17 CAR § 390-101 – Client welfare

(a) Primary responsibility. The primary responsibility of counselors is to respect the dignity and to promote the welfare of clients.
(b) Positive growth and development.
1. (1) Counselors encourage client growth and development in ways that foster the client’s interest and welfare.
2. (2) Counselors avoid fostering dependent counseling relationships.
(c) Treatment plans.
1. (1) Counselors and their clients work jointly in devising integrated, individual treatment plans that:
  1. (A) Offer reasonable promise of success; and
  2. (B) Are consistent with abilities and circumstances of clients.
2. (2) Counselors and clients regularly review treatment plans to ensure their continued viability and effectiveness, respecting clients’ freedom of choice.
3. (3) See 17 CAR § 390-103(b).
(d) Family involvement. Counselors recognize that families are usually important in the clients’ lives and strive to enlist family understanding and involvement as a positive resource, when appropriate.