Problem: Your supervisor asks you to see a critical client who is high risk for harming others. He is a 25-year-old veteran who is starting to show signs of aggression in your office when he talks about his 18-year-old ex-fiancé who just left him for his best friend. You are going to open this case and need to explain to the client the limits of confidentiality and Tarasoff law.
1. Discuss the limits of confidentiality and Tarasoff law with this client and why they are important.
2. How will you present this information to the client? Explain 1 way you would approach each of these legal issues.
3. If he is unable to get his aggression under control, what might be your course of action?
4. Identify 1 ethical issue in this case. Explain 1 way you would approach the ethical issue.