If You Are a Therapist and Your Client Threatens to Kill

question 164

Multiple Choice

If you are a therapist and your client threatens to kill someone,what should you do?​

• A)Warn the threatened person.
• B)​Report the incident to the police.
• C)​Maintain client-therapist confidentiality.
• D)​Keep the client until he/she promises not to carry out the threat.

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