PRINCIPLES OF

COUNSELING
 Autonomy of Individuals

Based on the right of freedom of action

and the freedom of choice in so far as the
pursuit of these freedom does not
interfere with the freedom of others;
counseling cannot be happen unless the
client has made a free choice to
participate
PRINCIPLE OF NONMALEFICENCE
 This refers to instruction to all helpers or
healers that they must, above all, no harm.
 Beneficence refers to the order to promote
human welfare.
 Both nonmaleficence and beneficence occur in
the prominence in codes of practice that
counselor must warrant that they are trained
to an appropriate level of competence.
 PRINCIPLE OF NONMALEFICENCE
 One of the areas of concern is the riskiness of
the therapeutic technique; the principle of
autonomy might suggest that if the client has
given informed consent for the intervention to
take place, then the client has the responsibility
for the consequences.
 Moral dilemmas like beneficence are often
resolved by resource to utilitarian ideas, it
might depend on whether it could be predicted
that, on balance, the benefits of the therapy
outweighed the costs and risks.
 PRINCIPLE OF JUSTICE
Concerned with the fair distribution of
resources and services, unless there is
some acceptable reason for treating
them differently.
For counseling, the principle has
particular relevance to the question of
access.
 PRINCIPLE OF JUSTICE
Commitment to be fair goes beyond
that of the ordinary person; in view of
the agreement to promote worth and
dignity of each individual, counselors
are required to be concerned with
equal treatment for all individuals.
 PRINCIPLE OF FIDELITY
Share to the presence of loyalty,
reliability, dependability and action in
good faith.
The rule of the confidentiality reveals
the importance of fidelity; entering
into a contract means to stay with the
client and give the case his/her efforts.