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Continuing Education

Legal Issues Surrounding Psychotherapy with Minor Clients

Pages 182-189
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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This article discusses several legal issues of concern to psychotherapists working with minor clients such as informed consent to treatment, confidentiality, and the minor's legal capacity to enter the psychotherapist-client relationship. Suggestions are offered to assist the clinician in dealing with these legal issues

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John E.B. Myers

John E.B. Myers, attorney at law, is a visiting associate professor of law at the University of Wyoming College of Law in Laramie, Wyoming.