Peaceful Counseling

COUC 501 Ethical and Legal Issues in Counseling | Week 1

Course Description

This course introduces students to concepts regarding ethical and legal issues encountered by licensed professional counselors and marriage, couple, and family counselors, including ethical principles, professional codes of ethics, identifying and resolving ethical dilemmas, ethical decision-making models, and legalities of the profession. Current issues in therapeutic practice in a variety of professional settings are explored.

Books

CORE membership A subscription to this cloud-based software is a one-time purchase required for this degree program. Please note: Subscriptions last for five years. If the student purchased a subscription in a previous course, he or she do not need to purchase it again as long as he or she remains enrolled in the same degree program.

Daniel, D. (2020). Counseling Principles & Christian Beliefs: An Integrated Approach. Kendall Hunt. ISBN: 9781792411298

Remley, T. P., & Herlihy, B. P. (2025). Ethical, legal, and professional issues in counseling (Custom 7th ed.). Pearson. This required resource has been provided in this course as an e-book.

Week 1 Learning

Readings

• Read Remley & Herlihy Chapter 1, 2
• Read Practitioner’s Guide to Ethical Decision Making
• Read 2014 ACA Code of Ethics Resources

Assignments

• Quiz Professional Values (10 questions)
• Quiz Introduction (10 questions)
• Quiz Academic Honesty and Plagiarism (20 questions)
• Quiz Professional Identity of Counselors (10 questions)

This week was 2 chapters to read, a few videos to watch on ethics and plagiarism, and a few other separate readings. This module was an introduction to ethics in the counseling profession. An easy enough week with no discussion board and no writing, just quizzes.

For the Professional Values quiz I received a 10/10 which is reading 10 brief case studies and for each case study identify the ethical principle that is being violated.

For the Introduction quiz 9/10 which is about ethics in the profession.

For the Academic Honesty and Plagiarism quiz 18/20 which is about the honor code, academic integrity, and avoiding plagiarism.

Lastly, the Professional Identity of Counselors quiz 8/10 talks about licensing.

Until next week,

-Elyse Y. Robinson
A counseling student at Liberty University that hopes to graduate Spring 2026 and open her private practice in Ohio and help the sexual health, military, LGBT+, and those over the age of 60 populations.