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AAMFT: American Association For Marriage And Family Therapy

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Diversity and Culture The education that is required to become an LMFT which appears to be the easy part; becoming a skilled, ethical and diverse professional originates from practice, actual world experience, and time. It takes more than just knowing the information and completing an exam; the challenge of test for the MFT is his or her gift to implement the knowledge with compassion and patience. The essay is formatted with question and answer regarding the ability to show competency, diversity, and implement ethics and diplomacy if or if not therapist should, or he or she is willing to treat specific client and how to professionally handle a situation if he or she decides not to treat has been reached. Each question used will be heading. …show more content…

For that reason, the therapist starts to see signs of a major attraction coming from a client or the therapist begins to have significant attraction to a client that causes a threat to the achievement of the therapy. The therapist needs to find council and get guidance from superiors concerning the need for a referral to another therapist. Other Code of Ethics suitable to a referral are 1.3 Multiple Relationships and 3.4 Conflicts of Interest (AAMFT, 2015). Standard 1.3 talks about the effects therapists can have on his or her clients and this you have to take extraordinary care of to avoid manipulation of that power and the need to avoid all relationship with any client other than establishing therapist and client relationship (AAMFT, 2015). However, if a relationship does occur, documentation and necessary safety measures are mandatory (AAMFT, …show more content…

The therapist has to “do so in a clinically sound manner that reduces the possibility of harm” (Behnke, 2009, p.70).The standards that will assist the therapist when addressing the issue are Ethical standards in the AAMFT Code of Ethics 2.01 Boundaries of Competence, and 10.10 Terminating Therapy. According to Standard 2.01(a), the therapist should give within the limitations of their competence; competence pertains to education, training, administered and professional experience, and consultation (Behnke, 2009). Standard 10.10 (a) Terminating Therapy, lists three conditions for ending therapy; aid is no longer wanted, therapy is not likely helpful, or if continuance of therapy may cause harm to be inflicted to his or her client (Behnke,

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