Explain Confidentiality to Clients

Before beginning this assignment, be sure to read the textbook and online resources for this lesson. Also go to the web site Teen Health Law: Confidentiality located in your articles links and video folder this week and explore links to articles related to the following scenario. Assignment Scenario: You are a counselor in an alcohol and drug treatment program who is seeing a 15-year old young man (“Sean”) referred by the court after receiving a “minor in possession” conviction. In the course of doing an intake interview, you need to explain confidentiality to your new client, as well as the limits to confidentiality that will apply during your work together. Assignment Details: Using the words that you would actually say to your client, explain confidentiality and what it will mean in your counseling relationship. Use first- and second-person language (“I” and “you”), and give the client examples that he will understand. Then advise him on the limits to confidentiality, including examples of situations that might cause you to have to breach confidentiality. Your narrative “conversation” must be between 2-3 pages. Be sure to include all of the information that your client needs to know about how you will manage his written and spoken information. Your essay needs to demonstrate you have a good understanding of the concept of confidentiality and its limits in the area of addictions counseling. Your essay needs to convey information clearly, in language that a 15-year-old client could understand. Submit your assignment with APA formatted cover page. IMPORTANT: online resources to assist in this essay are… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m802vKAbCMY, http://www.ncsc.org/sitecore/content/microsites/future-trends-2012/home/Privacy-and-Technology/Substance-Abuse.aspx, and http://teenhealthlaw.org/confidentiality/