Case Scenario: A young woman presents for counselling at a walk-in counselling centre and reports having been sexually assaulted by her cousin at a family gathering about two months earlier. You learn that she is 15 years old and living with her parents. She wants to talk to someone about the assault because she now thinks she might be pregnant. She has not told her parents about the assault, because she fights with them all the time and does not think they will understand. The young woman reports having periods of time where she feels she is coping well and other times that she feels so upset she cuts herself to relieve the pain.

Issue	Provide your response
Who are the individuals and groups of people that might be affected by your decision making?
What ethical issues do you see arising in the scenario?
What biases, stresses, or self-interests might influence your decision making?
What would your intervention plan be to support this young woman?
How would you assess whether or not your intervention plan was working?