REVIEW article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Educational Psychology
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1636563
Ethical Dilemmas in the Development of College Psychological Counseling under the Background of Cultural Integration
Provisionally accepted
- 1School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou City, China
- 2Department of Psychiatry, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou City, China
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A discernible change in the ideological stances of college students has coincided with the growing occurrence of cultural integration in China. At the same time, mental health concerns in higher education have become more prevalent and demand scholarly attention. Inadequate multicultural competency among counselors, unclear professional identity delineation, and interregional differences in development are some of the issues facing the current psychological counseling system in higher education institutions that demand immediate attention. Additionally, integrating cultures may require resolving moral conundrums involving principles of value neutrality and confidentiality, among others, which jeopardize the development and upkeep of consultation relationships. To improve the current situation, efforts should be made to enrich the professional guidance and multicultural experience of college counselors, so as to make college psychological counseling adapt to the development and changes of the current situation.
Keywords: multiculturalism1, college psychological counseling2, Ethical Dilemma3, the principleof value neutrality4, the principle of confidentiality5, counseling relationship6
Received: 28 May 2025; Accepted: 25 Aug 2025.
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* Correspondence: Yanan Zheng, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou City, China
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