Assignment:

Application Analysis: Understanding Counseling skills in Addictions

This week you will reflect upon the role of an addictions professional addressing treatment team members and write a paper answering the following questions:

1. After reviewing the 2016 NAADAC/NCC AP Code of Professional Ethics, identify one area that may create an ethical dilemma between personal and professional standards/principles.
2. Write a hypothetical case study where this ethical dilemma may appear (related to addictions counseling) and propose a way you would resolve the dilemma. Be specific and provide rationale (i.e., legal considerations, etc.).
3. Reflect on why you think there are so many ethical dilemmas between personal and professional standards/principles and predict whether this will get better or worse in the future with applicable rationale.

Assignment Expectations:

• Length:
  • 1200 words; answers must thoroughly address the questions in a clear, concise manner
• Structure:
  • Include a title page and reference page in APA style
• References:
  • Use at least 3 scholarly or career-field sources. Include the appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions