Values and CounsellingBC.com

Counselling Values and CounsellingBC.com

Values:

CounsellingBC.com endorses the client's right to receive counselling from professional practitioners who respect and embrace diversity. It is important that you feel that your counsellor actively endeavours to understand and respect your cultural background, if she/he does not share the same background. CounsellingBC.com does not condone discrimination based on age, colour, culture, ethnicity, disability, gender, religion, sexual orientation, marital, or socioeconomic status.

As such, CounsellingBC.com recognizes that healthy family relationships can exist when diversity of any of the above forms exists within the family unit.

Note: The above values are in line with the values of

  • BC Association of Clinical Counsellors,
  • BC Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
  • Canadian Counselling Association,
  • Canadian Psychological Association,
  • American Psychological Association
  • American Counseling Association.
  • American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

 

Also, note APA policy statement on Sexual Orientation and Families which is in line with the above values: http://www.apa.org/about/governance/council/policy/parenting.aspx

IMPORTANT

Note: When reading Values statements from other organizations / associations / websites, please note that they may appear, on the surface, to be in line with the ones that are listed above but - upon closer inspection - differ in fundamental ways that may have an impact on the treatment that you receive as a client.  

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