Examine The Legal And Ethical Issues In Counselling

A client may come for counselling with low moods and tiredness feeling depressed, the client might not be aware that this could be a sign of an underling medical condition that need treatment. A client might have been told they need treatment for a medical condition that they do not want, they might be in denial and a counsellor need to help the client to come to term with the need to have medical treatment. A client might come because a partner or parent so on might have encouraged them, it could be that after the client starts the counselling that it becomes obvious that it client is being portrayed as having issues when in fact it the person that has pushed the client to come for counselling is abusing the client in some way physically or emotional. It could be that the client then …show more content…
When a client comes foe counselling the counsellor need to make sure they go through the rules of confidentiality in order for the client to know when the counsellor is legally required to break confidentiality. This could be when a client has a troubled home life and social services or other organisations are involved. The client could disclose something about what is going on that puts the client or someone in danger or that has been a criminal act then counsellor working within the NOS guide lines has a duty to