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Is there a Duty to Warn When Working with HIV-Positive Clients?

Stephanie Chervenak Asks: I am curious about ethical considerations when treating individuals who are HIV positive. What are my responsibilities as a clinician if I know that my client (HIV positive) is engaging in risky/unsafe sexual practices with someone? In this case, the other person’s life is endangered. This issue always stumps me, thank you [...]

Ask the Ethicist: Supervisors Need Competence Too!

Taline Andonian Asks: As graduate students we receive training not only in academia but in a myriad of different clinical settings, which often lead to a wide range of experiences in terms of supervision. Because of the emphasis that is placed on clinical/practical training for clinical psychology programs in particular a graduate student’s competencies are [...]

Ask the Ethicist: Couples Therapy in an Abusive Relationship

Question by Faith Prelli. I have a client (18yr female) who I have seen twice a week for 8 months who is currently in a relationship plagued with intimate partner violence. This has been dubbed “mutual combat” by several of my co-workers, but in exploration with her, it appears as though the severity of his [...]

2010 45(2)

Psychotherapy Bulletin 45(2): Online Version

Ask the Ethicist: The Ethics of Making or Not Making Medication Referrals.

Question By Jennifer Weinstein. Currently, there is a push for people to be on medication, and clients often come in stating that they want medication. This is especially true in multidisciplinary environments where psychiatrists and APRNs work alongside psychotherapists. However, some people do not have this mindset. For therapists who believe that medication only needs [...]

Clinical Implications of Therapist-Client Interactions on the Internet: Boundary Considerations in Cyberspace

By Dr Keely Kolmes and Dr. Dan Taube. Our society and, indeed, the world, is becoming increasingly networked via the Internet, and mental health practitioners are beginning to rely more heavily on the World Wide Web. As this happens, reports of encounters with clients and treatment complexities have begun to emerge (Grohol, 2008; Hsiung, 2009). [...]

2010 45(1)

Psychotherapy Bulletin 2010, 45(1)

Important Changes Approved by the APA Council

The APA Council In Action!  By Linda Campbell and Norine Johnson. We are quite used to stalemates, filibusters, and partisanship these days, aren’t we? I wish you could all have attended this Council meeting to see actual decision-making, compromise, and respectful disagreement. There were items on this Council agenda that truly spoke to who we [...]

Updates from the 2010 Meeting of the APA Council

Dear Friends and Colleagues, Norine Johnson and I are your representatives to APA Council of Representatives. We bring you the decisions and direction of APA in our report immediately after the Council meeting. We also want your input and your opinions before we go to Council in order to accurately represent your ideas and thoughts [...]

Ask The Ethicist: Phone Therapy

Question by Dr. Betty Scott Noble. I have a female client I have seen for several years (abusive marriage then divorce and a very recent re-marriage). She has moved with her new husband about two hours away and does all her work by computer, so she doesn’t come to Atlanta anymore. She asked if I [...]

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