Since the court has referred to Doug, Doug is most likely a mandated client. I would before taking Doug as a client get the things that I wasrequired by the court to share (Georgia Secretary of the State of Georgia,Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, rule 510-4,02.According to the American Counseling AssociationACA Code of Ethics(2014), counselors are to go over theinformation that could be given to those mandated from the start of thecounseling relationship (ACA,2014, A.2.e). So knowing that Doug is a mandated client I would share this with him at the start of the relationship. It would then be up to Doug if he wanted to continue counseling. Of course, I would explain to him what could happen if chose that course of action, such as violating his probation (ACA.2014, A.2.e). So assuming that all this has already happened I would inform Doug of his probation officer's request and remind him of the discussion that we had earlier about the need to share his treatment information as this is part of his probation (ACA, 2014,A.2.a, A.2.e). I would then give the probation officer the information once Doug had been informed. If Doug was not a mandated client and had simply told hi probation officer that he was attending the meetings. I would not even confirm Doug's attendance without consulting him and going over the pros and cons on giving such information to the probation officer and abating thewritten release of information (ACA, 2014, B.1.c,B.6.g).

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