Scenario Three: Stephanie is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) who has decided to start a private practice as she transitions from public to private practice. As she makes her plans, there are many ethical issues she must consider. While these issues are of concern to all counselors, she must consider how they specifically impact a counselor in private practice.

Question: How can she ethically handle limited resources, deal with cost containment issues, respond to discrimination, and promote community change? As a service provider, with what ethical issues and practices related to state insurance laws and managed care must she be familiar? What best practice community-based interventions could she refer her clients to?