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Respect for People's Rights and Dignity An ethical issue arises when the counselor fails to form a counseling plan with the client. Clients receive the greatest benefit from therapy when the client and counselor share common goals and understand what their work together will entail (ACA, 2005). A similar principle, respect for autonomy, is reflected in the APA code of ethics, which states that “individuals have the right to decide how to live their lives” (APA, 2010). For example, if the client's goal was to focus on developing skills to become a more responsible manager, the sessions should reflect this goal. Furthermore, the counselor's inability to understand his or her own values ​​and his or her attempt to impose his or her values ​​on the client constitute another ethical violation that has undermined clients' autonomy (ACA, 2005). The counselor sets goals for therapy sessions based on his or her own values ​​without considering the problem presented from the client's perspective. It seems that the counselor considers family life as repressive and uses the sessions as a way to bring to light the causes of the repression. Ignore work-related issues that could have serious consequences for the client, including termination of employment. There may also be an issue of conflicting interests, for example, the client has tried to improve his problems in taking initiative and being indecisive while the counselor is more interested in practicing the new techniques he has learned. The role of a professional is to meet the client's needs and refrain from imposing his or her own goals on the client (Koocher & Keith-Spiegel, 2008). Multiple Role Relationships The counselor has entered into a multiple role relationship...... middle of paper......). The counselor acted ethically by ensuring that the client agreed with the resolution and immediately referring her to another professional (APA, 2002). However, the counselor should have assessed the other professional's ability to effectively treat the client (APA, 2002). If the client did not benefit from one psychoanalyst it is unlikely that he would benefit from another, the counselor should have referred the client to a professional who has experience in treating similar clients. Works Cited Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. New York: Perennial Classics, 1998.Huxley, Aldous. "Hypnopedia." The Brave New World Revisited. New York: Harper, 1958. 85-95.Morgan, S. Philip, Suzanne Shanahan, and Whitney Welsh. “Brave New Worlds: Philosophy, Politics, and Science in Human Biotechnology.” Population and Development Review 31.1 (2005): 127-44.