COUNSELING
Core Values
or
OLCAN Core Values
What core values should a counselor
posses?
1. RESPECT FOR HUMAN DIGNITY. Each person is, in
essence, naturally pure and good.
2. PARTNERSHIP & AUTONOMY. The primary role of a
counselor is to give support so that the client will be
able to attain autonomy.
3. RESPONSIBLE CARING. The essential values that will
compel and sustain you in doing this work are love and
compassion.
What core values should a counselor
posses?
4. PERSONAL INTEGRITY. An effective counselor finds
the job’s intrinsic rewards more interesting than its
extrinsic ones.
5. SOCIAL JUSTICE. Deal with life through an attitude of
gratitude and forgiveness.
THINK, PAIR, SHARE
Why do you think that the My Answer:
counselors should adhere
and dwell to a set of
counseling core values? Partner’s Answer:
Explain.
Synthesis:
Why should counselors
imbibe the core values of
counseling?
TRUE or FALSE
Counselors act with care and
respect for individual and cultural
differences.
TRUE or FALSE
Counselors can harm their
clients provided with valid and legal
reasons.
TRUE or FALSE
Counselors can divulge
information regarding their clients.
TRUE or FALSE
Counselors can make-up stories
to protect the interest of his or her
profession.
TRUE or FALSE
Counselors practice within the
scope of their competence.