Introductions within the fibromyalgia support group would consist of each individual introducing themselves, how long they have struggled with the illness and who they brought to the group. The supportive individual would introduce themselves, what their relationship is to the fibromyalgia individual and how long they have known them since the diagnosis. The group rules would be that the group needs to demonstrate respect towards each person regardless of ethnicity, gender, religious or sexual preferences.…
According to Florida Statutes, 2012 and APA Code of Ethics, 2010, Psychologists have a primary duty to take reasonable precautions to protect confidential information that acquires and recognized that law may regulate the regulated of confidentiality or established through institutional…
Ellen, a new patient in our agency's outpatient substance abuse program, has come to us with one of the most important challenges a recovering patient/mother can face on her road to recovery. This unique individual has had the proverbial deck stacked against her throughout life. By no means has her path been orthodox as we know of the many unique challenges she has faced from growing up in a broken family to becoming a single mom that has faced physical and psychological adversity at every corner. We sincerely hope to aid Ellen in achieving her goals of which include becoming the mother she always wanted to be for her child, whom she has the opportunity to regain custody of with the help of our agency.…
Mental health physicians, such as counselors and psychologists, face a wide variety of ethical and moral dilemmas. One dilemma that has the possibility of occurring is a counselor talking about one of their patients outside of their office. While it is common for physicians to talk about their patients in generalities to other people, it becomes an ethical dilemma if the counselor or psychologists talks about their patient and accidentally uses their name. The mental health physician is then faced with the decision of whether or not to tell their patient about this incident. On the one hand the physician feels guilty about it and feels their patient could forgive them, but on the other hand they fear the patient might get upset and report them…
Dr. Matthews who is the assigned clinical psychologists to Irina’s case. She is 13 years old and is Arabic. She is from a complete different culture.…
The State of Utah has strict laws about social work confidentiality and mental health, “Records and information relating to the mental health of an individual are confidential and privileged to the patient, and may only be disclosed in accordance with the statue. It also states that a patient may consent to disclosure of information relating to their mental health to a parent or legal guardian” (Utah Code Ann. 58-60-114,2015). The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability act further protects client’s confidentiality within all states. It states that HIPAA “protects all identifiable health information held or transmitted by a covered entity, whether electronic, paper or oral.”…
Privacy is an important aspect of the client and counselors relationship. Client confidentiality is assured by the standards of American Psychology Association (APA) for ethical principles (American Psychological Association, 2010). In the counselor-client relationship, the counselor has the responsibility to assure that the information is kept secure and private. This means that the standard for privacy and confidentiality assures that personal information as well as information related to the counseling sessions are kept undisclosed.…
.. Canavan (2014) argues that informed consent entails participants agreeing to take part in a study on their own free choice without being pressurised or influenced and adequate information be provided in relation to what they are consenting to. In qualitative study, the voluntary dimension of autonomy assumes greater significance as, in contrast to quantitative research which presents difficulty in fully informing individuals about the nature of the research from the outset (Ford & Reutter 1990). The letters will also contain a written assurance that confidentiality will be maintained and the right to withdraw at any time without providing a reason for withdrawing. The forms are to be returned in a pre-paid stamped envelope.…
It allows the client to maintain autonomy between what they would normally share with others and what they share with their therapist in order to receive therapy. Instead, fear of a breach in confidentiality may foster client resistance which is “consistently associated with poorer therapy outcomes” (Norcross & Hill, 2002, p. 22). This kind of trust leads clients to rate their therapist’s care more favorably and even enhances the efficacy of treatment (Goold, 2002). Effective therapy is the result from clients who feel understood, trust the therapist, and believe the therapist can be of help (Wampold, 2011). Threatening confidentiality through the duty to warn can affect the effectiveness of treatment.…
The relationship between therapist and client is an open and trustworthy relationship that is built on a foundation in order to reach the client goals and improve emotional well-being and what starts out as a very clinical process soon becomes an emotional one. Informed consent is mainly the psychotherapist explaining the process and risks of therapy, in language the client can understand, which include the facts, implications, and consequences of an action. According to Wikipedia informed consent is, “To give informed consent, the individual concerned must have adequate reasoning faculties and be in possession of all relevant facts. Impairments to reasoning and judgment that may prevent informed consent include basic intellectual or emotional…
giving consent. But in some situation the patients no want their information to spread even within the team, unless it compromise treatment. As in the patient Mrs. A that I explain her case the doctor take another orally consent from her to share her information with student. So the confidentiality of the patient must be respected. Also providing privacy for the patient is as a confidentiality of the patient.…
Students and clients may have difficulty understanding the concepts of privacy, confidentiality and privilege. Although these concepts are related there have certain particularities. Privacy in psychological services involves that clients and patients are usually treated privately. In this regard the psychology professional and his team must take reasonable measures not to reveal the identity, discuss information, or disclose the contents of communications with others of his/her clients. Importantly, these measures should rest on the Principles of the APA Code of Ethics.…
Introduction Talking to clients about sex and sexuality can be uncomfortable for both the client and the therapist. I never thought about having that conversation until I took this class. I think that it takes a lot of safety and joining so that the client will feel vulnerable to talk about sex and sexuality. As a therapist, I would like to know about my client’s experiences in all aspects of their life which includes sex and sexuality.…
There are various definitions for ethics; simply put ethics are a set of moral values which heads a person’s behaviour in regard to a particular action. (PItta, Fung, & Isberg, 1990) . Ethics plays a vital role in counselling psychology; there are a number of ethical dilemmas that may arise in the areas that the psychologist may work in. To prevent any harm from coming to the client there are a set of laws in place to control how psychology is used, which covers various ethical problems which might arise for individuals working in the psychology field. The code of conduct and the ethical principles set by the APA ensures that the harm that may come to the client is curbed, by outlining the role of the psychologist; this prevents the psychologist from deceiving his/her clients.…
Multiple relationships Case Vignette #1 describes a therapist that has engaged in a dual role, as a therapist and in a personal relationship with a client. By drinking with the client (Dora), the therapist is in violation of the Ethical standard of psychologist, the State Board Legal codes of psychologist and if Dora is a minor the psychologist also violated California criminal penal codes and committed an act of child abuse according to the department of children’s services. The Ethical Principles of Psychologist and Code of Conduct states specifically that, 3.05 Multiple Relationships, psychologist may not engage in a multiple role with a client (APA, 2003). In addition, the therapist is not properly representing the general principles…