vignette paper( Law enforcement)
The Duty to Report; The Duty to Warn; Confidentiality; and Privilege and their varying effects on Constitutional Laws and Regulations.
This analytical research paper will be discussing some ethical issues as illustrated in Stephen Feldman’s video, “Legal and Ethical Issues for Mental Health Professionals”, which this include; the duty to report; the duty to warn; Confidentiality; and Privilege. And also this paper will look into how these ethical issues are implemented by the State of Maryland and the ACA code of ethics. Furthermore, in the paper, there will be a discussion on my view point as to the varying discussions I saw on the video, coupled with what I read from the State of Maryland and ACA code of ethics websites and finally the paper will dwell on the facts of how I will implement and solve these ethical issues that I learned from the Video, the State of Maryland and ACA code of ethics websites, into my career as a Licensed Professional Marriage and Family therapist.
The essence of therapy is to treat maladaptive disorders and mental distress. During this process, Professional Counselor/therapist helps the Clients resolve a particular mental illness or a source of life stress, through a wide range of techniques and strategies. In the process, this results in the development of therapeutic relationship. So the question here is how do State laws and regulations become constitutional when it comes to dealing with ethical issues that are mentioned above? In answering this question we, shall be discussing Stephen Feldman’s video, “Legal and Ethical Issues for Mental Health Professionals”. The video presents tutorial on confidentiality, privilege, reporting, and the duty to warn. In these tutorials judge Brandis, Nellie and Joseph who are her clerks, go into discussion about actual cases involving the implementations of laws and regulations. As judge Brandis ways the cons and pros of certain cases and reveals her
This analytical research paper will be discussing some ethical issues as illustrated in Stephen Feldman’s video, “Legal and Ethical Issues for Mental Health Professionals”, which this include; the duty to report; the duty to warn; Confidentiality; and Privilege. And also this paper will look into how these ethical issues are implemented by the State of Maryland and the ACA code of ethics. Furthermore, in the paper, there will be a discussion on my view point as to the varying discussions I saw on the video, coupled with what I read from the State of Maryland and ACA code of ethics websites and finally the paper will dwell on the facts of how I will implement and solve these ethical issues that I learned from the Video, the State of Maryland and ACA code of ethics websites, into my career as a Licensed Professional Marriage and Family therapist.
The essence of therapy is to treat maladaptive disorders and mental distress. During this process, Professional Counselor/therapist helps the Clients resolve a particular mental illness or a source of life stress, through a wide range of techniques and strategies. In the process, this results in the development of therapeutic relationship. So the question here is how do State laws and regulations become constitutional when it comes to dealing with ethical issues that are mentioned above? In answering this question we, shall be discussing Stephen Feldman’s video, “Legal and Ethical Issues for Mental Health Professionals”. The video presents tutorial on confidentiality, privilege, reporting, and the duty to warn. In these tutorials judge Brandis, Nellie and Joseph who are her clerks, go into discussion about actual cases involving the implementations of laws and regulations. As judge Brandis ways the cons and pros of certain cases and reveals her
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