Imagine you are a therapist, and your client tells you he really wants to kill his ex-girlfriend. You believe that your client is both serious and capable of carrying out this threat. According to the court ruling in the Tarasoff case, what must you do?

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In the Tarasoff case, it was ruled that therapists have a duty to warn and protect individuals who are being threatened by their clients. This means that if a therapist believes that their client is serious and capable of carrying out a threat to harm someone, they must break client-therapist confidentiality and take action to warn and protect the intended victim. Therefore, the best choice in this scenario would be to break client-therapist confidentiality and take action to warn the ex-girlfriend.

Imagine You Are a Therapist, and Your Client Tells You