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Your supervisor asks you to see a critical client who is high risk for harming others. He is a 25 year old veteran who is starting to show signs of aggression in your office when he talks about his 18 year old ex-fiancé who just left him for his best friend. You are going to open this case and need to explain to the client the limits of confidentiality and Tarasoff law.
- Discuss the limits of confidentiality and Tarasoff law with this client and why they are important.
- How will you present this information to the client? Explain one way you would approach each of these legal issues.
- If he is unable to get his aggression under control, what might be your course of action?
- Identify one ethical issue in this case. Explain one way you would approach the ethical issue.
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Running head: CONFIDENTIALITY AND TARASOFF LAW
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CONFIDENTIALITY AND TARASOFF LAW
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CONFIDENTIALITY AND TARASOFF LAW
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Limits of confidentiality and Tarasoff law
Therapist-client confidentiality is much important and the information shared between a client
and a Therapist should not be revealed to the public without the consent of the client. However,
the level of confidentiality may determine the aggression of the client. It is, therefore, the duty of
the Therapist to warn the person who is in danger of being harmed by the client or reach out to
the law enforcers so that th...
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