Client information in written or electronic form that is shared with other professionals must have the client 's prior written consent except in the course of professional supervision or when legally obliged or permitted to share such information”. Lastly, barriers or obstacles to client care can occur. In Renee’s case parental failure to provide support of the intervention strategies or disagreement between the family, case manager and additional support providers could…
One of the first things the potential client will receive is a consent for treatment, this document informs the client of their rights in regards…
The ACA Code of Ethics described these as the client no longer needing assistant, does not benefits from counseling and is harm if counseling continues. The argument was that the client was not a client because Ms. Ward never came in contact with the client but, ACA clarified that the moment the client request service the counselor/client relationship…
She did maintain her focus on the session and answered each question during the counseling session. Client would like to focus on concerns related to her domestic violence. Client stated she would like to have individual therapy sessions with a female therapist and attend a domestic violence group when she is comfortable to speak or listen in a group setting. Client is worry about not have a normal lifestyle again due to her looking over her shoulder all the times; due to her ex-boyfriend was released from jail. As for the legal/ethical part the client signed all informed consent forms.…
Balancing Ethical Issues in Group Counseling While ethical guidelines are established within most counseling associations, these codes do not provide rigid procedures in the event that an ethical dilemma should occur. In their research on competing values within the area of ethics in counseling, Samuel Knapp and Leon Vandencreek (2007) observe that situations occur in which neither laws nor ethical guidelines provide a clear-cut solution to these dilemmas. For example, a recent stroke victim exhibits severe anxiety and agitation at an initial meeting, which causes providing the client with detailed information about treatment and gaining consent difficult due to lack of rationality.…
Comparing Codes of Ethics The very nature of the counseling profession places professional counselors in close proximity with people, information, and influence. Due to this, ethical dilemmas can arise throughout the course of this work. To help aid in the protection of counselors, and to provide a framework for ethical practice, ethical codes have been developed and instituted within the profession. As Beuchamp and Childress stated (as cited in Calley, 2009), “in the counseling profession, ethical standards are required to protect clients, guide professional behavior, ensure the autonomy of professionals, increase the status of the profession, enhance the client 's and the community 's trust in the profession, and articulate collegial conduct between professionals,” (p. 476).…
The patient must give permission to be treated. This is required to prevent a malpractice lawsuit. Key issues of informed consent are 1) competency- we assume the patient can make decisions, 2) Voluntary- the patient’s choice to get treated or decline treatment should…
As the client and psychologist are in the “ getting to know you “ phase there has come time to talk about the psychologist-client agreement. The Health Insurance Portability Act or HIPPA, is a federal law that provides new privacy protections and new patient rights that deals with the right to the use and disclosure of any Protected Health Information or PHI used for the purpose of treatment, payment, and health care operations ( McGarry, 2015). HIPPA make it so that it is mandatory that the psychologist give you a notice of privacy that will be used and provide information of PHI for treatment, payment, and health care systems. Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California,1976, which was a case where the Supreme Court of California…
Consent divides in three categories • Voluntary consent for treatment is solely based on individual decision, this must not being influence by anyone involved in individual life. • Informed individual has being given all the relevant information about treatment, the benefits and the risks and consequences if treatment is refused. • Capacity individual must…
Also the patient should be informed and sign a consent form that allows the therapist to disclose their health information to other health care providers. In this case, I believe that it is unethical for both Dr. Knowles and Thomas to discuss their patients’ health information because they aren’t following the protocol for HIPAA. The second question can be controversial. I believe that it is not Dr. Thomas’s duty to disclose Therman’s information to her patient, Margo. This is due to the fact that Therman is not her patient nor did he agree to disclose his information to her.…
Introduction The NAADAC was designed to determine what conduct is and isn’t ethical for today’s addictions counseling professionals. This list of conduct standards is determined by the National Certification Commission and is used when complaints are filed against professionals. The state certification boards and educational institutions also use this list to guide current and future addictions counseling professionals in the certification process. While I am not a certified professional I am aware that I am already exercising, in some form or another, these standards and in this paper I am going to attempt to outline the various ways that I have or am currently exercising the NAADAC Code of Ethics.…
Informed consent is an ongoing process and it is up to the psychologist to make this known to both the girl and her parents. During the initial informed consent session and afterwards when deemed appropriate, the psychologist should clearly explain how information that is disclosed in therapy will be treated (4.01 and 4.02, American Psychological Association, 2002). The psychologist should also advise the girl that it would be in her best interest for her parents to be a part of the treatment process. Not only would this be beneficial for the girl, it would also give the psychologist an opportunity to see how the family relates to one…
This creates a situation of abandonment for the students. Furthermore, if the professor does not have informed consent the students will be unaware of the nature of the therapy, the time frame, the potential risk, alternative treatments available, and fees associated with the service (10.1, American Psychological Association, 2002). Not having this information causes confusion for the students and the professor. This can lead to false expectations from both the students and the…
According to Gabbard and Beck (2007), the basic elements of an informed consent should be competency, voluntariness and information. The clinician should assess the client’s capacity to make reasonable decisions about the therapy. Thus, an informed consent usually includes the information about the diagnosis, explaining the nature of the disorder or problem. The information about the details of treatment, involving the nature and the purposes of the procedures should be given as well. The patient should be also informed about the consequences of the therapy, including all risks and benefits of the proposed treatment.…
The informed consent is like a contract that protects both the client and the therapist, it concerns the issues of confidentiality that is of special importance during our therapeutic work. Although psychologist Sean had knowledge that Will was a genius and had a wide range of knowledge, he should not assume that Will had knowledge about therapy and/or confidentiality issues. His failure of providing informed consent to the client and discuss it to make sure that the client understands his own rights violated the ACA code of ethics, as it stated in the code that “counselors have an obligation to review in writing and verbally with clients the rights and responsibilities of both counselors and clients” (American Counseling Association, 2014). In this case, Will is a client who had been mandated for counseling services, Sean as his therapist, should “explain what type of information and with whom that information is shared prior to the beginning of counseling” (American Counseling Association, 2014). Here, I recommend that in the future practice, therapists in this organization always provide clients with informed consent and thoroughly discuss it to make sure that clients fully understands their responsibilities and…