Faculty Articles
Association for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in Counseling’s Best Practices in Addressing Conscience Clause Legislation in Counselor Education and Supervision
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2019
Publication Title
Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling
Volume
13
Issue/Number
1
First Page
2
ISSN
1553-8338
Last Page
27
Abstract/Excerpt
The amount of various, state-level legislation allowing the denial of counseling services to individuals with values that conflict with those of the professional counselor continues to increase. Such laws are in direct conflict with the values, principles, and ethical standards of the counseling profession. These “conscience clause” legislations are of concern due to the ability of the counseling profession to safeguard and protect the welfare of clients seeking counseling services. Potently, however, much of the focus of conscience clause legislation centers around the legal sanctioning of bias and refusal to provide services to affectional and gender minority clients, and the intersection of sexual/affectional orientation to spiritual and religious values. Provided is a review of these laws and the way they clash with the counseling profession. To assist profession counselors in navigating appropriate ethical behavior, specific counseling-appropriate and lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer affirming recommendations are provided. Each layer of professional counseling, direct work with clients, supervision, and counselor education, is addressed.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/15538605.2019.1565800
NSUWorks Citation
Rose, J. S.,
Kocet, M. M.,
Thompson, I. A.,
Flores, M.,
McKinney, R.,
Suprina, J. S.
(2019). Association for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in Counseling’s Best Practices in Addressing Conscience Clause Legislation in Counselor Education and Supervision. Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling, 13(1), 2-27.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/1778
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