1. Select some of the open-ended cases presented in this chapter to role-play with a classmate. One of you chooses a client you feel you can identify with, and the other becomes the counselor. Conduct...

1. Select some of the open-ended cases presented in this chapter to role-play with a classmate. One of you chooses a client you feel you can identify with, and the other becomes the counselor. Conduct a counseling interview. Afterward, talk about how each of you felt during the interview and discuss alternative courses of action that could have been taken. You might include a third person to observe the role play.

2. Research your state’s laws regarding providing mental health services to minors. What are you able to find on topics such as informed consent with minors? Treatment of minors with and without parental/guardian consent? confidentiality issues with minors? legal issues to consider in working with minors?