Marital and Family Therapy

Category - Law & Ethics

A fourteen-year-old boy who you have been seeing in therapy for quite some time asks if you would like to help him celebrate his Bar Mitzvah. One of the more important considerations to make in whether or not you are able to help him celebrate is:
  1. How much your presence would sacrifice his confidentiality?
  2. At what point would it make the client uncomfortable?
  3. What line needs to be crossed in order to make this happen?
  4. Attempt to find out just how much he wants you there or if he is being polite
Explanation
Answer - A - There will be times you are approached to consider attending events on behalf of or in direct support of your clients. Before deciding on any invitation, it is important to consider whose needs would be most met by going. Would you want to go for your curiosity or to support the client? You must also consider how much you being there would sacrifice the client’s confidentiality if someone were to ask who you were or how you knew the person.
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