process. They understand their personal value system and do not impose their values, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors on their clients.
Empathy: Counselors foster understanding, compassion, and avoid any actions that can cause harm to a client. Counselors treat others with dignity and respect.
Flexibility: Counselors deal truthfully with themselves and their clients, in order to avoid harming their clients. < > Counselors practice a client-centered approach, and align treatment to the client’s goals for therapy.
Patience: Counselors understand the therapeutic process and respect client’s efforts to gain control over their lives. Counselors encourage an environment that promotes self-empowerment and allows client’s voice in the therapeutic process.
Amiability: Counselors do not support or engage in any act of discrimination against a prospective, current, or former client. Counselors promote and practice social justice and do not exploit others in their professional relationships.
Cultural Diversity: Counselors respect, engage, honor, and embrace diversity and a multicultural approach that supports the worth, dignity, potential, and uniqueness of people within their social and cultural context. Counselors promote self-advocacy and assist clients in advocating for empowerment within their cultural context.
Professional Identity: Counselors adhere to regulatory state boards and nationally recognized codes of ethics. Counselors practice only within their scope and competencies. They seek to utilize best practices and empirically supported treatments. Counselors stay current with the counseling profession through seeking continuing education, and by supporting counseling associations.
After reading the above dispositions document and select three dispositions that you currently meet. Complete the chart by listing the dispositions met as well as a description of how the disposition is met. Each description response should be 75-100 words in length. Please note: you do not need to be actively practicing to complete this worksheet.
Disposition
Description of how the disposition is met
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Directions: Now that you have identified dispositions that you currently meet, review the disposition document again and consider any dispositions that you do not meet. Complete the chart below by adding the two dispositions you do not meet as well as a preliminary plan in regards to how you plan to improve the identified dispositions. Each description response should be 75-100 words in length.
Disposition
Description of how you plan to improve the disposition
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Disposition
Description of how the disposition is met
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Explanation / Answer
Disposition
Description of how the disposition is met
1. Self-Awareness
I understand that I am not a Psychiatrist and hence, cannot prescribe medicines. If any individual with chronic mental disorders comes to me for my intervention, I will educate the person and his/ her close ones that they need to see a psychiatrist.
2. Empathy
A student came to me with some study-related issues and was not able to understand mathematical concepts. This seemed to have affected the self-esteem of the student quite a lot. I understand that every child is not born with the same set of abilities and also made the student understand the same through my empathetic dealings with him. Through my intervention, i made him realize his strengths in other areas and thus, helped him build a high self-esteem. I then helped the person to tackle with the issue that he had come up with.
3.Patience
At times, the client may not open up completely or may not be able to articulate the information which is essential for further therapeutic interventions. I always remain patient with them and give them time to build confidence about me and open up.
Disposition
Description of how you plan to improve the disposition
1. Cultural Diversity
In order to improve upon this, I plan to read more about diverse cultures and their nuances that may impact the psychosocial framework of an individual.
2. Flexibility
I plan to increase my exposure towards various psychotherapies and how they have been used for varied issues by different counsellors and psychotherapists. I also plan to discuss the issues that I come across with my fellow counsellors without disclosing the client identity in order to understand diverse approaches.
Disposition
Description of how the disposition is met
1. Self-Awareness
I understand that I am not a Psychiatrist and hence, cannot prescribe medicines. If any individual with chronic mental disorders comes to me for my intervention, I will educate the person and his/ her close ones that they need to see a psychiatrist.
2. Empathy
A student came to me with some study-related issues and was not able to understand mathematical concepts. This seemed to have affected the self-esteem of the student quite a lot. I understand that every child is not born with the same set of abilities and also made the student understand the same through my empathetic dealings with him. Through my intervention, i made him realize his strengths in other areas and thus, helped him build a high self-esteem. I then helped the person to tackle with the issue that he had come up with.
3.Patience
At times, the client may not open up completely or may not be able to articulate the information which is essential for further therapeutic interventions. I always remain patient with them and give them time to build confidence about me and open up.