High- Risk Factors This case discusses the ethical and legal dilemmas facing counselors who work with minors in the school system. From an ethical perspective, minors should be able to expect confidentiality; however, parents and guardians have certain legal rights that limit the rights of minors. The author uses an assumed case to address these concerns and offers intervention strategies used for empowering minor clients in counseling Blaise has disclosed during his session that he has impulses to hurt others and himself; he has confessed to beating his girlfriend. It has been noted that when entering into a counseling relationship with a minor, the circumstances involved need to be closely considered. Some general issues are to
