Provide substantive responses to the initial posts. Contribute to the conversation by asking questions, respectfully debating positions, or responding freely to the topic at hand. The answers should reference assigned readings and other academic references that support your views and writings.

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1-Gina Audiss

Sep 2, 2023Sep 2 at 1:33pm

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Option B: Describe one situation in which one should make a referral, the appropriate manner to make a referral, and reasons why it should be handled this way.

A psychologist should make a referral when the client needs a service that the psychologist is not able to provide. For example, if the client is seeing a psychologist for depression, and then wants to bring her husband in to talk about their relationship, the psychologist should explain that they are not competent in relationship counseling and can make a referral to another counselor who is trained in couples counseling. The psychologist can still help the client with her depression but should specify that couples counseling is outside their boundary of competence. They can give the client the information for a couple's counselor that they have recommended before/have a good working relationship with and suggest making an appointment with them. The psychologist can also discuss with the client what information, if any, the client is comfortable with them sharing with the other counselor should she decide to go see them. This way the counselor can be sure that they are working ethically as well as giving the client the help that she needs.

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2-Nicole Mulligan

Sep 5, 2023Sep 5 at 10:07am

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Option B:

APA (2017) code 10.10 terminating therapy states that psychologists may terminate therapy when threatened or otherwise endangered by the client or another person whom the client has a relationship. Given this code, a psychologist who is providing couple's counseling may terminate therapy if the client states something such as "If you do not help my relationship I promise you will never practice psychology again" or on the flip side, if their partner states "If you are the reason my partner leaves me, you will never be able to walk again". In this situation, the psychologist is able to make referrals to a different couple's therapist and just state that it isn't going to work out. No therapist should have to deal with threats from client especially if you are just trying to help them. Therapists also shouldn't have to endure threats from people who they aren't directly servicing. By terminating therapy, the therapist is making the best choice for themselves and the client because given the threats, the therapist doesn't think they will be able to provide the best care possible since they have walk on thin ice. It is important for a therapist or psychologist to help clients, but it is also important for them to not endure any threats that can lead to harm or the loss of their license because they couldn't properly help.

References

American Psychological Association. (2017). Ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct.

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3-Gina Audiss

Sep 2, 2023Sep 2 at 1:42pm

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In research psychology, all human participant research projects must go through a board and be approved before the research can begin. This is a way to make sure that all research remains ethical and legal. For non-human participant research, the research proposal should still be reviewed by a board or other group to ensure ethical compliance. The best way to make sure the research is ethical would be to go through a university and get opinions from other members of the university before conducting the research. In cases that involve challenging ethical situations, I would probably ask other researchers for ideas and suggestions on how to remain ethical and cause as little harm as possible to my research participants. In this career, it would be important to have a good working relationship with other researchers in my field and to find a good mentor to help in situations like these.

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4-Nicole Mulligan

Sep 5, 2023Sep 5 at 10:18am

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In clinical psychology, there are many ethical violations that can occur. For example, as a clinical psychologist I cannot play the role of a forensic psychologist in a court of law. As a clinical psychologist I am seen as a consultant and can only provide information from therapy sessions and a forensic psychologist is someone who can help make decisions in a court of law based on evidence they have gathered (Kaslow, 1979). In a case like this, my support system can be seen as my client who I am working with as well as other psychologists who have been in my position and can understand why I did what I did. As a clinical psychologist, you know your client better than anyone because you provide therapy sessions for them so if I were to overstep my competence and work as a forensic psychologist as well, it would be an ethical violation. I would explain that a forensic psychologist can only gather so much information from an interview meanwhile I know the client's whole life and in this case my support system would be my client because I am trying to help them receive the best possible outcome. There is a lot of limitation here because since it is an ethical violation, my client cannot alter the ethics committees decision in suspending or revoking my license. It would also be hard to have other psychologists be on my side given I knew that I cannot provide both roles.

References

Kaslow, F. W. (1979). Psychologist as consultant to the Court. Psychologist as Consultant to the Court | Office of Justice Programs. https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/psychologist-consultant-court#:~:text=Psychologists%20also%20assist%20the%20court,competency%20to%20be%20a%20witnessLinks to an external site.