Vignette C Case Study

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Reading our third take-home case vignette C, reminded me of several ethical and legal issues as a future Marriage and Family therapist, should be aware of. Knowing these rules could help me to avoid making mistakes after graduation and work in a safe atmosphere with clear boundaries in which I have knowledge about my limitation as a therapist. In this paper, I will summarize the issues which I recognized in the Case Vignette C. The first issue that I am going to discuss is the MFT Scope of Practice and Licensing Requirements. This issue is about what the law says you do as a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT). The problem in the scope of practice in this case is the dual relationship between therapist and the client. In this case, Daniel …show more content…

Being in dual or multiple relationship is one of the ethical traps which could be very dangerous for her career. The law is not clear about it, but it is unethical to have dual or multiple relationship with her client. Improving his mental health by referring him to different specialist such as psychiatric is very essential as a preliminary response to this case. On the other hand, ethical resolution of his case to be on the graduate psychology school and being aware of limitation of confidentiality and boundaries, still asking Julia for going out, make it more difficult to follow all the ethical and the law to be followed by Julia. . Reporting his danger for his former supervisor must be done by her could help the MFT community to improve the knowledge of this mater and future problems. Consulting with her colleagues and her own supervisor and inputting from agencies, other specialists, and community leader is very helpful for getting feedback. At the end, there is some action to be taken such as reporting, decides to whether tell him about reporting or not, seeking help from other therapist and specialist, and avoiding perfection, ponder, procrastinate, and

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