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Some Legal Issues Patients May Face While in Therapy

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This article on forensic family therapy touches upon a few of the major germane ethical and legal dicta which regulate and circumscribe psychotherapy practice. Differences between ethical and legal rulings are delineated. Some of the problems which may confront and even engulf individuals, couples, and families during their life cycle and which bring them into the orbit of the legal and/or judicial systems before, during, or after the period of assessment and treatment are explored. Some issues that have received the least coverage in the family forensic literature are highlighted; and some of the areas that have been accorded a great deal of attention elsewhere are mentioned only briefly. A short commentary on the forensic family professionals’ potential role in each arena of practice is provided.

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Kaslow, F.W. Some Legal Issues Patients May Face While in Therapy. Contemp Fam Ther 28, 419–436 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10591-006-9023-x

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