16-year-old Leslie tells her therapist that her mother, who sometimes doesn’t get home until after midnight from her job as a nurse’s aide, has a new boyfriend with a drinking problem. Leslie herself stays out late because she is afraid to come home early anymore, as there have been several occasions when the boyfriend showed up drunk and tried to make advances towards her. She also insists nothing actually ever happened and she doesn’t want the psychologist to discuss the matter with anyone, including her mother. What is the psychologist legally and ethically obligated to do?
