Ethical Practices & Professional Standards Flashcards

A prospective client asks an NLP coach to guarantee that their phobia will be eliminated in one session. The ethical response is to:

Answer: Explain results vary and cannot be guaranteed, while describing what is possible

Making guaranteed outcome claims is ethically prohibited because individual results vary and such promises could be misleading or exploitative.

Which principle governs how an NLP coach should handle a client who begins depending on the coach for daily emotional support?

Answer: Recognize the dependency, address it in session, and foster client self-reliance

Ethical coaching aims to build client autonomy and self-efficacy; fostering dependency contradicts the fundamental coaching goal of client empowerment.

What is the ethical significance of the NLP concept 'the map is not the territory' in coaching practice?

Answer: Coaches must respect that each client's subjective reality is valid without imposing their own

This presupposition ethically requires coaches to honor each client's unique perception of reality rather than imposing the coach's own worldview or interpretation.

An NLP coach is also a life insurance salesperson. After building rapport with a coaching client, the coach introduces insurance products. This is:

Answer: An ethical violation because it exploits the coaching relationship for commercial gain

Using the trust and rapport developed in coaching to sell products represents an abuse of the coaching relationship and a harmful dual relationship.

When an NLP coach uses language patterns to increase a client's motivation, ethical application requires that:

Answer: The influence aligns with the client's stated values and self-determined goals

Ethical use of NLP influence techniques requires that they serve the client's own goals and values rather than override or manipulate their autonomous decision-making.

A client requests that their NLP coach never take session notes to protect privacy. The coach should:

Answer: Discuss the rationale for notes, explore alternatives, and reach a mutual agreement

Coaches should explore client concerns collaboratively and find mutually agreeable solutions that balance client privacy preferences with professional best practices.

Which situation BEST illustrates the ethical principle of non-maleficence in NLP coaching?

Answer: A coach declines to use regression techniques with a client who has trauma history

Non-maleficence means doing no harm; declining to use potentially re-traumatizing techniques without appropriate clinical support directly prevents harm to the client.