Duty to warn is an important part of professional ethics in therapy. What is not an aspect of duty to warn?
A)Duty to protect others who are endangered by a client
B)Duty to protect clients who threaten suicide or other forms of physical harm
C)Duty to seek consultation from a colleague or supervisor when faced with an issue to break confidentiality
D)Duty to warn client when the therapist will be on vacation

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Duty to warn is the directive to protect clients and others from physical, mental, or emotional harm and in fulfilling those duties, a clinician may sometimes need to break confidentiality in order to report their concerns to those needing to know in order to prevent harm. As the decision to break confidentiality is usually an extremely difficult one to make due to the therapeutic alliance with the client, clinicians are encouraged to seek consultation with a colleague or a supervisor.

Duty to Warn Is an Important Part of Professional Ethics