Question

Counselors and therapists who practice in rural areas have called the current ethics codes biased toward practice in urban and suburban settings. They are especially critical of the standards for competence and for dual relationships. Do you think their criticisms have any merit? If so, how would you change the codes to better meet the needs of rural professionals?

Answer 1

Counsellors and therapists do face challenges when providing treatment in a rural setiing.They often play dual roles such as being a counsellor and additionally being social,or helping them financially based on their needs.This is found most often in a rural settings where the bias is due to the present living conditions and the type of setting in a village or community.Many of them counsellors often are priests as well as religious leaders.It may be useful in certain circumstances in rural settings at the same may be against the code of ethics that therapists are required to follow as per the guidelines.