MART 505 - Professional Development, Issues and Ethics

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This course is designed to provide students with a solid foundation for the ethical practice of clinical counseling and art therapy. Emphasis will be placed on critical thinking, clinical integrity, and on sensitizing advanced practitioners to the complexity of professional identities in the context of community relationships. Students will study codes of ethics from a variety of professional bodies governing the practice of clinical counseling and art therapy specifically with respect to learning best practices as a clinician, researcher, supervisor, leader and educator. These include: Canadian Psychological Association, the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association, the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors, the BC Art Therapy Association, the Canadian Art Therapy Association and the American Art Therapy Association. Students will learn to apply ethical decision-making models to current issues in the fields of counseling and art therapy. This course will also overview relevant legal issues that affect the day-to-day work of counselors and art therapists with diverse populations. *Students are responsible for researching registration requirements of professional associations in the location they wish to practice upon graduation.