Duty to Warn and Protect
Ethical/Legal Issues
The situation I have chosen assumes a subject of twenty years old who has attempted to commit suicide because his parents passed away in an accident recently. The subject has been under severe depression due to a string of traumatic experiences in his life. He feels despondent and is unaware of what to do. He feels that he is living without a purpose in this life and assumes himself as being unwanted and unaware. He has just lost the two people who according to him were the only two people who actually loved him and cared for him. He tried to kill himself recently by having sleeping pills. After being rushed to the hospital and having been saved, he is now sitting in front of me as my client waiting to be counseled.
Legal, ethical, and clinical issues of being a counselor
No maleficence will be the main ethical principle guiding my practice. I will do no harm. I will try to remove all sources that may be a source of potential harm for the client. I will try my best to protect the client from any possible harm in the future (White, 2003).
Confidentiality is binding for all counselors and so as by me. I will make sure that any information that the client discloses during the therapy sections remains between the client and me. There will however be a disclaimer here in the sense that when disclosure of information is needed to protect the client from any harm in the future.
There will be respect for the autonomy of the client. The client will be completely free to make all of his health decisions. My responsibility will be to keep the client informed of the outcomes of each of the option he or she has. Choosing a path will be the client's own discretion....
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