Question

what concerns you might have about a clinical mental health counselor’s accountability for client treatment outcomes.

Answer 1

• A good counselor is that whose level of skillfulness,cognitive complexity,and ability to relate and relationally match with the clients with whom they are working.
• A counselor is repsonsible for identifying the needs and problems of the client and developing effective therapeutic intervaentions for them.
• If the counseling process is not effective enough it is of major concern to the counselors.
• Counselors must be accountable in providing effective therapeuatic interventions so that clients have confidence and place value on the counselor's methods.
• The identification of needs is an important part of counseling. Not being able to develop valuable methods to identify the needs of the client is another concern for counselors.
• To make measureable change, one must first identify where change is needed. This identification is essential to treatment planning and effective intervention, which is ultimately important to clients and for the reputation of the counseling profession.
• If counselors and the counseling profession cannot meet the needs of the populations they serve, they are ineffective and inconsequential.
• Accountability is becoming an increasing concern for counselors because of increasing legal actions. If a counselor commits rrrors in diagnosis, assessment, treatment, and medications they must be held accountable for it.
• A good counselor must take up responsibiities and know about their limitations as an effective mental health professional.