Length: 3-4 double-spaced pages, APA style Instructions: Consider the following

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Length: 3-4 double-spaced pages, APA style

Instructions:

Consider the following counselling scenario:

You are a new therapist in private practice with a client named Sally who has been deemed to be a “mature minor” during her previous visit. In discussing the issue which brought her to counselling, Sally discloses that there is considerable violence within her home. She further mentions that her father generally takes out his anger on her younger brother who is 14 years old. She describes that her brother is often physically bruised as a consequence, but that her father plans to move out of the family home in upcoming weeks. She expects that this will bring an end to the conflict between her father and other family members, and she does not want to potentially escalate the violence by having any outside agencies involved. You have only met with this client once before, and you have not discussed any of the limits of confidentiality with her.

Making reference to relevant ethical codes/standards and legislation, please describe how you would manage this disclosure. You may use an ethical decision-making model to help in reasoning out your response to the ethical dilemma contained in the scenario.

Explanation / Answer

Since counselling is about telling, problems to the expert who can solve them. The trust is very important aspect during counselling. I would bear in the mind the following standards for maintaining disclosure:

1. Respecting counselle's human dignity and rights - Being trustworthy is fundamental for understanding any problems or maintaining a relationship. Protecting safety of theclient is very important

2. I would ensure the sessions are private

3. I would keep the client's baisc information like name, no. in codes so that it is not possible to know the name of the client.

4. Dispose of all unnecessary records after the session in order to maintain the confidentiatlity

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