Posted: September 13th, 2017

Ethical Implications of Historical Trends

Week 1 Discussion
Week 1: Professional, Ethical, and Historical Considerations
Introduction
Most likely, sex is a topic that you have considered throughout different stages of your life, and you have probably also formulated many strong opinions about sexuality-related topics, such as abortion, sexual orientation, infidelity, sex education, and sexual abuse. What does it mean, though, to consider the topic of sexuality from a professional perspective as a counselor-in-training? How is this different from and influenced by your own sexuality-related opinions and experiences from your personal life?
This week, you explore three foundational issues that are critical to the competent and ethical practice of sexuality counseling. First, you consider how past and current historical trends contextualize current thinking about sexuality within the counseling profession. Second, you learn about professional issues and opportunities in sexuality counseling, including credentialing options. Third, you begin to consider relevant ethical issues that are unique to sexuality counseling. Each of these three issues will provide an important framework for understanding the other topics that will be discussed in later weeks in this course.
Objectives
By the end of this week, you should be able to:
? Analyze ethical implications of historical trends for sexuality counseling
? Analyze credentialing requirements related to sexuality counseling and sex therapy

Ethical Implications of Historical Trends

Societal attitudes toward human sexuality change over time, sometimes gradually and sometimes more rapidly. For example, consider how controversial some of the work of Alfred Kinsey was in the 1940s and 1950s, even though many of the topics he addressed would be considered tame by today’s standards (indeed, some viewed his work as controversial simply because he was talking about taboo subjects). As another example, homosexuality was included as a mental disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) until 1973. Today, many people would consider such an inclusion to be discriminatory, biased, and oppressive.
In this week’s Discussion, you consider how historical trends intersect with current understandings of competent, ethical practice in sexuality counseling. To prepare for this assignment, choose one historical perspective regarding sex and sexuality that has changed over time. Think about how this perspective change impacts the role of sexuality counselors, especially in regard to ethical considerations.
With these thoughts in mind:
Post by Day 4 an example of a change in historical perspective regarding sex and sexuality that impacts the role of sexuality counselors. Explain how this impact might have ethical implications for the practice of sexuality counseling today. Be specific and provide references to the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT) and/or American Counseling Association (ACA) codes of ethics, especially in reference to issues surrounding boundaries and sexual contact with current or former clients.
Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources.
Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings.
Respond by Day 6 to at least two of your colleagues’ postings in one or more of the following ways:
? Ask a probing question.
? Share an insight from having read your colleagues’ postings.
? Offer and support an opinion.
? Validate an idea with your own experience.
? Make a suggestion.
? Expand on your colleagues’ postings.
Return to this Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what you learned and/or any insights you gained as a result of your colleagues’ comments.

Week 1 Learning Resources
This page contains the Learning Resources for this week. Be sure to scroll down the page to see all of this week’s assigned Learning Resources.
Required Resources
Note: To access this week’s required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your syllabus.
Readings
? Course Text: Long, L. L., Burnett, J. A., & Thomas, R. V. (2006). Sexuality counseling: An integrative approach. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
o Chapter 1, "Introduction to Sexuality Counseling"
? Article: American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists. (2008). Code of ethics. Retrieved from https://www.aasect.org/codeofethics.asp
? Article: American Counseling Association. (2005). ACA code of ethics. Retrieved fromhttps://www.counseling.org/Resources/aca-code-of-ethics.pdf
? Article: Goodwach, R. (2005). Sex therapy: Historical evolution, current practice. Part I. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 26(3), 155?164. Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Academic Search Complete database.
? Article: Southern, S., & Cade, R. (2011). Sexuality counseling: A professional specialization comes of age. The Family Journal, 19(3), 246?262. Retrieved from the Walden Library using the SAGE database.

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