Forensic Ethical Standards

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There are ethical standards that a forensic mental health professional must follow they include competence, responsibility, confidentiality and privacy, welfare and respect for the rights of the client and their dignity, and assessment techniques & therapy (National Association of Forensic Counselors, n.d.). Since I have a background in marriage and family therapy in addition to forensic mental health I am skilled in relational and interpersonal assessment, am sensitive to the misuse and abuse of assessment results, promote well-being, and am able to clarify the differences between risk assessing and counseling (Hendricks, Bradley, Southern, Oliver, & Birdsall , 2011). For example, using assessment procedures to promote the best interest