Imagine You Are a Therapist, and Your Client Tells You

question 73

Multiple Choice

Imagine you are a therapist, and your client tells you he really wants to kill his ex-girlfriend. You believe that your client is both serious and capable of carrying out this threat. According to the court ruling in the Tarasoff case, what must you do?

• A) maintain client-therapist confidentiality and not say anything to anyone
• B) break client-therapist confidentiality and take action to warn this person
• C) break client-therapist confidentiality and have the police notify the community that your client is likely to be dangerous in the future
• D) maintain client-therapist confidentiality and either follow or hire someone to follow your patient until he is no longer a danger

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