Darla is a Master’s of Arts in Professional Counseling student working at her pr

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Darla is a Master’s of Arts in Professional Counseling student working at her prepracticum site. Mike is a prepracticum student assigned to the same prepracticum site as Darla. Both Darla and Mike report directly to the same site supervisor. About halfway through the prepracticum, Darla realizes that many of the clients assigned to Mike for counseling are coming to see her. Comments from Mike's clients have led Darla to believe that Mike is acting unethically. How should Darla handle this situation? What are the ethical and legal implications? If Darla tells her supervisor, and her supervisor does not act on her concerns, what are the ethical and legal implications?

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Darla should immediately bring this to the attention of her site supervisor.

There are no ethical implications for Darla. In fact, Darla needs to bring this to the attention of the supervisor to be ethically correct. Darla will not have any legal implications, but Mike may

If Darla's supervisor doesn't act, it may mean that he supports what Mike does. This may lead to the supervisor hating Darla and Darla's performance reviews may be affected. The ethical implications will be for the supervisor and there may be legal implications for the supervisor and Mike if any one else brings this up and is acted upon.

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