Kassi is a 38-year-old White woman who came to the agency seeking substance abuse treatment. Kassi stated that she works 40+ hrs/week as an executive assistant and is a single parent to a 14-year-old daughter. She reported that her job is quite stressful and requires her to be flexible with her schedule. She mentioned that this causes her to be away from her daughter.

She reported that she comes home and will have an alcoholic drink that can turn into 3 or more. This amount has increased over time. Her daughter has mentioned her concern about her drinking since it has also caused her to miss some of her extracurricular activities and her daughter's friends do not want to come over when Kassi is drinking.

Kassi reported that she is only seeking treatment because her work is requiring it, but she does not believe she has a problem with alcohol. When reviewing the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for alcohol use disorder, Kassi meets criteria A. 1, 3, 5, 6, 10a, and 11a. Since this is 6 criteria, she was given a diagnosis of severe alcohol use disorder (303.90).

Reviewthe following resources:

• American Psychological Association. (2017).Ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct.
• American Counseling Association. (2014).ACA code of ethics.
• Forester-Miller, H., & Davis, T. E. (2016).Practitioner's guide to ethical decision making (Rev. ed.).

Writea 1,050- to 1,400-word report for the agency board in which you:

• Utilize the model forethical decision-makingpresented in the Forester-Miller and Davis article to analyze the case and describe your ethical decision-making process.
• Evaluate the clinician's justification for the diagnosis given.
• Explain whether the use of the diagnosis in this case was ethical or unethical, according to the ACA and APA codes of ethics.

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