Ethical and Legal considerations Discuss one ethical and one legal issue that wa

Ethical and Legal considerations
Discuss one ethical and one legal issue that warranted consideration during
treatment.
1) Working with a vulnerable population. The client was a Latina female who was undocumented.
2) The client was victim of domestic violence. Please take into consideration who she might have perceived receiving therapy from a male counselor.
The information contained in this section and the basis for understanding the issues should be
guided by state statutes and administrative rules, the American Counseling Association Code of Ethics
(ACA; www.counseling.org), the American Mental Health Counselors Association Code of Ethics (AMHCA
is a division of ACA; www.amhca.org), the professional and empirical literature, and respective site
information.
Examples of issues that may have warranted consideration include risk of harm to
self/others, mandated reporting, multiple relationships, informed consent, confidentiality, continuity of
care, termination/referral, medication compliance, and/or pending legal action. Students will explain the issues within the context of the applicable statutes, regulations, codes of conduct, professional practice
guidelines, and/or site policies and procedures, and how the issues were resolved