The Dangers Of Toxic Secrecy Plays During Four Different Family Situations

For this reason the mere possibility of disclosure may impede development of the confidential relationship necessary for successful treatment. (Younggren & Harris, p. 590)

Although confidentiality is important it is necessary to make parents aware that you may have to share information with your superior in some situations where the child may be suffering. Any kind of abuse, bullying or if a medical emergency arises confidentiality protocols must then be breached, if the child is in any way at risk.

While there are many strong relationships, there are also familial relationships as evidenced through Shelby and her mother, M’Lynn. Their relationship does a great job demonstrating the characteristic of responsibility in family relationships. M’Lynn constantly felt the need to protect Shelby. She also felt responsible for Shelby’s health and well being. Our text explains this same idea claiming, “Family members see themselves as having certain obligations and responsibilities to one another,” (DeVito, 2015). We found that Shelby and M’Lynn’s relationship is based off of this element of obligation and demonstrates how a family characteristic can dictate how members act. For example, because of Shelby’s diabetes, M’Lynn constantly watches after her. When Shelby’s blood sugar drops in the salon, her mother runs right over to her and feeds her juice demonstrating her duty to take care of her daughter. If she was not a family member of Shelby she may have just uncomfortably observed the whole incident like some of the other women. However, because they do have a familial bond, M’lynn knows more about Shelby and her condition than anyone else; she understands that she is the only one out of the women that knows how to take care of her daughter during a diabetic

In Sister of my Heart, a coming-of-age novel by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, the two main characters, Sudha and Anju, are not aware of the secret that runs within their families. The act of keeping a secret is to purposely keep something hidden. Although telling the truth can help create a stronger and more honest relationship, in some cases, when the secret is revealed, it can have a negative effect. Sudha exemplifies this as the secret she keeps from Anju affects Sudha's life and her relationship with Anju.

Another dilemma would be when to break confidentiality and share information. If you have any concerns about a child or feel they are at risk you need to share them and report it, it is always better to be safe than sorry.

This paper is a response to a video discussing the issues of confidentiality, privilege, reporting, and duty to warn. This paper looks at these issues and their explanations in the American Counseling Association Code of Ethics as well as the Georgia State Board of Professional Counselor’s ethical guidelines and provides a commentary on the laws. It was found that these issues are not always black and white, but there is some debate on these issues. Confidentiality is both an ethical and a legal responsibility yet there are often times when the ethical demands clash with the legal demands. This paper explores some of those crashes and explains what I have learned from the video and the professional and stage guidelines concerning confidentiality and its implications and how I will apply what I have learned into future practice.

Sharing information is the solution to improving beneficial outcomes for all children. It is essential to facilitate early intervention and preventative work for safeguarding children. All professionals involved with children must know and understand what to do and the most effective ways of sharing information about children who are at risk of abuse or neglect. In some situations, sharing information with a family about their child could seem good practice, but it is not crucial e.g. where evidence of abuse or neglect could be destroyed or removed by a parent/carer or where a child could be placed at an increased risk when parents/carers have this knowledge.

Within some cultures, mental health, domestic violence, any type of abuse, and addiction are shaming the family by revealing the details of a person life to another person outside the family household. Predominantly in African American and Hispanic American communities, there are significant more alcohol or drug use, which is seen as socially with other people, but not acceptable or seen as a sign of weakness when reporting information. Self-disclosure can be very problematic for some people because of their pasts of undergoing racial differences and injustice. Cultural factors can affect the types of behaviors that are thought to disregard social standards and the degree to which discrimination against a person who show nonnormative behavior is accepted (Corrigan, Druss, & Perlick, 2014).

The McCandless family secret was full of emotional and physical abuse. “fighting back the tears, telling Dad that even though they’d had their differences over the years, he was grateful for all the things Dad had done for him.” (Krakauer, 82) McCandless was fighting back tears because it was an emotional moment for him. He was thanking the people that were accused of emotionally and physically abusing him. All four of his siblings stepped forward years later and came clean about this secret for their brother’s sake.

Others may say, secrets must be kept because they can hurt people. In an article by Irene Van, says that you can keep secrets about family and friends. Irene Van says, “ Gossip about family or friends unless this is about something that worries you, in / which case you should tell a adult you trust” (Van.II). This proves that, Irene Van believes that secrets about family and friends should be kept because it can really hurt your friends feelings. Second, this could be true because if I tell my friend one of my secrets, I trust this person. If he or she is going to go and tell my secret to someone, I am not going to tell he/she any secrets. However, on the other hand, in the same article Irene Van says that any kind of touch should not be kept as a secret. Irene Van says, “ Secrets that are not safe to keep:/ Any kind of touch” (Van.II). First, I would tell my parents if this happens to me because if I tell this secret to my friends, and they spread it, it would hurt me. Second, this can lead to more problems if I kept this as a secret from my parents because, the same thing will continue if I don’t take

Have you ever tried to keep a secret? Not only is it difficult because you have to hide it all the time so it doesn’t slip out, it also takes a toll on your body because of stress. It causes you to stress all the time about it coming out. The Scarlet Letter is no different. This novel shows the damage of secrecy on relationships, physical health, and community status.

Family secrets and how they can cause trouble, death and how we all face it

This is beneficial for both the kid and the parent. Secrets are often what end up in resulting in big problems and teenagers putting themselves into dangerous situations or being unwilling to seek help when they truly need

When asked if they smoke, drink excessively, have migraines or any history of heart disease, doctors are not asking these questions for the sake of asking questions they require the patient’s full information to make an accurate diagnosis. More often than not teens are less inclined to answer questions about drugs, alcohol, smoking or questions about their sexual history in front of their parents so they lie. The lying can lead to a misdiagnosis or worse being put on a form of medication that can be potentially harmful. Adolescents require the confidentiality because they are more inclined to answer questions concerning their sexual history, drug or alcohol use truthfully if they are assured that it will remain confidential. In a study done by the Illinois Education Research Council from Southern Illinois University concerning how adolescents who do not have and who do have chronic illnesses view patient-physician trust, they found multiple

little to no power. The different individual perceptions of power within a conflict can affect communication.