Ethical issue related to counseling minors

    Identify one ethical issue related to counseling minors, as well as a best practice intervention a therapist can use to mitigate liability. Topic 6 DQ 2 What are protective factors in psychology, how do they relate to the concept of resiliency, and why is demonstrating competency in both concepts important for a mental health professional when providing psychological services to minors? Use the reading materials to reference for the Questions. Childhood Abuse and Lifetime Psychopathology in a Community Sample Read “Childhood Abuse and Lifetime Psychopathology in a Community Sample," by MacMillan, Fleming, Streiner, Lin, Boyle, Jameison, Duku… Beardslee, from American Journal of Psychiatry (2001). URL: http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.11.1878