Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, Vol 54(2), Apr 2023, 135-146; doi:10.1037/pro0000510
A client’s disclosure of sexual contact with a previous treating psychologist raises challenging ethical, legal, and clinical considerations. Following a vignette that describes a psychologist’s thoughtful anticipation of such a disclosure by amending his informed consent form to allow reporting of previous sexual contact with a psychotherapist, these articles explore how the American Psychological Association’s Ethics Code, jurisdictional laws, and clinical considerations contribute to a psychologist’s decision-making in such a circumstance. The articles discuss ways to integrate ethics, law, and clinical care in the psychologist’s response to the client’s disclosure. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)