Lillian Is Considering Going to a Psychotherapist but Has a Fear

question 31

Multiple Choice

Lillian is considering going to a psychotherapist but has a fear that a male therapist might engage in sexual behavior with her. Then she reads the ethical principles of the national psychiatry, psychology, and social work organizations and finds that ___.

• A) all professional organizations condemn and prohibit sexual behavior between therapist and client
• B) none of the organizations directly condemns or prohibits sexual behavior between therapist and client
• C) social work condemns sexual behavior between therapist and client, but psychiatry and psychology have taken no position on this issue
• D) psychiatry and psychology condemn sexual behavior between therapist and client, but social work has taken no position on this issue

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