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Assignment 1: Discussion Question: Confidentiality
By Saturday, July 8, 2017, respond to the discussion question. Submit your responses to the appropriate Discussion Area. Use the same Discussion Area to comment on your classmates' submissions and continue the discussion until Wednesday, July 12, 2017.
A counselor has been treating a client, Jay, who was recently in a bad accident that left him bedridden and partially paralyzed. With sustained physiotherapy and medication, the paralytic effect has gone, but motor movements are still affected.
Jay's steady girlfriend left him when she could not cope with the demands of a paralytic partner. Jay lost his job too. These left a heavy dent on his self-esteem, and he was slowly letting his life slip past. He began attending therapy at the insistence of friends.
One day, he discloses to his counselor that he is contemplating suicide because there is nothing he looks forward to in life. He announces that he has had enough of living and plans to shoot himself that evening. The counselor knows he has access to an old hunting rifle and that he has attempted suicide in the past. He has been under treatment for major clinical depression for the past three months.
- Discuss the ethical issues presented in this scenario.
- Identify the relevant ethical standards from the ACA Code of Ethics and the APA Ethical Principles of Psychologists Code of Conduct. Provide the number, title, and definition of each relevant standard from those codes.
- Justify whether or not the counselor would need to break confidentiality.
- Describe the steps the counselor should follow if he or she finds it necessary to break confidentiality.
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Running head: CONFIDENTIALITY
Confidentiality
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Discuss the ethical issues presented in this scenario.
The key moral aspect shown in the case study is the welfare of the client. Ideally; it is the
responsibility of the psychologists to ensure that they carry out their roles in a responsible way
that curbs harm to the clients (Gauthier, Pettifor and Ferrero, 2010). Regarding the scenario, the
counselor is tasked with the function of ensuring that Jay is taken care of by offering him with
the appropriate medication and advising him accordingly on the steps that he should take in a bid
to minimize the prevalent trauma. Confidentiality of Jay is another ethical aspect in the scenario.
According to the case study, ...
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