Ethics and Navigating Power Dynamics in Counseling
Presented by Dr. Scott Secor
Power is inherent in the therapeutic relationship. Effective counselors acknowledge this power and learn how to empower clients to have difficult conversations related to power imbalance through modeling those skills in therapy and being vulnerable with their clients. Join Dr. Scott Secor as he explores the ethics of navigating power in the counseling setting.
Objectives
- Discuss the subtle ways in which therapists enhance power imbalances in therapy and create unethical and detrimental dynamics in the therapy space.
- Promote self-awareness in clinicians in service of understanding the amount of power that is inherent and therapy and how to honor that discrepancy with client.
- Utilize an interpersonal process and dynamic lens to understand how to empower clients, model humility, and be willing to engage in difficult conversations around power imbalance.
About Dr. Scott Secor
Scott Secor is a Licensed Health Service Psychologist and Licensed Professional Counselor. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma in Counseling Psychology. Currently, he is the Director of Clinical Training for the Graduate Programs in Counseling at Southern Nazarene University and is the Co-Director of Renew Counseling Center. His clinical specialty is in psychological assessment, along with working with anxiety and trauma.
