n by a client that signals the beginning of the legal, contractual agreement that allows treatment to be initiated” (Lawrence and Kurpius, 2000, 133). Yet, the informed consent contract is much more than merely the signature of the client. There are a host of legal and ethical issues that can be agreed upon by the client and counselor within the properly written informed consent contract. The fiduciary nature of the counselor-client relationship causes it to fall under the legal jurisdiction of contract law. As such, the properly designed informed consent contract pertains to issues such as financial considerations, limitations of confidentiality, mandatory reporting requirements, th
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