All About the Therapist Mrs. Tanya Peet is the therapist this student chose to interview. She is a licensed social worker with a specialty in working with special education students. She primarily works with special education students who are emotionally impaired and struggle with their behavior. Mrs. Tanya Peet has been working at Flushing Middle School for a number of years. She also works at Flushing High School. She has been the middle school and high school social worker for ten plus years. One of the reasons she chose to work with children is because she has the privilege of seeing each student’s progress throughout the years, especially when she begins working with them at the middle school level.
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Peet (personal communication, 2016), one of her greatest ethical dilemmas is keeping student confidentiality. One of the reasons this is such a dilemma in the school setting is because teachers and administrators want to know more information than the social worker or counselor can give them. According to Mrs. Peet (personal communication, 2016), teachers often get frustrated because the counselor is required by law to keep confidentiality, unless what is discussed would harm the student or others. Client confidentiality is essential to the counseling relationship. Although one of the greatest ethical dilemmas is keeping client confidentiality, Mrs. Peet obtains informed consent from each one of the students who come to her. She explained to this student that she informs all her clients of the limitations to counseling. Before she counsels each student, she obtains informed consent. At the beginning of counseling, clients should receive paperwork explaining confidentiality and the limits of confidentiality (Henderson & Thompson, 2016). According to Henderson and Thompson (2016), counselors can protect themselves by acquiring informed consent from the client. Acquiring informed consent helps protect the counselor from possible ethical or legal …show more content…
Peet informed this student there are some situations where she does need to breach confidentiality. Client confidentiality is typically breached when there is a safety concern where a student reports he or she is suicidal or homicidal (Peet, personal communication, 2016). Confidentiality is also breached when a student reports abuse. Teachers, school social workers, and counselors are mandatory reporters, which means they must report any and all reports of abuse. Even though maintaining client confidentiality is difficult at times, keeping client confidentiality is necessary to protect both client and
The Interview The interview with …show more content…
Peet (personal communication, 2016), one of her greatest ethical dilemmas is keeping student confidentiality. One of the reasons this is such a dilemma in the school setting is because teachers and administrators want to know more information than the social worker or counselor can give them. According to Mrs. Peet (personal communication, 2016), teachers often get frustrated because the counselor is required by law to keep confidentiality, unless what is discussed would harm the student or others. Client confidentiality is essential to the counseling relationship. Although one of the greatest ethical dilemmas is keeping client confidentiality, Mrs. Peet obtains informed consent from each one of the students who come to her. She explained to this student that she informs all her clients of the limitations to counseling. Before she counsels each student, she obtains informed consent. At the beginning of counseling, clients should receive paperwork explaining confidentiality and the limits of confidentiality (Henderson & Thompson, 2016). According to Henderson and Thompson (2016), counselors can protect themselves by acquiring informed consent from the client. Acquiring informed consent helps protect the counselor from possible ethical or legal …show more content…
Peet informed this student there are some situations where she does need to breach confidentiality. Client confidentiality is typically breached when there is a safety concern where a student reports he or she is suicidal or homicidal (Peet, personal communication, 2016). Confidentiality is also breached when a student reports abuse. Teachers, school social workers, and counselors are mandatory reporters, which means they must report any and all reports of abuse. Even though maintaining client confidentiality is difficult at times, keeping client confidentiality is necessary to protect both client and