Problem:
Hi Class, Imagine you are a counselor seeing "Amira," a refugee from Syria who arrived in the U.S. six months ago. She was referred to you by a caseworker due to nightmares, hypervigilance, and crying spells consistent with PTSD. However, during your first three sessions, Amira rarely speaks about her past trauma. Instead, she spends the entire session frantically asking for help navigating the bus system to get to a job interview and expressing terror that her housing voucher will expire. Bemak and Chung (2017) argue that traditional "talk therapy" models often fail refugees when immediate survival needs are unmet. Critically evaluate the ethics of shifting your role from "clinician" to "advocate/case manager" in these sessions. If you, as the counselor, strictly maintain a "neutral therapeutic boundary" and refuse to assist with the housing/bus logistics, are you committing a microaggression or failing to provide culturally responsive care? In your discussion, please cite recent, scholarly, peer-reviewed sources as well as the American Counseling Association (ACA) Code of Ethics (2014) if applicable. Need Assignment Help?