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Essay / The Importance of Substance Abuse in Counseling - 1120
108). Confidentiality has a dedicated section in the ACA Code of Ethics (2014), and particularly mentioned in Code B.1.c, which reads: “counsellors protect the confidential information of potential and current clients . Advisors only disclose information with appropriate consent or with strong legal or ethical justification” (p. 7). Rightly so, confidentiality is a right of all counseling clients and importance is given to it as part of professional ethics.