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The Case of Lorenzo Why is it crucial for someone to state their most interpersonal secrets to another individual? Well, the reason being is the more and more you keep secrets cooped up inside, the more toxic you become to spewing it out. So the reason behind why it is crucial to let someone know how your feeling is simply healthy for the body so you don’t become toxic and spew out all the negative wrapped up inside. In the case of Lorenzo, he is taken to a guidance counselor with his parents and into the second or third session the counselor discloses to the parents the rules of confidentiality. As the parents leave for every session, Lorenzo shares that he is experimenting with all sorts of illegal drugs and tells the counselor that he has had a “few brushes with death”, while being under the impression of illegal …show more content…
Then this would have left out the outcome of being sued and someone getting seriously injured for life. It was in the best course of action of the counselor to tell someone about the situation, so that way the minor didn’t have to suffer these consequences and the counselor and agency wouldn’t be getting …show more content…
The ball was in the counselor’s court to do the right thing and report Lorenzo’s bad habits and to notify the parents about what was happening. The counselor was in the wrong ethically and legally by trying to keep this problem low key, but as you can see the problem turned into a nightmare and left a lot of people hanging out to dry. Overall, a great case topic to read upon and really catch up on how to deal with certain instances like this one, so we are more able to figure this problem out in order to avoid great deals of

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