Psychologists are mandated to provide competent services to their clients with diligence without regard to the client’s cultural background. However, there are instances where ethnic minority groups have little access to therapy. Moreover, these groups are seen to underutilize psychology services or prematurely terminate treatment citing cultural stigma. In as much as some clients may cite culture as a factor in seeking psychological treatment, therapists are entitled to include fairness and equity in service delivery.
Moreover, the American Psychological Association, APA (2010) requires psychologists to exercise reasonable judgment and at the same time ensure that the limitations of their expertise, their competency boundaries, and potential …show more content…
This ethical principle would also serve the therapist to handle the dilemma, and as a result, find a compromise between the conflicts created by the situation. The APA requires counselors to respect the dignity and worth of their clients, their rights to privacy, self-determination, and confidentiality. As such, respect for an individuals, religion, national origin, culture, ethnicity, and race. However, therapists should also eliminate any hindrances these factors may bring into the treatment …show more content…
She should make it known to the client the importance of opening up on the rape issue. Standard 2.04 involves judgments based upon the professional knowledge of the discipline, whereby it would entail the therapist to discuss the sexual trauma with the client. However, this would conflict with standard 3.04, which concerns avoiding harm to clients, and as such minimizing such harm where it is foreseeable and unavoidable by not discussing the assault issue.
3.06 provides guidance on conflict of interest whereby Dr. Mathew should desist from taking on a professional role when personal or other interests could reasonably impair effectiveness in performing their functions as psychologists. In standard 4.01, Dr. Mathew would be entitled to maintain confidentiality to protect confidential information obtained through or stored in any medium while 4.02 provides the limits of confidentiality and discussions that may take place concerning the issues of therapy as well as the foreseeable uses of the information from psychological
Moreover, the American Psychological Association, APA (2010) requires psychologists to exercise reasonable judgment and at the same time ensure that the limitations of their expertise, their competency boundaries, and potential …show more content…
This ethical principle would also serve the therapist to handle the dilemma, and as a result, find a compromise between the conflicts created by the situation. The APA requires counselors to respect the dignity and worth of their clients, their rights to privacy, self-determination, and confidentiality. As such, respect for an individuals, religion, national origin, culture, ethnicity, and race. However, therapists should also eliminate any hindrances these factors may bring into the treatment …show more content…
She should make it known to the client the importance of opening up on the rape issue. Standard 2.04 involves judgments based upon the professional knowledge of the discipline, whereby it would entail the therapist to discuss the sexual trauma with the client. However, this would conflict with standard 3.04, which concerns avoiding harm to clients, and as such minimizing such harm where it is foreseeable and unavoidable by not discussing the assault issue.
3.06 provides guidance on conflict of interest whereby Dr. Mathew should desist from taking on a professional role when personal or other interests could reasonably impair effectiveness in performing their functions as psychologists. In standard 4.01, Dr. Mathew would be entitled to maintain confidentiality to protect confidential information obtained through or stored in any medium while 4.02 provides the limits of confidentiality and discussions that may take place concerning the issues of therapy as well as the foreseeable uses of the information from psychological