One Way to Deal with a Client Who Wishes to Share

question 7

Multiple Choice

One way to deal with a client who wishes to share a secret with a staff person is for that staff person to

• A) agree to keep the client's secret in confidence as part of the process of building a therapeutic relationship.
• B) agree to keep the client's secret in confidence as long it is does not involve a felony offense.
• C) suggest the therapeutic environment is not one of trust, and that the client should thus keep this information to him- or herself.
• D) inform the client that any information revealed will be made part of a chart note, and thus available only to other staff members and not to other persons in treatment.