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DIRECTIONS: Respond to at least two of your colleagues by suggesting strategies to address the legal and ethical considerations your colleagues discussed. Support your responses with evidence-based literature.

Group and family therapy can help with relationship improvement and cooperation between its members (Nichols, 2020). Health care professionals are held liable in the same regard for both family and individual therapy sessions. One contrast among family treatment sessions are privacy clauses since the health care worker is not solely dealing with a client on a one on one basis (McClanahan, 2014). HIPPA permits revelations of ensured wellbeing data in a gathering treatment setting and might be made without a person’s approval.

Another legal and ethical consideration that can differ in group and family therapy from individual therapy is obtaining informed consent. Informed consent is a process whereby clients learn about confidentiality. In individual therapy, informed consent must be explained and reviewed with only the client. In group and family therapy, the informed consent must be reviewed with all the members of the group by using a clear and understanding language to ensure that each member understands the purpose, risk, and benefits that are involved (American Counseling Association, 2014). Any breach of confidentiality in the group and family can cause the group harm by damaging the trust of the therapeutic relationship.

The issues of confidentiality and privileged communication can cause members of the family to not fully open-up during group sessions due to the members not trusting each other. However, if the group leader believes that someone is in danger, they have a professional obligation to take direct action to keep everyone safe (Breeskin, 2011). The group leader should always try to provide informed consent about confidentiality, educate group members about privacy, and discuss confidentiality. This can give the group therapist a better chance to uphold ethical principles such as autonomy, fidelity, beneficence, and no maleficence (McClanahan, 2014).

References

American Counseling Association (2014). 2014 ACA Code of Ethics. Retrieved from

Nichols, M., & Davis, S. D. (2020). The essentials of family therapy (7th ed.). Boston, MA:

Pearson.

McClanahan, K. K. (2014). Can confidentiality be maintained in group therapy? Retrieved from

http://nationalpsychologist.com/2014/07/can-confidentiality-be-maintained-in-group-

therapy/102566.html