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Substance Abuse Counseling and Ethics

Substance Abuse Counseling and Ethics

Stevens and Smith (pgs. 43-44) highlight the potential for client engagement in criminal activity as one of the ethical conflicts specific to substance abuse counseling.

Prepare a substantive response in which you share how your culture and values could influence your thoughts and feelings about potentially working with clients who have committed crimes to support their addiction. What are the ethical dilemmas that you anticipate in these circumstances and how would you navigate them? Cite at least once source of current research related to your response. Your sources should be credible, professional publications (such as your textbooks or journal articles that can be accessed via the Alliant electronic journal database, the American Counseling Association practice briefs website -- http://www.counseling.org/knowledge-center/practic... -- or GoogleScholar).

for citations please use these references

Garcia, J.G., Cartwright, B., Winston, S.M. & Borzuchowska, B. (2003). A transcultural integrative model for ethical decision making in counseling. Journal of Counseling and Development, 81, 268-277.

Stevens, P. & Smith, R.L. (2018). Substance use counseling: Theory and Practice (6th ed.). Pearson Education Inc.