Lesson 06 – Discussion
Respond to the following:
- What are some ethical issues in Couples and Family Therapy?
- How do you address ethical issues?
- What is confidentiality?
- What are the exceptions to confidentiality?
- Do you call the police when your client is a harm to themselves, or do you share information to coordinate care?
- Choose 3 client statements below and react as if you are the therapist responding to your client.
- Client: I think I am becoming attracted to you.
Therapist:___________________________
- Client: I’m having an affair that I find very fulfilling and it is not detrimental to my relationship. I do not want you to tell my wife about it.
Therapist:___________________________
- Client: If you tell anyone about what I’m about to say, I will kill myself.
Therapist:___________________________
- Client: Everyone hits their children, this time it just happened to leave a mark.
Therapist:___________________________
- Client: Can we have our next session over lunch?
Therapist:___________________________
- Client: How often do you and your partner have sex?
Therapist:___________________________
Discussion Requirements:
Original Discussion Post – Due Saturday before the assigned Canvas Discussion due date
- Fully respond to the questions being asked.
- Demonstrate content knowledge from our course textbook. Refrain from oversharing.
- Fully spell out all words (it is, does not, etc.).
- You must have a minimum of 160 words. Grammar, spelling, and punctuation will affect your grade, so proof your work before submitting it.
- You must have an in-text citation from our course textbook to support your words. You will need a reference for your in-text citation. Any information taken from a source (other than your classmate or professor) must include an in-text citation and reference to avoid plagiarism. Not including a properly formatted in-text citation and reference will affect your grade.
Discussion Replies – Due by the assigned Canvas Discussion due date
- Demonstrate content knowledge from our course textbook. Refrain from oversharing.
- You must reply to two different students. You cannot reuse your reply or in-text citation to respond to another student.
- Fully spell out all words (it is, does not, etc.).
- You must have a minimum of 60 words. Grammar, spelling, and punctuation will affect your grade, so proof your work before submitting it.
- You must have an in-text citation in each reply from our course textbook to support your words. You will need a reference in each response for your in-text citation. Any information taken from a source (other than your classmate or professor) must include an in-text citation and reference to avoid plagiarism. Not including a properly formatted in-text citation and reference will affect your grade.