Utilizing a Case Study and an Ethical Decision-Making Model for Supervision and Counselor Education

Legal, ethical, and professional standards sometimes conflict in actual counseling experiences, supervision, and practice. In order to better understand supervision caveats, a study of a legal case involving a former counseling education student is examined using the ethical decision-making process described by Sileo and Kopala (1993). The Ward v. Wilbanks (2009) case warrants review because of the American Counseling Association Code of Ethics and standards associated with the court decision. Counselor educators, supervising counselors, and counselors in training may benefit from the information in this article.