Making reference to relevant ethical codes/standards and legislation, please des

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Making reference to relevant ethical codes/standards and legislation, please describe how you would manage this disclosure. You may use an ethical decision-making model to help in reasoning out your response to the ethical dilemma contained in the scenario.Consider the following counselling scenario:

You are a new therapist in private practice with a client named Sally who has been deemed to be a “mature minor” during her previous visit. In discussing the issue which brought her to counselling, Sally discloses that there is considerable violence within her home. She further mentions that her father generally takes out his anger on her younger brother who is 14 years old. She describes that her brother is often physically bruised as a consequence, but that her father plans to move out of the family home in upcoming weeks. She expects that this will bring an end to the conflict between her father and other family members, and she does not want to potentially escalate the violence by having any outside agencies involved. You have only met with this client once before, and you have not discussed any of the limits of confidentiality with her.

Making reference to relevant ethical codes/standards and legislation, please describe how you would manage this disclosure. You may use an ethical decision-making model to help in reasoning out your response to the ethical dilemma contained in the scenario.

Explanation / Answer

Since there is a physical violence in the house, legislation help can be taken to give a warning to the father without revealing anything and keeping all the confidentiality of the situation. A silent yet strict warning by police or a high command officer may work.

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